Talk:Purity spiral

Religion

Aren't many religions affected by the purity spiral as well? I think this is also related to radicalisation. Jan Vlug (talk) 08:31, 17 November 2025 (UTC)

Better sources needed

This article currently cites 6 sources. Four of them are non-scholarly articles written by Gavin Haynes, a right-wing political commentator, and all published within two weeks of each other (suggesting that this terminology is not well-established). The other two are a book by two academics and a review of the same book. While I am not suggesting this article should be nominated for deletion, it needs better sourcing, preferably from academics. In addition, the "Notable examples" section lists both the Khmer Rouge and "Internet knitting circles" as examples of purity spirals, which makes the entire section seem unserious and more akin to RationalWiki. ElasticSnake (talk) 21:51, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

Any reason you don't think it's worth nominating for deletion? A bit of digging reveals that the article is unlikely to grow beyond the problems you've listed. LovelySwineTraveler (talk) 02:37, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

@LovelySwineTraveler Two academic historians published a piece on the term in WP:THECONVERSATION, see the Redfern and Whatmore cite. DiodotusNicator (talk) 02:49, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

• At the very least Haynes is clearly a WP:BIASED source and requires attribution, but beyond that we're probably focusing too much on his personal opinion here. I've tagged the article appropriately. --Aquillion (talk) 02:42, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Regarding reversion of IP/new user edits

The reversion of the recent IP edit was pretty objectively justified. However instead of simply stating "Removed addition irrelevant to article + inconsistent with the tone of the rest" (which doesn't really qualify as a reversion reason imo) wouldn't it have been more beneficial to spend 30 second googling to find a reason like WP:PROOF or simply to link the beginners guide? Kaiswonderland 15:25, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

Online Examples are just DEI

I came across an older screenshot of this page that just had examples listed without any details, and while having IG Knitting Circles in the same list as the Khmer Rouge and Cultural Revolution is funny, it does seem like a bit of a false equivalence

Maybe moving them to a subheading for less deadly hyper-online instances would help, but a list of three authoritarian terrors and two online movements doesn't seem like it's the best way to list things That Human Being (Alex) (talk) 13:41, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

Why are all the examples so old?

This is a term in modern use, to describe things of the "SJW", "woke", and "DEI" kind. It seems disingenuous only to include examples from much older times. ~2026-46657-42 (talk) 09:28, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

Content must be verifiably and reliably sourced.. The historical examples present are included because the cited sources use them as examples. DiodotusNicator (talk) 10:05, 1 September 2026 (UTC)

Needs more ideological balance

Examples are not ideologically balanced; it seems to be focused more on left-wing instances rather than a mix based on history.

Events such as The Night of Long Knives, the Lavender Panic, and even the rotating cast in the Trump 1 and 2 Whitehouse staffs could also be examples. ~2026-38462-14 (talk) 16:09, 18 September 2026 (UTC)