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Are you guys actually homo I mean there's nothing wrong with being gay but all of you love changing it to that images and making admin abuse excuses even when there's a even more better image that's not copyrighted.
Neither casual homophobia nor accusing people of "admin abusing" (in all-caps and bold!) is likely to persuade people to your point of view. The image you wanted to use in the article has been deleted for copyright reasons, so we clearly can't use that. What other image do you suggest would be better than the current one? Caeciliusinhorto (talk) 00:29, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
On the actual article, it states that "the desire by followers of a fandom for two or more people, either real-life people or fictional characters (in film, literature, television series, etc.), to be in a romantic relationship." However, shipping is derived from the word 'relationship,' which is not always romantic. Sure, fandom shipping is USUALLY romantic, but that doesn't change the fact that relationships include siblings, parent and child, and literally friends. Not called a friend-SHIP for no reason, is it?
Not editing the original article because I don't want to cause an issue.
Friendships are a type of relationship, but "shipping" specifically refers to romantic relationships. It was originally coined specifically about a romantic relationship, and the sources cited in this article specifically say that it refers to romantic relationships. Possibly some people use the word more broadly but that would be a definite minority position and without sources discussing such a use we should not put it in the article. Caeciliusinhorto (talk) 13:46, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
