[WikiEN-l] Grape Lane (euph.)

[Jussi-Ville Heiskanen]

Tim Starling wrote:
>
> I suspect frequent editors of Wikipedia have long since become
> desensitized to obscene language, thanks to the constant stream of it
> that gets inserted into articles as vandalism, and written all over
> their user talk pages as revenge for reverting that vanadalism. I for
> one enjoy reading about history and etymology, and have read articles
> on obscene words and euphemism sequences with interest.
>   
A good recommendation on those lines, is our article on the
man who coined the phrase "Make love, not war."

That phrase is not all he is known for. [[Gershon Legman]]s
brick sized work on dirty jokes is one of the most cherished
treasures I found as a pre-teen, while playing hookie from
school, and spending leisurely days combing through the
bookshelves of the Helsinki University Library.

> The featured article choices that really rile me are the pop culture
> trivia, like individual episodes from TV series.
>
> But whatever offends you about a feature article choice, regular
> Wikipedians probably know that there's not much point trying to
> convince Raul654 of anything.
>   

+1


Yours,

Jussi-Ville Heiskanen