Talk:List of awareness ribbons

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Isn't there a ribbon for awareness of homophobia?

I think it's rainbow-colored. That's my guess anyway. Cholerashot 22:39, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Rainbow-colored ribbons actually are traded, but I've checked the first three weblinks from the Awareness ribbon article and the second and third linked pages both mention it as "a symbol of gay pride and support for the GLBT community and their quest for equal rights" and for "Gay pride or rights movement", respectively, which isn't quite the same. --H.A.L. 09:13, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

And a question of my own: Does a red ribbon with very long "legs" (as worn by Vanessa Williams in yesterday's episode of Ugly Betty) mean something different? Cholerashot 22:39, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sources

This article is in desperate need of sources. Some of them are obvious but some seem so far out there that, without sources, could entirely be vandalism. Cburnett 21:20, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

At some point in the near feature I intend on pretty much blanking this page per Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden of evidence. I find it hard to believe that there are this many ribbons for such obscure ideas. Cburnett 04:46, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

As in the edit summary for the creation, it was split off from the article Awareness ribbon. I do not have sources, as it is not my content. I recommend that instead of hacking and slashing the list, you go looking yourself for sources. I honestly think that awareness ribbons have become trite and pointless, but that doesn't mean they aren't used for all those things. FOr that matter, the awareness ribbon article has at least one external link to a large list of ribbon colours and meanings. - BalthCat 05:46, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

One possible source would be to cite those charities and organisations who have an online store that sells awareness ribbons/pins/wristbands, but this could possibly violate the Wikipedia policies on spam and external links. --Kyoko 14:55, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Hah! Touche. I'll pay more attention to the summary next time. :) I suppose it may be worth creating some notability criteria for ribbons. I personally wouldn't find it interesting if anyone could just name their color for whatever and roll with it. Any suggestions? If used or promoted by an established charity or established organization (would knock out Joe Schmoe arbitrarily picking one). Cburnett 02:00, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

I flushed the entire list and then added what causes I could find a ribbon for. Please do not add one without citing a source to avoid having such a huge list with no sources. After the list, in comments, is a list of ribbons and their associated colors. Feel free to use these when adding ribbons (with sources :). Cburnett 03:24, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

You managed to miss the red ribbon? o_O BalthCat 03:07, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Miss how? If you can find a source for it, then feel free to add it. Cburnett 15:06, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

I was simply baffled that you didn't go looking for a source for the red ribbon. It's one of the most prevalent ribbons, up with yellow and pink. That's what I meant by missing it. ANYONE can find a source for it. - BalthCat 21:04, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

I think it really isn't that hard to try googling for sources yourself before mercilessly culling those who innocently make the mistake of editing without one. In less than twenty minutes I have replied to you and found sources for the last ones you removed (Violence against Women is already in the Purple ribbon article). I understand it's a slippery slope before this becomes a giant bloated list of rarely used awareness ribbons, but it's really not that hard to google. (And I mean really, not including the red ribbon?) - BalthCat 21:22, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

And it took you almost 4 months to reply and find the source yourself...and you're baffled at my priorities?! Pot. Meet kettle. I'm really a civil guy but I don't need your lecturing. This article was precisely that — a giant bloated unsourced list — before I ran across it. If I'm this pathetic editor you rant implies then I would have just blanked it or deleted it outright. But I didn't.

And, for the record, the editor supplying content is is the one responsible for sourcing it. So stop making me out to be some kind of mean ogre here to prey on the poor, helpless, and innocent victims editors. I mean honestly! Cburnett 23:47, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Again, simply linking to the cause does not mean that you can list the cause here: I will continue to remove/revert these changes. Linking to leukemia.org is great, but http://www.leukemia.org/ says nothing about the fact that they use orange ribbons. It is not a source. Cburnett 23:05, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] should there be an order of ribbons?

Hi all, should these ribbons be in some sort of order? Right now, they seem to be pretty randomly ordered. I don't have any alternative right now, but I thought I would bring up the issue. Thanks, --Kyoko 05:19, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure what could possibly be a decent method to sort with. By hue: red puprle to white to black? Alphabetical ribbon name: ASCII ribbon, orange ribbon, red ribbon, etc. It's why I haven't bothered to sort it yet cuz I'm not even sure I could pick one. Others? Cburnett 00:21, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

I came to the "awareness ribbon" entry and then the "list of awareness ribbons" hoping to find more about the history of the ribbon 'fad', starting with the origin of the short folded ribbon that is common today, which ones are widespread, and maybe even an external link to some of the more dubious "invented" ones that really don't exist outside a webpage or a small group of webpages within a very narrow interest. So, though it might be more work, I would suggest ordering them chronologically according to when they were first "invented", if that is the right word. It may be of limited interest, and probably far more work than it's worth, but if anyone wants to do the research, that's one approach. 75.46.169.203 07:20, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Good point, but probably hard to find. Cburnett 16:36, 18 February 2007 (UTC)