Talk:LGBT-free zone

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I have reverted this removal as the cited source - the Washington Post uses this langauge and devotes extensive space to LGBT rights activists visiting the pogrom sites prior to the march. Volunteer Marek - we follow mainstream sources on Wikipedia. If you disagree with mainstream sources, then I suggest you take a deep breath and write a polite letter to their editor. Should you manage to sway weight in mainstream coverage, then you may have grounds to change Wikipedoa's reflection of said coverage.Icewhiz (talk) 03:58, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Again, having a reliable source is a necessary not a sufficient condition for inclusion. In this particular case, this is WP:COATRACK. Overall, while the info is important, it is not notable to have an article of its own. Its place is in LGBT rights in Poland (putting it there would also cut down on the COATRACKin').

For comparison look at something like, say, teh Georgia Abortion Law [1], or any number of recently passed measures in some US states. Those are more significant than these "declarations", if for no other reason than the fact they have the status of a law, could be enforceable and may actually lead to a Supreme Court case (most likely will be struck down). But we do not have any articles on this or similar law because on their own, they are not notable (and they are a helluva notable then this stuff here) enough for their own articles, and any info about them belongs in an article about Abortion in the United States. In both cases such articles, in addition to not meeting notability standards, would also violate WP:NOTNEWS.

Same thing here.Volunteer Marek (talk) 05:32, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

These are legal resolutions by government - extensively covered in international WP:NEWORGs and easily passing Wikipedia notability standards. As for WP:COATRACK - when the Washington Post (and several other sources) deem a certain connection to be relevant to a subject - so do we. If you have an issue when mainstream media - please write the respective editors' a polite letter. In the meanwhile - please avoid making assertions here that are not backed up by sources on the topic. Icewhiz (talk) 05:42, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

No, these fail WP:NOTNEWS and by themselves are not notable and this article isn't encyclopedic. Useful content here can be merged to LGBT rights in Poland where it belongs. This is pretty standard procedure on Wikipedia and should't really be controversial. Your objections are noted but Wikipedia's policies and guidelines take precedent.Volunteer Marek (talk) 05:53, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

You misunderstand WP:NOTNEWS - this is not routine, nor is this limited a newscycle (or two, or three). These resolutions by elected bodies - pass WP:GNG by a mile - or rather 4,457 miles at least (the distance from Warsaw to Washington). Icewhiz (talk) 06:27, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

No they do not. Just like there's no article on 2019 Georgia Abortion Law there's even less reason for articles such as this one. We already have an article where this content belongs. Can you at least make an effort in explaining HOW this article supposedly "passes WP:GNG by a mile". An assertion is just that - an assertion. Anyone can make assertions. They don't mean anything, unless you can actually support it. Because I can - WP:GNG says "Brief bursts of news coverage may not sufficiently demonstrate notability." (WP:SUSTAINED and WP:NOPAGE also apply).Volunteer Marek (talk) 06:42, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Disruptive removal of notability tag

Icewhiz removed the notability tag I added to the article with the false edit summary tag not based on any Wikipedia notability policy [2]. This is blatantly false since the policy rationale was just articulated in the section above, here here and freakin' here. I even quoted the relevant part of WP:GNG. Icewhiz failed to reply.

Now, I understand that Icewhiz disagrees with these rationales - but that is NOT a legitimate reason to remove the tag. Of course he disagrees, he created this article. That does not give him the right to remove the concerns of other editors from the page. His actions are a gross violation of WP:OWN. The matter should be discussed and the tag should stay in pace until it's resolved. Removing the tag is disruptive and it constitutes edit warring.Volunteer Marek (talk) 08:13, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

I should also note that Icewhiz removed the merge tag without even giving me the chance to open the relevant section for discussion. The idea of the merger was already raised above. I added the merge tag at 6:38 [3]. Icewhiz removed it only minutes later (while I went to the kitchen to pour myself some cherry coke! Literally!) [4]. This is clearly disruptive and a bad faithed attempt at WP:GAME.Volunteer Marek (talk) 08:20, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

When placing maintenance tags, please properly update all relevant pages. As for the notability tag - more than one editor disagreed with you. The LGBT-free zone declarations have started significant protests (pride marches, solidarity protests) as well as attacks on pride marches. Beside being resolutions by duly elected legal entities, these resolutions have been the subject of continuing WP:SIGCOV that amply surpasses GNG. This is nothing close to "routine news reporting". Icewhiz (talk) 08:23, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

You removed the merge tag within minutes of me putting it there so please spare me this "please properly update all relevant pages". You didn't even give me a chance to "update all relevant pages" before you started edit warring over it. YOU put it back and start the relevant discussion. I'm not going to do it, because, based on my past experience with you, there's a pretty damn good chance that as soon as I try to restore the merge tag you will run off to WP:3RR or some admin claiming that I'm edit warring.

As for the notability tag, again YOU removed it within minutes of it being added so NO OTHER EDITORS have actually had a chance to comment. Obviously you disagree with it. But that does NOT give you the right to remove it in order to sabotage discussion. This is disruptive and it constitutes WP:GAMEing. Please put it back in.Volunteer Marek (talk) 08:45, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

LGBT "ideology".[6] While symbolic, the declared zones signal exclusion of the LGBT community.[

LGBT is an ideology in Poland rather than any exclusion. The alleged LGBT community is a perhaps 1000 activis community dispersed in several cities, who organize rallies. The community is leftist, anti-government. The same people organize anti-governmeny, ecological and LGBT manifestations travelling around country.Xx236 (talk) 10:00, 16 August 2019 (UTC)