Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adulterers

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was relist at CfD. -- Kjkolb 00:52, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Category:Adulterers

I propose that this category should be deleted. "Adulterer" is a derogatory label, and if the category is upheld, it could be used to label vast numbers of biographies in a rather unpleasant manner. There is already bad feeling directed towards Wikipedia about some of its biographies, and, in my opinion, this category has the potential to make the situation much worse. Details of extra marital affairs are documented in the biographies where appropriate. Wikipedia seems to have a policy of avoiding derogatory biographical categories. This policy should be continued. Viewfinder 22:02, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Keep As the originator of the cat, I feel this is an historically and culturally important and interesting category. Anyone wondering why it doesn't have any members in it at the moment, the nominator reverted all my +cat edits, but they included people from all walks of life, past, present and fictional, in an unbiased and fully sourced way. I am not aware of the bad feeling issues the nom refers to, and I think adulterer is fine (after all we have Category:Serial Killers), but if people feel strongly that adulterer is an inappropriate label someone who has participated in marital infidelity, don't hesitate to suggest alternatives, e.g. people who have confessed adultery or people who have been prosecuted for adultery. Just resist censorship, and keep this important category with ramifications throughout societies and literature worldwide. Zargulon 22:10, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Comment By the way, this is a Category not an Article. The nom and I cannot figure out how to correctly nominate it for deletion as a category. Some help would be appreciated.

The correct method is to nominate this at WP:CFD. I will set it up for you shortly. Road Wizard 23:09, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Comment Sorry, it seems that I should have used cfd, not afd. I hope this can be sorted. If the powers that be uphold this category, perhaps they might consider at least changing it to "Extra marital affairs". Viewfinder 23:17, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

This has now been renominated at CfD. Road Wizard 23:19, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.