Wikipedia talk:Avoid weasel words

Wholesale replacement of weasel

Given that a consensus has been claimed (but is currently 50-50) for merging this page into "words to watch" I will try to facilitate the process by replacing the article as standing with the sentences it is being reduced to. This will give people the chance to see what if anything is missing. --BozMo talk 20:02, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

MoS naming style

There is currently an ongoing discussion about the future of this and others MoS naming style. Please consider the issues raised in the discussion and vote if you wish GnevinAWB (talk) 20:50, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Mustelaphobia?

I'm not sure if this is the proper place to bring this up, but some have said that many weasels strongly object to the term "weasel words" as it presents their species in an unfavourable light based on false negative stereotypes and prejudice. There is a general Consensus among both the Mustelid Council of Europe (MCE) and North American Coalition for the Social Progress of Weasels, Ferrets and Ermines (NACSPWFE) that this term is outdated, inaccurate and unfair to weasels and their kin. Perhaps the authors' of Wikipedia's "Avoid Weasel Words" policy should seriously consider replacing "weasel words" with a more modern, less offensive descriptor that does not carry such blatant connotations of speciesism. 67.142.172.26 (talk) 01:02, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

"Verbosity of varmintal descent"? 68.144.100.86 (talk) 09:16, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

Nice try to be silly, 67.142.172.26, but you will soon hereby be blocked for your vandalism at 22:19, 2 September 2010 for Talk:Global warming, 22:02, 21 May 2013 for Frost weathering, 21:52, 2 December 2013 for Nun . --Adeptzare3 (talk) 00:41, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

How ironic

"It is a generally accepted..." This is a weasel phrase, by the page's own definition. No deception intended, just sloppy.Sometimesage (talk) 22:51, 21 May 2020 (UTC)Sometimesage (talk) 22:46, 21 May 2020 (UTC)Sometimesage (talk) 22:39, 21 May 2020 (UTC)Sometimesage (talk) 22:38, 21 May 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sometimesage (talk • contribs) 22:21, 21 May 2020 (UTC)

But context matters. Wikipedia can make generalising statements reflecting the consensus of its own editors in Wikipedia namespace. The editors can decide, collectively, what is "generally accepted by them, and then describe that in a guideline, and that is not weasel wording. (Unless the guideline means not generally accepted by editor consensus but by academics at large or something, in which case that WOULD be weasel wording, and indeed be ironically placed). 2600:1702:4960:1DE0:AD80:F27C:76D:C5D0 (talk) 03:51, 27 March 2022 (UTC)