Talk:Outing

OK, I created this article in the first place. But after thinking things over a bit I wonder if this article should be merged with the article about "Coming out" in one way or another. Because when I think about it, the expression "outing" could also be used about an voluntairly coming out (e.g.: "So, JohnDoeBL chose to out himself to his family.") Still young 15:03, 22 September 2005 (EDT)

Well, that's certainly possible. If you'd like to merge this one with that one, you can just replace this article with #REDIRECT [[Coming out]] and this one will automatically point to coming out. --Hínandil 15:18, 22 September 2005 (EDT)

It was I who started to make links to Outing before it existed, but I think I agree with you now. The two topics are strongly related, and as short as Outing is and will probably remain, it's probably better to merge it into Coming out. Do the deed if you feel inclined :-) Clayboy 16:16, 22 September 2005 (EDT)

I believe the articles should be separate, as they discuss two quite different actions (though the net result of those actions may be similar). "Outing oneself" is indeed voluntary (and synonymous to "comiong out"), but "outing" definitely is not. See discussion at Talk:Coming out. --Asch 21:36, 28 September 2005 (EDT)