Talk:Polite fiction

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((Removed link)) <= The example from the Pygmy village is excellent and probably should be incorporated into the article somehow. If it doesn't get VfD'd. -- Antaeus Feldspar 16:10, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)

The site earlier referenced by Antaeus Feldspar is now parked with porn ads on it, I've removed the link to save anyone else from the embarrassment. Link left as a comment in case it comes back Kiore (talk) 21:07, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

VfD[edit]

Consensus of VfD on 8 March 2005 to keep. Discussion at Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Polite fiction. BLANKFAZE | (что??) 00:51, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Stork myth... should it be here?[edit]

In some places there is the popular myth that children are brought by the stork. Is this an example of a polite fiction? If so, then maybe it should be mentioned in the article as a well-known example. SpectrumDT (talk) 11:43, 4 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Polite lie[edit]

The above article should be merged into this one, as it seems to be another name for the same concept. Robofish (talk) 21:12, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. Same topic, but different content. Polite_lie should ideally be cleaned up first, though; it cites no sources, making it useless on the matter of WP:V meteor_sandwich_yum (talk) 03:12, 25 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

this seems un-encyclopedic. and also a stub![edit]

i dont know how to add those things to the top, but uhh if someone else could do that, that would be great! >:] Bumpf (talk) 14:30, 30 June 2021 (UTC)[insert witty meta-text on wikipedia signatures here][reply]