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The criteria for inclusion for something to be put on the page as 'incel' is overly complicated and wonky. [[Gorilla Warfare]] doesn't want just anyone that is involunarily celibate and noteable to have equal weight, but rather wants to weigh the article by how much someone '''self-identifies''' as the shortened word incel or how close a person or thing is to [[Elliot Rodger]], or something mentioned in a an anti-incel feminist piece somewhere. Ultimately, if something has been written about incels in an online magazine like the Huff Post that has an lead editor who still hasn't been fired for tweeting, "Kill all Men", it will be included in the incel article without much investigation. | |||
==Interesting Trivia== | |||
The article cites [[Alana]] as the [[origin of the term "incel"]]. [[Henry Flynt]] may have been the first to use the phrase "involuntary celibacy" in detail in 1975 in his book "Blueprint for a Higher Civilization". In its discussion of incel communities, as of August 16th, the article mentions only [[r/Incels]] and [[r/Braincels]], omitting or downplaying any non-[[Reddit]] incel communities such as [[Incelocalypse]] or [[Incels.me]] or [[Incelistan]]. The piece also states, "Self-identified incels are mostly white", a claim many incels find dubious given internal demographic research done by forums has shown their forums are almost or at least half non-white. | The article cites [[Alana]] as the [[origin of the term "incel"]]. [[Henry Flynt]] may have been the first to use the phrase "involuntary celibacy" in detail in 1975 in his book "Blueprint for a Higher Civilization". In its discussion of incel communities, as of August 16th, the article mentions only [[r/Incels]] and [[r/Braincels]], omitting or downplaying any non-[[Reddit]] incel communities such as [[Incelocalypse]] or [[Incels.me]] or [[Incelistan]]. The piece also states, "Self-identified incels are mostly white", a claim many incels find dubious given internal demographic research done by forums has shown their forums are almost or at least half non-white. | ||