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I have removed an edit which states this article is bait for a scam as it was unsubstantiated. If there is evidence of this, the correct process is to place the article under "speedy deletion" or "articles for deletion". MurielMary ( talk) 19:27, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
Her being ‘outed’ sounds like someone being jealous and making stuff up. It should be removed. 66.67.99.61 ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 21:25, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
Would she be the first space’s felon? LibIchtnatz ( talk) 00:45, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
An IP editor keeps changing "This accusation outed McClain as a lesbian, making her the second known LBGT astronaut after Sally Ride" to "This accusation outed McClain as a lesbian, making her the second known lesbian astronaut after Sally Ride", citing
MOS:IDENTITY. I don't see any breach of that guideline, in that McClain is identified as a lesbian in the first part of the sentence, whereas the second refers to the claim in the cited reference
[2] which says McClain was not publicly out in official NASA communications, although some gay media outlets have followed her career and identified her as lesbian. She is now — albeit involuntarily — the first publicly out astronaut. (Sally Ride, who became the first American woman in space in 1983, was lesbian, but that fact was not revealed until after her death, by her spouse.)
That cite makes it clear that she is the first "publicly out astronaut" – of any gender, i.e. that there are no openly gay male (or trans, etc.) astronauts either. Changing LGBT to lesbian in the sentence totally eliminates that part of the claim. Naturally I won't revert again per 3RR, but I'd be interested if any other editors would like to weigh in here.
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21:40, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
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I have removed an edit which states this article is bait for a scam as it was unsubstantiated. If there is evidence of this, the correct process is to place the article under "speedy deletion" or "articles for deletion". MurielMary ( talk) 19:27, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
Her being ‘outed’ sounds like someone being jealous and making stuff up. It should be removed. 66.67.99.61 ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 21:25, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
Would she be the first space’s felon? LibIchtnatz ( talk) 00:45, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
An IP editor keeps changing "This accusation outed McClain as a lesbian, making her the second known LBGT astronaut after Sally Ride" to "This accusation outed McClain as a lesbian, making her the second known lesbian astronaut after Sally Ride", citing
MOS:IDENTITY. I don't see any breach of that guideline, in that McClain is identified as a lesbian in the first part of the sentence, whereas the second refers to the claim in the cited reference
[2] which says McClain was not publicly out in official NASA communications, although some gay media outlets have followed her career and identified her as lesbian. She is now — albeit involuntarily — the first publicly out astronaut. (Sally Ride, who became the first American woman in space in 1983, was lesbian, but that fact was not revealed until after her death, by her spouse.)
That cite makes it clear that she is the first "publicly out astronaut" – of any gender, i.e. that there are no openly gay male (or trans, etc.) astronauts either. Changing LGBT to lesbian in the sentence totally eliminates that part of the claim. Naturally I won't revert again per 3RR, but I'd be interested if any other editors would like to weigh in here.
Rosbif73 (
talk)
21:40, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion:
Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. — Community Tech bot ( talk) 20:55, 8 February 2022 (UTC)