Talk:Bogardus social distance scale

Meaning of "[a]s close relatives by marriage"?[edit]

When the article speaks of acceptance of group members "[a]s close relatives by marriage", to whose marriage does it refer? That is, does that acceptance involve a) being oneself willing to marry a member of a given group or rather merely b) being willing to welcome a member of that group "into the family" if he or she marries a close relative, i.e., becomes a close relative-in-law?

Also, if b) is the meaning, how quantitatively close is "close", and on what scale is it to be measured? Do we define "close" as being within a certain number of degrees of consanguinity? As featuring at least a certain strength of emotional bonds between the respondent and the relative the "out-group" member is marrying? And how do we quantify "fuzzy" characteristics such as the latter?

165.176.7.3 (talk) 17:40, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the move request was: Closed - Move made Mike Cline (talk) 16:35, 7 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Bogardus Social Distance Scale → Bogardus social distance scale –

None of the scales in the "See also" section are upcased. Per WP:CAPS ("Wikipedia avoids unnecessary capitalization") and WP:TITLE, this is a generic, common term, not a propriety or commercial term, so the article title should be downcased. Lowercase will match the formatting of related article titles. $Tony (talk)$ 08:58, 28 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Scale[edit]

I fail to see why the scale stops at

Would exclude from entry into my country

What about "would imprison them everywhere", "would kill them if they show up", "would kill them on sight", "would torture and then kill"?

Many historical and current organizations seem to employ such a scale in real life. Zezen (talk) 12:28, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]