Talk:Greek love

Latest comment: 2 months ago by SilverLocust in topic Requested move 3 August 2024

Former good article nomineeGreek love was a Social sciences and society good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
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DateProcessResult
June 22, 2009Articles for deletionKept
November 18, 2010Articles for deletionKept
January 26, 2012Good article nomineeNot listed
Current status: Former good article nominee

Requested move 3 August 2024

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The result of the move request was: Not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) SilverLocust 💬 05:06, 18 August 2024 (UTC)Reply


Greek loveCultural impact of Classical Greek homoeroticism – The phrase "greek love" is misleading. An alternative option would then be to e.g. move it to "greek love (idiom)", but that too wouldn't be as precise as this previous title - which is now a redirect - used to be. Biohistorian15 (talk) 10:24, 3 August 2024 (UTC) — Relisting. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talkcontribs) 01:48, 11 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

But that isn't the subject (and it should be "ancient" not "classical"). We have Homosexuality in ancient Greece, Pederasty in ancient Greece and no doubt others for that. Johnbod (talk) 16:52, 4 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
Note: WikiProject Sexology and sexuality and WikiProject Classical Greece and Rome have been notified of this discussion. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talkcontribs) 01:49, 11 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
  • Oppose for the reasons stated by ★Trekker and Johnbod. This article is about perceptions of ancient Greek cultural attitudes throughout history, and typically described by the term that is the article's title. It's true that the term was a euphemism, but it's a euphemism with a considerable amount of history and cultural significance. I don't see any utility in changing a title that we still recognize to one that would tend to disguise the subject. Since the topic itself is somewhat dated, in the sense that attitudes toward homoeroticism and homosexuality have evolved to the degree that euphemisms such as this and its historical justifications are no longer viewed as necessary, the subject lacks the cultural currency that would tend to result in a new title replacing the existing one. Thus the existing title seems preferable to the proposed alternative, or similar titles. P Aculeius (talk) 02:24, 11 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
  • Oppose: The article already covers the term's history and usage, so renaming it to focus on a single time period seems unnecessary. Waqar💬 15:09, 12 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
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