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Template
Homophobic edits
Shocking
Vote for deletion
GLBT laws and "the map"
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I have eliminated Oklahoma City from the list as it is not a major destination for the GBLT travler.

[edit] Template

I'm thinking about creating a "homophobia" MediaWiki template for simultaneous inclusion in several articles that are listed as unsafe destinations on this page. The wording could be something like this:

"{{PAGENAME}} is considered an unsafe or unfriendly destination for GLBT travellers. See the Gay and lesbian travel page for details."

It could contain graphic elements in the future but for the time being only the text would be ok. Does that sound fine? -- Ricardo (Rmx) 09:23, 1 December 2006 (EST)

Could you change "is considered" to "is"? Then I'm OK with it. --Evan 09:50, 1 December 2006 (EST)

I'm not OK with it -- any info on why destination X is unsafe belongs in the page of X, not a separate page. Jpatokal 09:57, 1 December 2006 (EST)

Why is this needed over the stay safe section? -- Andrew H. (Sapphire) 14:51, 1 December 2006 (EST)

Andrew, sorry but I'm not sure I fully understand your question. Anyway, if you're questioning the existence of the "Dangerous destinations" section of this article, I wouldn't say it is needed over the stay safe section. I think it's a good source for contributors who would like to later develop the stay safe sections of the nearly 100 countries listed there - I doubt anybody would want to write them at once - and having the countries listed here is better than relying on external links and sources over which we have no control. As for the template itself, I've thought it over and now agree with Jpatokal - the details should be in the destination articles and in this case templates are not a good choice for inclusion of detailed information for each particular place. -- Ricardo (Rmx) 17:25, 1 December 2006 (EST)

I was referring to the template, not this article. I can see why this article would be useful, but I was wondering why a template should have been used, however, since you're in agreement with Jani it doesn't really matter. -- Andrew H. (Sapphire) 17:30, 1 December 2006 (EST)

[edit] Homophobic edits

Recently there has been a rash of attacks from certain users who keep changing "gay" to "perverted" and so on. Is there a mechanism in Wikitravel that locks and/or bans users from editing a page?--Bud001 04:14, 20 November 2007 (EST)

Yes, admins can protect pages, we've got an eye on this one :) – cacahuate ^talk 05:05, 23 November 2007 (EST)

I think this has gone on long enough. Shall we protect the page? PerryPlanet 17:52, 28 November 2007 (EST)

I just protected it, but was not sure how to set duration so ended up with protection duration of forever. That neds to be turned off in a day or two. Pashley 18:04, 28 November 2007 (EST)

Agree with short term protection. Also glad to see someone else found the "Expiry" field to be vague. I had to ask Bill. OldPine 18:58, 28 November 2007 (EST)

Just specify the protection as "1 day." It isn't "certain users," it is one user who jumps from open proxy to open proxy. A systematic fix is being proposed (one which btw may counter some other trolls and vandals), but it'll take some time, so for right now, all anyone can do is counsel patience and do reverts as needed. -- Bill-on-the-Hill 19:10, 28 November 2007 (EST)

Where is that proposal being discussed? Pashley 19:39, 28 November 2007 (EST)

It's at Wikitravel talk:Community policies, I believe. --OldPine 20:00, 28 November 2007 (EST)

I just changed the protection to allow no anon users for 10 days. Seemed the best way since our vandal comes in from anon proxies. If another admin wants to alter that, I've no strong objection; this was just my guess at a good limit. Pashley 04:34, 30 November 2007 (EST)

[edit] Shocking

What on earth is going on here!??!? This is so messed up it should be deleted or at least protected. 80.202.101.28 06:01, 23 November 2007 (EST)

The troll-fu is weak in this one. -- Colin 16:40, 23 November 2007 (EST)

[edit] Vote for deletion

An anonymous user suggested this article be deleted. It wasn't. See Wikitravel:Votes_for_deletion/November_2007#Gay_and_lesbian_travel for the discussion.

I have removed the claim that Glasgow is host to Scotland's largest gay population as it is a nonsense to suggest data exists which could verify that. Edinburgh might just as easily have a claim to that title, but equally as this cannot be proven the comment has been removed.

[edit] GLBT laws and "the map"

So, I am translating this into the swedish language version of Wikitravel and come to the phrase "...The map on the right shows the legal status of homosexuality in countries around the world...". But - where's the map?? Riggwelter 18:14, 14 August 2008 (EDT)

I don't know, but I think there was a licensing problem with the one on Wikipedia. That or it just wasn't updated enough to include. I'd remove that phrase, but perhaps a perusal of the GLBT laws images on Wikipedia would be better. --Peter ^Talk 15:26, 16 August 2008 (EDT)