Someone will find anything done "not funny". That said, body parts humor is rarely a soaring example of high humor. If I didn't think it would go over so badly I'd do the sort of efforts I used to do on Usenet here, but it seems to be taken badly no matter what.
-george On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:01 AM, Ryan Kaldari <[email protected]> wrote: > The April Fools DYKs are pretty tame compared to the ones we used to get > from Bedford (which eventually led to a wheel war). I just wish the April > Fools ones were actually funny. > > Ryan Kaldari > > > On 1/15/13 11:23 PM, Risker wrote: > > On 15 January 2013 21:09, Sarah Stierch <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> http://thewikipedian.net/2013/01/15/wikifoolery/ >> >> " April Fools’ Day is still about 2 1/2 months off, but Wikipedians are >> already planning for the big day. Every year, editors who maintain the front >> page arrange for silly, sometimes misleading, and even mildly offensive >> articles to run during the 24-hour period covering April 1st. But as we >> noted in April 2011, not everyone is happy that such a serious project as >> Wikipedia, one focused on curating the world’s knowledge, spends one day per >> year kind of, sort of, doing the opposite. And as of today, there’s a thread >> on Jimbo Wales’ Talk pagehosting a debate on the practice. This time in the >> mix: whether the juvenile pranks contribute to Wikipedia’s noted gender >> imbalance. Best comments so far: from female editors defending standing up >> for “women’s ability to both use and appreciate dirty or giggle-inducing >> language”." >> > > I don't know that they contribute to the gender imbalance - although in > fairness the women who make it as far as adminship and discussions on > Jimbo's page tend to be unusually thick-skinned (I mean it as a > compliment!). I think that the puerile proposals being bandied about are > likely to make Wikipedia look like it's run by, well...juvenile geeks who > haven't got past giggling every time they hear someone say a "bad word". It > would be different if these things were actually funny, but they aren't. > > Although I think it probably says something about the general mentality of a > significant portion of our editorship what was being proposed for April > Fool's day - sex, body parts, and swearing. Hmmm. > > > Risker/Anne > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > -- -george william herbert [email protected] _______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
