Category talk:American pro-life activists
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This category was nominated for deletion or renaming on 2006 November 29. The result of the discussion was no consensus, bordering on keep. |
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An editor recently added articles on individuals who have committed acts of abortion-related violence to this category. I do not feel that this categorisation is appropriate, as the precedent at the article Abortion-related violence, as well as throughout other abortion-related articles, has been to use the self-identifying terms "pro-life" and "pro-choice," per WP:MoS#Identity, but to use the terms "anti-abortion" or "pro-abortion" when refering to those use use violence, so as to distinguish them from the non-violent mainstream. In WP:CAT, it is stated, "Categories appear without annotations, so be careful of NPOV when creating or filling categories. Unless it is self-evident and uncontroversial that something belongs in a category, it should not be put into a category." I think this is probably the reason why NAMBLA is not listed in Category:LGBT organizations in the United States. Categories, by their nature, are not capable of accommodating all the nuances of a topic, so I believe that we should avoid making potentially controversial categorisations, as this category cannot cover all the aspects of the subject, as the articles Abortion debate, Pro-life, or Abortion-related violence could. -Severa (!!!) 02:10, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
- I'm concerned that this represents a form of sanitizing of the movement. While many pro-life people really do believe that all killing is wrong, others seem to believe that "killing the killers" is acceptable. Joie de Vivre 02:39, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
- I don't think the NAMBLA/gay comparison makes sense. Pedophiles don't profess to be gay... they use made-up words like "boylover". Pro-life clinic bombers do sometimes claim to be pro-life. Joie de Vivre 02:41, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
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- Categories are supposed to be for things that uncontroversially fall into the category. If we have some sources that say person X is pro-life and some sources that say person Y is not pro-life, then I think we should not include them because there is doubt. If we have no soures that say a person is pro-life, then again, we shouldn't include them. But if we only have sources that state individual Y is pro-life, then I think it would be fine to include them. I think in application, this would exclude the radicals who have taken another's life. What might be best is to list the controversial figures who may or may not be pro-life, look at what the sources say, and if they ever were associated with the pro-life movement.-Andrew c 03:44, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
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- An anonymous editor recently inserted this comment into the article Shelley Shannon. -Severa (!!!) 04:31, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
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