Wikipedia:Cleanup Taskforce/Prostitution

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[edit] Prostitution

Where shall I start? This is a former Featured Article that has been downgraded due to obvious bad editing. Too much information is contained in the Lead paragraph which should be pushed down into the main article subspace. Some information may be split off into sub-articles as has happened already. Too much slang and unreferenced information is used, too much information being used as a list page, and serious cleanup is necessary as the article is of inappropriate tone for an encyclopedic entry.

This is a big job, should other Taskforce members be enlisted to help?

Added to User:Shell Kinney/Desk Ekantik ^talk 03:25, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Oh my, we might just need a team for this. I didn't get much further than Prostitution occurs in many varied and different settings. before despair set in - that poor article has been terribly mangled by a lot of good-willed editors a bit unfamiliar with our styles. I'll get started on the lead paragraph and see where things need to be merged and see if I can find a few others who want to take a stab at a section. Shell ^babelfish 05:14, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

You do need a team of 'world' specialists to review the contemporary meaning of the term. A prostitute does not 'commit' the act of prostitution, unless the person is in a country where it is illegal to perform such actions. Not allowing a person to perform consented, regulated prostitution (take example of the Victoria, Australian legislation, Prostitution Act 1994) is against human rights.