Category talk:Conspiracy theorists

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This category was nominated for deletion or renaming on 2005 December 23. The result of the discussion was No consensus (keep). An archived record of this discussion can be found on this log page.

[edit] Revised the category description to try and remove subjectivity

I revised the category description to try and remove subjectivity in determining category inclusion. One of the complaints about the category was that there is too much subjectivity in whether or not to call someone a conspiracy theorist. I narrowed the category definition to include only theorists who actively attempt to defend ideas currently included in articles under Category:Conspiracy theories. So if a theory appears under that category, then anyone who actively defends it falls under this category as a theorist.

For more discussion, see the Category deletion thread for this category at [1] Dugwiki 21:17, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

This doesn't really deal with the fact that "Conspiracy theorist" is a pejorative term in common usage, and as such is inherently POV. Establishing and maintaining a correspondence to the "Conspiracy theories" category merely begs the question, as calling an opinion a "Conspiracy theory" is also pejorative and a POV pre-judgment. --IslandGyrl 04:27, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Choosing people's name for this category is purely POV. Unless they have declared themselves as 'Conspiracy Theorists' or there is a media reference upon which has labeled a person(s), then there is no ground of factual basis to label someone's opinion on an agenda as a conspiracy theory. This is purely POV... -AntonioConstantine 15 July 2007

[edit] WP:CFD

This category was nominated for deletion, renaming, or merging with another category on 2006 August 23. The result of the discussion was no consensus.

This category since 'edited' no longer contains the 'stand alone' description of what a conspiracy theorist is. I wholeheartedly disagree with how this has been merged together. Will the person who did this please explain what gave them the right to do so. I have added a simple explanation that does not contain any subjective opinion. All other dictionaries and encyclopedias contain this basic explanation. Wiki should be no different. If anyone removes the entry, i would ask them to explain why.

Anna Lovatt

This category was nominated for deletion, renaming, or merging with another category on 2007 December 27. The result of the discussion was keep.