The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellaneous page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the discussion was: keep . (non-admin closure) SD0001 ( talk) 17:30, 4 April 2019 (UTC) reply

Portal:Sex work ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Recently created, non-X3, duplicate topic to Portal:Prostitution which was created a few weeks earlier Legacypac ( talk) 09:32, 26 March 2019 (UTC) reply

• Keep -

1. "Sex work" is a broader subject than "Prostitution".
2. This is not a mass creation portal, its a portal for Wikipedia:WikiProject Sexology and sexuality/Sex work task force.
3. I had already noticed the conflict with Portal:Prostitution and proposed Portal talk:Sex work#Merger proposal, but was refused. Guilherme Burn ( talk) 12:06, 26 March 2019 (UTC) reply

Was that discussion, where two people supported a merge (including you) and two people opposed (including TTH who created portals on the narrowest of topics) advertised somewhere? It is truly rare to see any discussion on a portal talkpage.

I recognize that you created this but the code is exactly the same as the mass created ones.

Would you prefer that Portal:Prostitution which is a large portion of sex work (according to some definations) be merged into this? There is substantial overlap in scope here. Legacypac ( talk) 16:46, 26 March 2019 (UTC) reply

Yes @ Legacypac:, Portal:Prostitution, Portal:Prostitution in India, Portal:Prostitution in Japan and Portal:Prostitution in the United Kingdom, all They could be merged with Portal:Sex work. I refognize that you created this but the code is exactly the same as the mass created ones. The standardized code is a powerful tool for creating portals, but ... With great power there must also come great responsibility. Guilherme Burn ( talk) 17:36, 26 March 2019 (UTC) reply

Following that logic, Portal:Pornography should also be merged into Portal:Sex work as pornography is also a large part of sex work. Portal:Board games and Portal:Chess co-exist without a problem, although chess is a board game. I don't see any reason that that precedent shouldn't apply to the sex work and prostitution portals. -- John B123 ( talk) 18:34, 26 March 2019 (UTC) reply

Actually Portal:Pornography was already broadened to Portal:Erotica and Pornography. The need for a porn portal without any real porn in it when half the internet is porn is another discussion. Legacypac ( talk) 04:27, 1 April 2019 (UTC) reply

• Keep - As pointed out above "sex work" is not the same thing as "prostitution. For the avoidance of doubt, a sex worker is someone who works in the sex industry. As well as prostitution; pornography, webcams, striptease etc are part of sex work. See the subcategories in Category:Sex industry for further different types of sex work. -- John B123 ( talk) 18:26, 26 March 2019 (UTC) reply
• Keep per the above. It's clear the nominator has misunderstood the nature of this portal. A discussion of merging the prostitution portals into this one is reasonable but that doesn't require an MfD and would be better held on the talk page without distraction from those wishing to delete portal space completely. Thryduulf ( talk) 10:41, 27 March 2019 (UTC) reply

Don't rudely say I misunderstand anything. There is obviously big overlap between topics here. Read the discussion. Legacypac ( talk) 04:23, 1 April 2019 (UTC) reply

• Keep per all of the above. They are not duplicative by topic, nor by content. North America ¹⁰⁰⁰ 08:53, 31 March 2019 (UTC) reply
• Delete - At this point, so many sexually oriented portals with overlapping scope have been created that it is best to delete them all and then sort out which ones should be created again. Robert McClenon ( talk) 17:12, 31 March 2019 (UTC) reply

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 page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.