Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Sexology and sexuality
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[edit] Work in Progress: Guidelines for images in Sexology and Sexuality articles
[edit] Project directory
Hello. The WikiProject Council has recently updated the Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory. This new directory includes a variety of categories and subcategories which will, with luck, potentially draw new members to the projects who are interested in those specific subjects. Please review the directory and make any changes to the entries for your project that you see fit. There is also a directory of portals, at User:B2T2/Portal, listing all the existing portals. Feel free to add any of them to the portals or comments section of your entries in the directory. The three columns regarding assessment, peer review, and collaboration are included in the directory for both the use of the projects themselves and for that of others. Having such departments will allow a project to more quickly and easily identify its most important articles and its articles in greatest need of improvement. If you have not already done so, please consider whether your project would benefit from having departments which deal in these matters. It is my hope that all the changes to the directory can be finished by the first of next month. Please feel free to make any changes you see fit to the entries for your project before then. If you should have any questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you. B2T2 23:40, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Rett syndrome relevance
Why are Rett syndrome and penetrance on this project page? 203.34.41.43 04:17, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Category:BDSM submissives
Apologies for a few cross-posts here, it is hard to guess just where this should go.
Category:BDSM submissives Wikipedia:Categories_for_deletion/Log/2006_November_24#.5B.5B:Category:BDSM_submissives.5D.5D is currently being discussed for possible deletion because it contains only one article (Bob Flanagan). This drew my attention to several other BDSM-related categories, at least one of which is, well, weirdly populated. Copying some remarks (mine) from the discussion in question:
It is remarkable that this category is so empty when (I just checked, following a guess) Category:Dominatrices has 12 entries and Category:Bondage models has a whopping 76. [Warning, slightly tasteless humor follows.] Just goes to show what the nerdboys writing articles in this subject area are into, I guess. And at a quick look, 100% of the bondage models listed are female. Don't we have any gay nerdboys into leather here at the 'pedia? Practically worthy of WP:CSB.
Anyway, can someone help populate Category:BDSM submissives rather than delete it? And is anyone writing about male bondage models? - Jmabel | Talk 18:10, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Template:WP_Sex
Any comments on renaming Template:WP_Sex to "Template:WP Sexuality" or similar? I have not gotten any replies on its talk page. --Strait 22:20, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
It sounds okay to me. I didn't do it when I migrated the other stuff as it looked like a big pain in the rear to do that. Do you think it is necessary? Atom 22:56, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
Well, it would help clarify what the project is. There's a big difference between a project that deals with "sex" and one that deals with "sexuality and sexology". I think that it's very tempting right now to start adding this template to pages like Ploidy and Ovipore, which is not what is intended (right?). The big pain in the rear would be to go around to all pages which have the template already and update the template's name. I can do this. Are there anyother complications? --Strait 23:20, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
Updating the articles that have a link would probably be the biggest thing. Fifty pages or so. Atom 02:23, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
Ya, that's what I was saying. I can handle it. Shall I go ahead? --Strait 21:55, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
We've given plenty of time for others to say something. I can't see an issue. Go for it. Atom 22:36, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
Ok, done. *whew* Please fix anything I've just screwed up. I tried to be thorough, but my eyes are crossing now. :-) --Strait 05:10, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
What an effort. I appreciate it because I sure was not looking forward to all of that work. Atom 23:09, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Wikipedia Day Awards
Hello, all. It was initially my hope to try to have this done as part of Esperanza's proposal for an appreciation week to end on Wikipedia Day, January 15. However, several people have once again proposed the entirety of Esperanza for deletion, so that might not work. It was the intention of the Appreciation Week proposal to set aside a given time when the various individuals who have made significant, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia would be recognized and honored. I believe that, with some effort, this could still be done. My proposal is to, with luck, try to organize the various WikiProjects and other entities of wikipedia to take part in a larger celebrartion of its contributors to take place in January, probably beginning January 15, 2007. I have created yet another new subpage for myself (a weakness of mine, I'm afraid) at User talk:Badbilltucker/Appreciation Week where I would greatly appreciate any indications from the members of this project as to whether and how they might be willing and/or able to assist in recognizing the contributions of our editors. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 22:48, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Merging sex position articles
I have recently opened discussions for the merging of leapfrog sex position into doggy style and side entry missionary position as well as butterfly sex position into missionary position. Please comment on the respective talk pages. --Strait 16:44, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Naming of articles, etc.
I frequently find myself in arguments about the naming of sex positions. Generally someone wants to give a position a name I have never heard and use it as though it is the name for that position, even though they cannot provide any evidence that it is generally accepted. (Often the highly dubious "but it has a lot of google hits" defense is used at this point...)
And now there is a huge debate going on about whether or not "handjob" and "fingering" are appropriate words for Wikipedia or whether we ought to say "manual genital stimulation" instead (yuck).
Would anyone be interested in hashing out a guideline on naming conventions in sexuality/sexuality articles which clarifies how Wikipedia:Naming conventions applies to them? --Strait 16:52, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
I'd be glad to work with you on that. I am sure we can get a few others involved as it is developed. Atom 18:10, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
Ok: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Sexology_and_sexuality/WIP-naming-guidelines --Strait 21:34, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Userbox
We need a userbox. I think I can get someone to help...NinaOdell | Talk 16:37, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] "Not-censored" box
I've added the following box to the top of a few articles' talk pages, where (a) no such notice had already been posted and (b) the topic either did or seemed likely to draw requests for censorship. If this would be helpful elsewhere, please use or adapt where you deem it suitable. -- Ben 19:14, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
I have now turned the above box into Template:Notcensored.
Also, someone else had created a longer block of text, with a stop-sign, that specifically fits (and is on) the talk pages of articles with images of nudity or sexual anatomy. I've adapted this into Template:Notcensored2, with two minor changes from the original text: 1) removed a blank line from top, 2) used BASEPAGENAME to provide the article name automagically, so that doesn't have to be typed in every time.
It's probably better to "subst" these -- {{subst:notcensored}} or {{subst:notcensored2}} -- rather than make the poor computers transclude them each load. That also reduces the risk of being affected by template vandalism. -- Ben 10:50, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Article classes
I am quickly assigning quality classes to sexuality articles. These are not meant to be the final word, so please change and/or discuss if necessary. --Strait 18:12, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
Go for it. I have had that on my list for a long time. Based on past experience, I doubt your classification will be substantially different than my own. Atom 18:43, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] BDSM stubs
I have taken a little time to try and attack some of the stubs floating around. I rewrote Fire play and included a lot of content but it probably needs a bit more to it. Same for Vi Johnson's wiki entry. --User:Rose Ashe 16:25, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Not sure if this is the correct WikiProject, but this is closest
Courtship requires a rewrite and I thought that this project would be the best place to get it started. x42bn6 Talk 13:52, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Deletion sorting board
I added a "deletion discussion" section to the project page, with a link to the deletion sorting board at Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Sexuality and gender. The board is shared by several WikiProjects, and indeed anyone can use it. If you see any sexuality or gender related articles on the WP:AFD lists, please add them. Other xFD's and WP:DRV can be listed there too. — coelacan — 18:20, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Looking for help
Hi there,
Looking to find a home for Category:Intersexuality and wondering if it was within the scope of your project. Of particular note, although some of the sub-articles are covered by WP:Medical Genetics, articles such as Intersexuality are not.
Cheers, Lwollert 06:11, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Looking for BDSM editors on :en
Hi my nick is Nemissimo, I'm a editor specialized on political sciences and BDSM while being an admin on the :de (German language) Wikipedia project. I'm looking for editors who are working on BDSM in order to cooperate interwiki and create an productive network. Anyone interested in this topic is highly welcomes to contact me on my :en or German userpage. --Nemissimo II 20:06, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Top and bottom in sex and BDSM
... needs work. See the talk page for a TODO list.
It's a merger of 9 earlier pages; I've done a fair amount to make it work well, but the BDSM part will need significant editing to be smooth. It also needs expansion; see the TODO list again for that.
