Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pedophilia and sexual orientation

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The result of the debate was No consensus. – malathion ^talk 06:23, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

Pedophilia and sexual orientation

No sources. Much of information not even relevant. Note that the gay rights movement in the past supported pederast groups, they have never voiced approval of pedophiles. Nearly all of this article discusses pederasts and pederasty. 70.57.82.114 21:59, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

• The article's far from perfect, but that doesn't merit deletion. If we keep it a while longer I'm sure the quality will improve. LizardWizard 22:03, August 4, 2005 (UTC)
• keep, and probably merge per the tag. Kappa 23:14, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
• Delete extreme POV pushing. There are 30 times as many convicted heterosexual paedophiles than homosexual ones, i.e. a heterosexual is 3 times MORE likely than a homosexual to be uncovered as a paedophile, statistically. ~~~~ ( ! | ? | * ) 23:33, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
• Keep (and merge with Homosexuality and sexual child abuse as suggested). Article grew out of a previous one that was named like the newly created Homosexuality and sexual child abuse. Since the subject is always discussed (and yes, I agree, by pov-pushers) in homosexuality-related topics, it is far better that the articles exist as a seperate one; otherwise, the other articles get flooded with that stuff again. Could need some more work, though, as could most articles. AlexR 07:36, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, reluctantly, unless rewritten to deal with the subject matter. In its current state, this isn't an encyclopedia article about the subject.
  • It covers items only tangential to the subject and from a massively American point of view:
    • the Boy Scouts of America, which doesn't appear to have any direct relation to pedophilia but rather is about the Boy Scouts' misguided concern about gay men as role models;
    • the Anita Bryant campaign, which tells us nothing about the relationship between sexual orientation and pedophilia but a lot about the influence of religious extremism in the American South.
    • The Public Perception section is slightly more appropriate, but still somewhat tangential. --Tony Sidaway^Talk 08:04, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and Cleanup - this page is far better than the other options. However, this page is largely POV and should focus on the intersection between paedophillia and all aspects of sexual orientation, and not just homosexuality. -Axon (talk|contribs) 09:09, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
• Delete Because it is about Pedophilia and Homophobia in America, and extremely POV. That said, I think given that there are, as pointed out, 30 times as many convicted heterosexual paedophiles than homosexual ones, then a "Pedophilia and sexual orientation" article seems indicated. So basically I'm saying delete, or keep the title ONLY and delete all content, add a one-liner about the Hetero/Homosexual breakdown, add a stub and hopefully a decent article will result. Editing the current crap has little hope of that. IMHO the title "Homosexuality and sexual child abuse" is POV all by itself unless renamed to "Homophobia and sexual child abuse" so I am firmly against merging two misleading, POV articles. --KillerChihuahua 13:28, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
• Delete its bollocks. horseboy 21:52, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and cleanup. The subject is worthy of an article. Just cos this article isn't great doesn't mean it should be deleted. — OwenBlacker 20:47, August 12, 2005 (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 an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.