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The result of the debate was empty and delete category. Atarumaster88 Jedi Order (Talk page) 15:19, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Category:Xenophobic species ([[Talk:Category:Xenophobic_species|talk]] - history - links - logs)

This category currently contains:

  • Those wacky kill-them-all fanatics, the Yevetha,
  • The Quarren, who were merely isolationists (though many are seen offworld, participating in wider galactic society),
  • The Hutts, who had no problems with other species as long as it was clear which slug was in charge,
  • and the Skakoans, who as far as I can tell just had a bad couple of decades and decided to stay home for a breather.

Plus, there was an edit war brewing earlier this evening over putting the Selkath in this category.

There is simply too wide a range of cultural attitudes which could be construed as xenophobic for this category to be useful. I submit that this category is too subjective and vague, and should be emptied and deleted. —Silly Dan (talk) 01:25, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Keep

Delete

  1. As nominator. —Silly Dan (talk) 01:25, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
  2. Per Dan entirely. -- AdmirableAckbar (Talk) 01:30, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
  3. Graestan(Talk) 01:37, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
  4. Per SD. Greyman Jan.png (Talk) 01:39, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
  5. No Vong? Chack Jadson (Talk) 01:46, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
    To be fair, the Vong are in this category. —Silly Dan (talk) 02:39, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
  6. Kill it. Atarumaster88 Jedi Order (Talk page) 01:51, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
  7. Per Silly Dan. jSarek 02:28, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
  8. Subjective. Havac 02:59, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
  9. Unless a source specifically mentions a species to be xenophobic (which, based on the examples shown, is not the case). JorrelWiki-shrinkableFraajic 03:25, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
    Even then, I think it's strange to lump genocidal maniacs with conceited isolationists (and if we had "genocidal" and "isolationist" categories, it would be uncertain which species really belonged in there.) —Silly Dan (talk) 11:55, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
    I'm not sure if I read this right... are you referring to the examples you listed? JorrelWiki-shrinkableFraajic 00:13, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
    The examples I listed are species that could be called xenophobic to some degree, but the level of xenophobia is variable and their inclusion in this category is subjective. That's why I think this category and ones like it are a bad idea. —Silly Dan (talk) 01:57, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
    That I agree with. Basically, what my caveat was asking "what if" a canon source calls a particular species xenophobic. JorrelWiki-shrinkableFraajic 02:02, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
    Still wouldn't like the idea of the category: people would apply subjective standards to put other articles in the category anyway. —Silly Dan (talk) 02:08, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
  10. Ditto —Xwing328(Talk) 04:32, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
  11. Per Silly Dan. Green Tentacle (Talk) 12:19, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
  12. Per Teh_Dan. Unit 8311 15:32, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
  13. Yeah, nuke the cat. Egory.--Goodwood Redstarbird (Alliance Intelligence) 04:55, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
  14. It's also just a really broad statement to say an entire species is xenophobic, even if every known member could be described that way. And even if it was "xenophobic cultures", it's just too much up to interpretation. All around, it needs to die. Wildyoda 03:23, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
  15. Falleen? Muuns? Yeah, this category is too subjective. -LtNOWIS 08:19, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
  16. Definitely too subjective. Thunderforge 19:33, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
  17. If people want to know which species were said to be xenophobic, they can friggin' search for "xenophobic." SillyDan is right. Gonk (Gonk!) 19:36, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
  18. Continuing the unanimous pile-on.-Valin Kenobi 08:38, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
  19. Per above. Marco Lam Jedi Order(Contact) 09:09, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

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