In all three dictionaries the primary definition of the word does not imply illegality. I googled the word dictionary, took the first three results and typed in "incest". I then thought that wikipedia is based on sources, so I decided to try and find some. I disagree with this, because I still believe that the dennotation "incest" does not imply illegality. Do not alter the lead of this article to say it's "sometimes" illegal or taboo, because this is implied already by the wording of the first paragraph." If the relationship between two people is not illegal or unacceptable in that culture, then it is not incest. Dex Stewart ( talk) 20:28, 9 July 2009 (UTC) Īfter some thinking I decided that I'm probably right, so I decided to go and edit the sentence myself, but then saw this note in the source text: I really think the word "illegal" should be removed, since incest is not universally illegal, nor is it actually defined as illegal, there's nothing in the word implying illegality. For all other uses, see Incest (disambiguation)." "This article is about illegal sexual contact between family members. WLU (t) (c) Wikipedia's rules: simple/ complex 19:37, 1 July 2009 (UTC) Disambiguation sentence. They were about 60k apiece, and standard is usually 250-260K. I've merged the archives from 6 into 2, and added material from this talk page. WLU (t) (c) Wikipedia's rules: simple/ complex 15:07, 3 July 2009 (UTC) Merging archives Legitimus ( talk) 16:51, 1 July 2009 (UTC) Good additions. : Unknown parameter |month= ignored ( help) Origins of the Social Mind : Evolutionary Psychology and Child Development. WLU (t) (c) Wikipedia's rules: simple/ complex 15:36, 1 July 2009 (UTC) I've unearthed a few refs that may be useful: The lead!) I'm very reluctant to include more in the BCA section without better sources. I'd favour gutting the page and building from those two with judicious use of the news and pop culture links (right now JRR Tolkien is mentioned in the lead. There's two scholarly links, neither as inline citations. Legitimus ( talk) 14:44, 1 July 2009 (UTC) I'm torn on linking to the GSA page at all - it's all news stories. I will see if I can find some journal articles to assist. For example, perhaps mention of the so-called Genetic sexual attraction and some mention about how consensual adult incestuous relationships are frequently between parties that meet for the first time as adults. I never really liked the pop news examples (they have that "freak show" quality to them) Though I think we need some more subject-specific material in the BCA part. I've done a pretty extensive trim and rewrote some sections, what do others think? WLU (t) (c) Wikipedia's rules: simple/ complex 14:10, 1 July 2009 (UTC) So far so good. The BCA section, more specifically the "lead" 3-level heading, seemed rather suspect - popular sources, lots of unnecessary footnoting, and "case studies" (more accurately, news stories). Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.238.77.130 ( talk) 20:54, 27 June 2009 (UTC) That's because we moved that to a separate article: Laws regarding incest Legitimus ( talk) 01:00, 28 June 2009 (UTC) Between consenting adults It should also focus on legal validity of incest marriages and the legal consequences for the children born out of such marriages. The article has more focus on incest as taboo. 52 Professor Steve Jones material and WP:Undue weight.