Category talk:Cult suicides

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Categories for discussion This category was nominated for deletion, renaming, or merging with another category on 2007 August 17. The result of the discussion was no consensus.
Categories for discussion This category was nominated for deletion, renaming, or merging with another category on 2007 September 18. The result of the discussion was keep.

[edit] NPOV

The category has neutrality issues: It arbitrarily names groups as 'cults'. Sfacets 13:36, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

  • Looking above, it looks like two prior discussions upheld this. Curt Wilhelm VonSavage 14:34, 29 October 2007 (UTC).

That doesn't mean that there aren't POV issues here. Sfacets 23:29, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

What are the NPOV issues? It's the responsivility of the person adding the tag to specify what the problem is. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 23:48, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
See above. "...arbitrarily names groups as 'cults'". Sfacets 23:55, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
Every group in the category has reliable sources calling the groups cults (or they should). Just like any category, there have to be sources identifying the article topics as belonging to the category. That's a sourcing issue, not an NPOV issue. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 04:30, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
The same issue arises - just because some sources refer to them as being cults does not make them cults - and it is non-neutral to categorise them as such. Sfacets 12:11, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
They are not classed as cults "arbitrarily". They are classed so because that is what reliable sources say of them. Wikipedia goes by what reliable sources say, and doing that is taking a neutral point-of-view, any editor's personal disagreement notwithstanding. -- Lonewolf BC 18:38, 30 October 2007 (UTC)