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 _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
