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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