Talk:Gaymer
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GAYMER FLAG?
I am a self-identified gaymer, and I've never heard of such a flag. The movement, while gaining momentum rapidly, is far too fledgling to have adopted any universal symbols. And if we did I sure as hell wouldn't pick something as ugly as that!
- The flag was created by a poster on the Gamer's Experimentations forums named "Istr" in mid-August in response to a thread about gay pride flags in general (the thread itself can be found here: http://gamers.experimentations.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=8443). It is by no means an official flag, nor has it been voted on by the community to represent them. The image (and subsequent article which I suspect will me merged with the primary Gaymer article) was uploaded by user:Kackisback, who is is not an official representative of the community, just a member like us. I kinda like the flag (think the cherry is cute), but if enough people disagree with it, I suppose it could be taken down. I suggest a discussion on either this page or an appropriate forum would be in order, though. Nall 05:31, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
I'm concern about the WP:V aspect of including the flag in the article, even under a more appropriate title like proposed Gaymer flag. The forum you cited wouldn't hold weight as reliable source (at least not on it's own). Agne 16:43, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
I'd agree that there needs to be an official symbol chosen. I started a thread on GamEx here to address the issue. Oh, and btw, in fairness, I'm not an official representative of the gaymer community, but then again, well... there's no such thing as an official representative of the gaymer community. Kackisback 04:51, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
WP:NOT Wikipedia is not a publisher of original thought. This started out as a joke on GamersEX. This is not notable even within the small gaymer community. It doesn't really belong here. --Pinkkeith 15:24, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
There isn't going to be a universal symbol for gaymers anytime soon. We pretty much exist in the scattered worlds of internet forums. There would be no way to "vote" on such a thing even if we wanted to. Not to mention this flag stinks! As a proud gaymer, I vote to get rid of the flag. If in the future a more universal (and better designed) symbol or flag rises to the top of our little subculture and is agreed upon by most people, I would love to see such a thing on this article, but not until then.
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This article isn't encyclopedic at all. Not only are "gaymers" not a united or even loosely constructed group of people it's difficult for most to even agree on the logo this group requires to express it's difference(s).
IMO, this is just a case of WP:NOT#DICT ZBrannigan 23:22, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
