Talk:Drag Queen Story Hour

Reception section bias

The "Reception" section is heavily biased, and should be edited to include more negative reception for balance. Ideally, positive reception should not include biased sources.

In fact, there's a number of controversies regarding Drag Queen Story Hour which are conspicuously missing as there is no "Controversies" section at all, but that's a different subject.

Is this page a fluff piece? I'm surprised it's not locked yet to protect from any fair edits and additions, but I suspect it may be after I raise these concerns... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.119.57.52 (talk) 06:03, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

I completely agree. There appears to be a large amount of selection bias. Drag Queen Story hour is almost a conservative meme at this point. There is a ton of negative reception.

For example:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/drag-queen-story-hour-is-not-the-way-to-teach-children-about-diversity/wcm/4ee8a795-ae60-40b1-93bd-8a8f5531c195/amp/

In fact it has had such a controversial reception that lawmakers in some states are trying to ban them:

https://www.cleveland.com/news/2023/07/ohio-bill-would-prohibit-and-criminalize-drag-queens-at-library-story-hours-other-childrens-events.html

I don't think its possible to rationally conclude that the reception section was written in a good faith attempt at giving an unbiased reflection. It seems like someone is trying to push their own political narative. 2600:1014:B1E6:1D8B:E0E8:ED84:461A:4C4D (talk) 13:58, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

I agree, the section consisted entirely of praising drag queens and the story hours, with no criticisms. I've tried to balance things out by adding some criticisms, from the linked articles, but I think there are still serious problems — the overall balance is still extremely promotional, and the inclusion of bits about disinformation and white nationalists seems a bit dogwhistle-y to me, like it's implying that all detractors of the story hours are dishonest grifters or white nationalists. I don't necessarily want to remove anything, though, because they're all valid perspectives; I think it's mostly a balance issue and we need to add more of the other side. - 3 kids in a trenchcoat (talk) 01:35, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

You should provide sources with your edits and Wikipedia heavily discourages criticism and controversy sections. Akechi The Agent Of Chaos (talk) 01:03, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

These comments were made a year and two years ago. They changes suggested have Lewisguile (talk) 08:08, 30 November 2024 (UTC)