Wikipedia:Village pump (policy): Difference between revisions

::Other than [[WP:OWN]], is there any guidance whatsoever on what it means to tag a page? [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_reform#Over-tagging]] talks about it as a problem, but doesn't give any suggestions on what can or should be done about it other than the banner shell. I'm guessing that this is probably the most controversial tag to BLP articles ([[WP:LE]] might also be seen as "sending a message", and adding [[WP:CATHOLICISM]] to some modern antipopes might be seen as inappropriate). [[WP:LGBT]] tagging every person who might possibly be a member of the group would be like tagging every single notable Roman Catholic BLP as part of that project: it'd be a meaningful percentage of every possible biography article on the 'pedia. [[User:Somedumbyankee|SDY]] ([[User talk:Somedumbyankee|talk]]) 20:27, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

:::Why can't they (WP:LGBT) tag every "possible" member of the group? Does WP:MLB only tag ''some'' members of major league baseball teams? I'm not getting it. The key to me, because the subject matter is (right or wrong, I say wrong) "controversial", is that the WP:LGBT does need to go an extra step, beyond a cut/dry baseball WP, etc, and proclaim ''why'' they are tagging it. Unfortunate. But sobeit, and Moni3 has already linked above a (proposed) set of inclusion criteria (that I and [[User:Benjiboi]] have worked collaboratively on as well), stemming from a disagreement between Moni and I over Gov. Crist. So, if WP:LGBT, to use the example from Moni, has a "set criteria" for who/what/where/how something is ''talkpage tagged'', what's the beef? Not seeing it. It's a WikiProject. There is no "agenda", or "promotion of rumors" (I've heard both accusations, and in my own ignorance came damn close to uttering them) It's a WikiProject. IF WP:CATHOLICISM wants to tag anti-popes, has a good reason to do it (to keep the articles free of unsourced, BLP violating "rumors" and disparagements), then they should be encouraged to do so! By and large, if an editor has gone the step of actually joining a ''WikiProject'', perhaps we can assume that they have [[WP:AGF|good intentions]] and aren't covert vandals and operatives? Sorry for the rant, this isn't directed specifically at you, Somedumbyankee (SDY)). [[User:Keeper76|<font color="#21421E" face="comic sans ms">Keeper</font>]] {{IPA|&#448;}} [[User talk:Keeper76|<font color="#CC7722" face="Papyrus">76</font>]] 20:39, 4 August 2008 (UTC)