Talk:Alternative lifestyle

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[edit] Supporting the weasel

User:Mombas, since you asked...

Here's WP:WEASEL: This page in a nutshell: Avoid "some people say" statements without sources. (plus other varieties of weasel statements.)

Examples from Alternative lifestyle:

"The following may be examples which are considered by some to be examples of alternate lifestyles:" "people who might be said to" "Alternative lifestyles are sometimes thought be an expression of social rebellion. ... in what they characterize" "Some psychologists today, however, believe..." "This is considered by some to be nothing more than an excuse for deviant behavior."

IMHO, that's a pretty high percentage of weasel phrases in this short article.

[edit] Fallen out of favor?

I guarantee 100% of the people who visited this page assumed it would mean homosexuality, primarily if not exclusively. It can't be offensive, it's a bleeding EUPHEMISM. From WP:WEASEL: "It is acceptable to use some of these phrases, if they are accompanied by a citation that supports the claim..." (IMHO as is done in the last paragraph of this article.)

From WP:WEASEL: "The following questions can be used to determine some instances of weasel words.

Who says that? When did they say it? How many people think that? How many is "some"? What kind of people think that? Where are they? What kind of bias might they have? Why is this of any significance?

We should improve this article by fixing and avoiding weasel phrases. Have a good one.  :-) -- 201.50.248.179 18:24, 6 February 2007 (UTC) (Originally edited this page as "201.50.248.179")

Sincere apologies if you took offence. While I don't entirely disagree with your assertion I would have thought that simply editing out the offensive material may have been sufficient. Or following the tag with an explanation on the talk page. Keep up your good work and I will back you on any changes you feel necessary to make this subject more credible. Probably a facelift could be on the cards. Cheers mate and best wishes. Mombas 22:23, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

GUEST:"some psychologists say,,," I agree that it would be helpful to know who you are talking about here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.138.52.53 (talk) 22:06, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WEASEL, cites

This article still has problems re WP:WEASEL. I'm not going to do it today or tomorrow, but sometime soon I'm going to come back to this article and remove all weasel statements. If there's anything in here that you don't want removed, edit it now so that it doesn't have WEASEL problems.

Also, the article needs cites! Citing is a core Wikipedia policy. It is not optional. Per Wikipedia:Citing sources, "Any material that is challenged and for which no source is provided may be removed by any editor." -- Writtenonsand 14:51, 16 November 2007 (UTC)