Talk:STD (disambiguation)

message: Pretty much all of the links to this page need to be corrected, since this is a disambiguation page. The most common way to use STD is to refer to a Sexually transmitted infection, so just as a suggestion wouldn't it be better to make this become a redirect to Sexually transmitted infection and then create a page STD (disambiguation)? The disambiguation page can be written on the top of the Sexually transmitted infection page. AndyZ 13:30, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The information on a disambiguation page should be focused on getting the reader to their desired article. That would suggest that the link to Sexually transmitted disease should be moved to the top of the list, since it is the most popular reference, with the observation that STD is an older 3 letter acronym that used to refer to a Sexually transmitted disease, which is now more appropriately called a Sexually transmitted infection, or [STI]], by the medical community. The link should be directly to the primary topic, which is the article about sexually transmitted infections, not via the redirect at Sexually transmitted disease. STD is not a primary topic so doesn't need to have its own article, so there is no need for a second disambiguation page of an ambiguous acronym because that leads to disambiguation gone mad. Instead we can help the reader get to the expected article, faster, by putting the, by far, most common usage to the top of the list. Everything else is, relatively, a minor usage. - Cameron Dewe (talk) 00:20, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: In stating that everything else is a minor usage, you're basically asserting that the term "Sexually transmitted disease" is the primary topic. We already have procedures for how to handle primary topics and DAB pages, and what you've suggested isn't one of the methods. BilCat (talk) 00:37, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Links to this page

message: Doctor of Sacred Theology, what does that have to do with STD?--Alexbuirds 09:48, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Straw training dummy. Lol. 71.132.131.45 (talk) 14:13, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: All joking aside, Wikipedia has an article for such combat training targets called Straw man (dummy)! So what you use would depend on what it is called. Citation needed for the appropriate TLA that is in general usage and not just defined in the particular training documents or the instructor's instructions. - Cameron Dewe (talk) 00:46, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Disambiguation list

message: I said other Trek series don't list abbreviations in their articles in my revert but that's technically incorrect. Neither Enterprise nor Voyager list abbreviations but TOS, TNG and DS9 are all listed. Clearly I should have checked all the articles not just skimmed the most recent. STD is the standard 3 letter abbreviation I've seen used hence its inclusion here. 人族 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 07:12, 11 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: DAB pages are not only for "correct" abbreviations. STD is used for the program, like it or not, proper or not, as the existence of that blog post shows. BilCat (talk) 00:08, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: True. All I am suggesting is a citation to be sure that the usage is verifiable and in what context that usage occurs, especially when there is disagreement. - Cameron Dewe (talk) 00:51, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the blog you cited does that quite well. Whether it's considered reliable enough for Wikipedia is another question. BilCat (talk) 01:03, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Minor Correction 

message: I've been enjoying Star Trek: Discovery as much as the next person (probably more), but from what I can see "STD" has a clear WP:PRIMARYTOPIC and should redirect there. Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 21:43, 13 February 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Nice to hear you're enjoying Star Trek: Discovery. I enjoy Derry Girls—maybe I should add it to "DG"? Anyway, read WP:DABABBREV:
 Pol098 (talk) 09:57, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I took the "but" as meaning the OP wasn't talking about Star Trek: Discovery being the primary topic, but but something else, presumably Sexually transmitted disease. - BilCat (talk) 02:23, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move to [[STD (disambiguation)]] 

message: STD is being used as an insulting abbreviation for Star Trek: Discovery. It is harmful to LGBTQ viewers.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.200.239.24 (talk) 16:08, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: So only LGBTQ people get STDs?? Now that's insulting! BilCat (talk) 00:00, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

text: Also, why is it only insulting to call Star Trek: Discovery by the abbreviation STD, but not for the other items listed on the page? BilCat (talk) 00:13, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia is not censored. So if STD is insulting or harmful to LGBTQ people, please cite your sources and say it is an insulting acronym to someone of that orientation, preferably in the relevant Wikipedia article, not here, where you can also give an appropriate alternative to use. And cite your sources so your claim can be verified from a reliable source. This apparently reputable blog post would suggest at least one person in the world can be verified as being of that opinion. Removing something because it is insulting or offensive is an act of bowdlerisation and goes against the Neutral point of view. This explains why your edit has been undone. - Cameron Dewe (talk) 01:34, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Insulting

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover)  feminist (talk) 04:49, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: STD →  – As noted above, there is a clear primary topic for this subject. Virtually all results on Google search, Google books, and Google Scholar that I found by searching this keyword relate to sexually transmitted disease, so STD should redirect there. In contrast, many of the topics listed at the dab page are not usually referred to as "STD". (t · c) buidhe 03:51, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 25 January 2022