I dunno, Ryan. The last time someone called me a badass, it was very definitely meant as an insult cloaked as a compliment. I would not subject any article subject to such an adjective.
RIsker/Anne
On 21 February 2016 at 19:12, Ryan Kaldari rkaldari@wikimedia.org wrote:
On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 5:25 PM, Risker risker.wp@gmail.com wrote:
Unless my vision has completely eroded, I do not see the word "cunt" anywhere in that article, Ryan. Nobody on this list has ever said that calling someone a cunt is a good thing.
I was referring to the common defense of that term on English Wikipedia (which I imagine you are familiar with). It's hard to notice the outcry against Keilana's Op-ed and the acceptance of other editors' use of the C-word (sorry, Fae)[1] without feeling like there is some kind of double-standard.
What I do not understand is why anyone on this list would think that
calling someone a "badass" is a good thing.
According to Wiktionary it means "Having extreme appearance, attitude, or behavior that is considered admirable." Synonyms are listed as "cool" and "awesome".[2] It's obviously slang, but still sounds like a compliment to me.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Communicating_on_Wikipedia_while_fe... 2. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/badass#Adjective
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