Actually, the rule of thumb is to use the most commonly used name. So Blow Job would be a more than appropriate redirect to Fellatio.
-- Michael Becker
-----Original Message----- From: wikien-l-admin@wikipedia.org [mailto:wikien-l-admin@wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Ehrenberg Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 9.32 To: wikien-l@wikipedia.org Subject: [WikiEN-l] Sex articles on wikipedia (was: Kils sysop status temporarily revoked)
--- Jimmy Wales jwales@bomis.com wrote:
Erik Moeller wrote:
I should add that I'm not particularly
comfortable with the page in
question, [[fisting]], myself.
Any more or less so than any of the other articles
in [[List of sexology
topics]]?
That's a long list, and so let me list some examples of what I am personally comfortable with. But let me stress that I'm NOT making any policy here, I'm just arguing as an ordinary wikipedian, trying to help explore these issues thoughtfully.
Some of the terms there are scientific terms, others are sociological, but some are slang terms, generally used primarily for shock value.
[[backdoor entrance]], a slang term I guess, redirects to [[anal intercourse]]. What purpose does that redirect serve? Well, it serves *some* purpose, I suppose, but does that purpose outweigh the cost?
[[blow job]] is a slang term, but unlike [[backdoor entrance]], it is a very very *common* term. To me that commonness adds points towards inclusion.
[[snowballing]]?
I'm just not sure about some of these things.
Now, please do keep in mind that I'm personally not uncomfortable with these terms. If you think that's it, you should probably poke around Bomis a bit, ha ha. But I am not so sure that we are currently handling these things in the best way for Wikipedia.
--Jimbo
I think all of those redirect articles are just unnecessary. There is already (I think) a policy to use the technical terms for everything, or atleast the semi-technical terms, so those slang expressions don't fit, and the links (as well as the article text itself) should reflect this. If somebody (for some reason) searches for 'blow job' and doesn't get any title results, he can just scroll down a little and see the article on 'oral sex' (this isn't an issue yet but I know someone will bring it up). If someone links to 'blow job' and creates a page, someone should quickly delete the page and change the link to [[oral sex]]. This really shouldn't be an issue. Just imagine a 7-year-old looking for an article on blowing bubbles, so she searches for "bubble blow" and gets an article on oral sex in the title search. --LittleDan
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