Talk:List of prostitutes and courtesans

message: Section removed per WP:BLP.Crockspot 16:43, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Alleged male prostitutes

message: I think ever name on this list needs a proper citation, especially for living persons (per WP:LIVING).  This is an extremely deragatory category to put somebody in.  So, it's essential we're certain.  Any names without a citation will need to be removed. --Rob 04:16, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You've got to be kidding me... many of these are historical and undeniable. Modern ones I would say yes, citation would be good, but then the citations should be in the article about that person instead of here. And blindingly removing all alleged prostitutes, as you took it upon yourself to do, is just plain insane. Mary Magdalene? Hugely historical alleged prostitute. Catherine Eddowes? Suspected of being so in well more than 200 books. Elizabeth Short? Accused in tons of books. You need to take a step back and  use some common sense instead of lashing out with some hugely overwrought kneejerk reaction. DreamGuy 06:51, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, I was enforcing policy.  You're violating it.  I'll hope others will remove it (I won't do a straight revert).  This is why Wikipedia is filled with so much unreliable information.  --Rob 07:32, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

text: I see removing some uncited redlinks caused articles to be made with sources (added back as blue).  Good.  I know I was successful.  I will continue to remove any unsourced material.  I suggest much time wasting could be avoided if people added soources in the first place.  I won't at the moment re-remove all uncited claims here, but they will be removed eventually.  So, I suggest get working on adding sources.  Also, as a note, its not ok just to mention a book.  A specific page number will be needed (unless the whole book is about the one person and their being a prostitute).   I think there is now an understanding that never again will adding unsourced names to this list be allowed.--Rob 23:49, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  cite sources 

message: The title of the list treats these as distinct. However, the fictional list lumps them together with no indication of differentiation. In my opinion prostitutes are different enough from courtesans that it is important to distinguish them (as far as possible; I recognize that this may be difficult in specific cases.) I also advocate removing the fictional entries entirely and putting them in their own list. The reason is that the criteria for notability are different. It seems to me that a prostitute in a fictional work would be notable only as a principal character (e.g. Jane Fonda's character in Klute.) In the real world, "bit players" may still be notable. Examples are Christine Keeler and Jeff Gannon. If the second term of the Bush administration were a novel, would Jeff Gannon be notable enough to include here? Not in my opinion. ChrisWinter 17:11, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Distinguishing courtesan from prostitute

message: WP:BLP rules are very rigid. This article is a minefield of liability, as it lists living persons as prostitutes, with little, no, or very weak sourcing. Even this talk page is noncompliant. Crockspot 05:07, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. Each and every entry in that list that does not include a highly reliable source needs to be deleted immediately. ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 03:16, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Noncompliance

message: Given that the material cited for Gannon was apparently considered insufficient for inclusion, per WP:BLP, then obviously the living people for whom no citation at all has been provided here should be removed (which I have now done). This included removing several that I myself had initially added to the page. I continue to hold the opinion that this standard is ridiculous, because truth is a sufficient defense under libel law, but, as an administrator, I'm more or less bound to enforce the rules or quit. - Jmabel | Talk 23:11, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Here is my removal. I would welcome solid citation and restoration for any of these. Some should not be too hard: I would guess that most of these people have either worked legally and openly as prostitutes, been criminally convicted of prostitution, or have written about working as a prostitute themselves. - Jmabel | Talk 23:21, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  WP:BLP 

message: Cut from the section on Symbolic or allegorical prostitutes: "The Lost Daughter of Happiness by Geling Yan". I'm not sure whether or not this is an important enough fictional prostitute to be in the article somewhere, but I believe it was at least misplaced, since the book is about a literal prostitute, not a symbolic or allegorical prostitute. - Jmabel | Talk 04:33, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cut from Symbolic or allegorical 

message: Messalina was not a prostitute. She liked sex and had a lot of sex. She did not charge money for it, so she was not a prostitute. Women who likes sex have often been kalled prostitutes, even if they just had a lot of sex because they liked it. --85.226.44.201 (talk) 22:31, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Separate prostitution from large sexual appetite

message: Re: *Alexandra Dé Broussehan (Irish Celts) - a woman turned spirit of prostitution, caused a war between the Callahan and Lawlor Clans. Often associated with Korrigan whose worship involved sacred prostitution Charles Squire Celtic Myth and Legend I have not been able to find these names in the index to Squire's book.--Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 15:52, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alexandra Dé Broussehan 

message: Surely a REAL pornstar turned tv actress in one of the most popular show ever deserves a spot here lmao?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by GanjaCaliphate (talk • contribs) 16:59, 12 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sibel Kekilli (Shae) Game of Thrones 

message: According to her biography, Maya Angelou was, at one time, a prostitute.
In various articles and interviews, Roseanne Barr has admitted (in her style, almost bragged) that in her early days trying to make a living in stand-up, she would sometimes earn money between sets in the parking lots of the comedy clubs she was working at. In some interviews, she stated very explicitly ("BJs in the parking lots") what she was doing and that is why I include the info here. AdderUser (talk) 10:30, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Maya Angelou, Roseanne Barr