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Problems with today's addition

I deleted today's addition first because an unverified YouTube podcast is not a WP:RS. It was re-added with a deprecated unreliable source, so it needs to be deleted again. Furthermore, the category Category:American traditionalist Catholics falls under WP:EGRS and the accompanying high standards of sourcing and self-identification. If Johnson does not explicitly call herself a "Traditionalist" in a WP:RS then we cannot apply the category. I am unable to revert further due to WP:1RR. Elizium23 (talk) 01:39, 1 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I agree and have reverted. —JBL (talk) 11:47, 1 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"Oh, goodness, are we having trouble with her Catholic status again?" quickly slides to "Oy, have I been editing this article for nine years now?!?" --Nat Gertler (talk) 13:11, 1 September 2020 (UTC) [reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 8 June 2021

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change anti-abortion to pro-life Nicoleta E. Luca (talk) 11:47, 8 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit semi-protected}} template. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:56, 8 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

More to the point, there is a well-established consensus not to use less accurate and more polemical terms when accurate, neutral terms are available. See e.g. this discussion from the talk-page archive. --JBL (talk) 13:18, 8 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There is consensus to NOT use that term THROUGHOUT Wikipedia's articles: Please see Talk:Anti-abortion movements/FAQ Q: "Should this article's title be pro-life movement?" A: No. Wikipedia does not use euphemisms. The term "pro-life" is a branding or marketing device and does not reflect the sole focus of the movement, which is opposition to abortion. The fact that the two sides officially call themselves "pro-life" and "pro-choice" is not a reason for Wikipedia to prefer those terms, since neither is neutral, nor accurately describes their positions. ---Avatar317 ^(talk) 23:34, 8 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Concur with Avatar317 above. StarHOG (Talk) 14:54, 9 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 10 September 2021

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CHANGE: “ compared to Norma McCorvey, the "Jane Roe" of Roe v. Wade, the United States Supreme Court case that legalized abortion in 1973. McCorvey joined the anti-abortion movement in 1995.[14]”

TO: compared to Norma McCorvey, the "Jane Roe" of Roe v. Wade, the United States Supreme Court case that legalized abortion in 1973. McCorvey joined the anti-abortion movement in 1995[14] and later admitted that she never really supported the anti-choice movement, but “took their money and they put me out in front of the camera and told me what to say, and that’s what I’d say.”

CITATION: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/jane-roe-from-roe-v-wade-made-a-stunning-deathbed-confession-now-what/2020/05/20/fad9d296-9a09-11ea-89fd-28fb313d1886_story.html%3foutputType=amp 2601:600:C67F:6030:D021:BE5:7A3D:D561 (talk) 15:41, 10 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: WP:COATRACK; what McCorvey has done or claims to have done is irrelevant to a biography about Abby Johnson. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 20:06, 10 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Change "insurrectionists" to "peaceful pro-democracy protesters." Beriajohn (talk) 00:56, 9 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]