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[edit] Proposed Barnstar

I thought a nice barnstar could help recognize editors' efforts, raise morale and help us take pride in what are some of the most important articles on Wikipedia. Please take a look and comment. I'm open to suggestions and will definitely modify it if there's a consensus. --Simon Speed (talk) 22:19, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

I think I've improved it. Feedback, boys & girls? --Simon Speed (talk) 21:02, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

OK, so if anyone wants to use it just copy and paste the following line into the editor's discussion page replacing "YOUR MESSAGE HERE" with something sensible:-

{{subst:HumanSexualityBarnstar|YOUR MESSAGE HERE, ~~~~}}

--Simon Speed (talk) 01:07, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

I very much like the idea of a barnstar for sexuality. I also very much like the symbols you used in this one. My only concern is that the symbols and textures get lost because of the dimensions in which the whole barnstar has to fit. Something with less detail pattern might be more attention-getting. Perhaps starting with the usual symbols for male (circle with the arrow coming out of it) and female (the circle with the cross at the bottom), but replacing the circles with barnstars?
—MarionTheLibrarian (talk) 22:40, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sex

I've rewritten the Sex article which—according to the article before I got to it—should be describing biological sex (rather than social issues, etc, I assume). The page is tagged as part of this wikiproject (not surprising), although given the material it's probably not that related to this project's subject matter. Anyway, I'm leaving a note here to bring my rewrite of the article to your attention. Thoughts on how to improve the article are always welcome. Madeleine ✉ ✍ 23:54, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Unless I get any dissenting response here, I'm going to remove this projects banner from this page in a week. This wikiproject is about human sexuality, and the article is about biological sex, not sexuality. Madeleine ✉ ✍ 14:56, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
Article looks good, although a few more reference citations might not be a bad thing. I don't think that there would necessarily be any real objections to the removal of the project banner, although it might not be a bad idea to add the Biology project's banner. My compliments on your work, though. John Carter (talk) 15:04, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
Whoops, good point, thought I had done this. Done. Thanks! Article still needs more work, yes. Madeleine ✉ ✍ 15:12, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Okay, removed now. -- Madeleine ✉ ✍ 02:42, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Play party (BDSM)

This article recently survived an attempt to delete it. An editor has now decided to simply remove every line without an inline reference. I have added 2 online sources at the end, but this has been ignored. Few articles in the Wikipedia would survive such treatment (which I think is both Wikipedia:Wikilawyering and vandalism) and I hope it is not something that gets done to all the sexuality articles. I had earlier removed some dubious material from this article but I'd like some support against an attempt to destroy it. --Simon Speed (talk) 17:33, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

To be honest, I think the AfD was closed improperly. According to the strength of the arguments, the article should've been deleted.-Wafulz (talk) 23:27, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

The article has now been nominated for deletion. --Simon Speed (talk) 17:31, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

I have substantially re-edited the article including 5 reliable sources. Please comment on the deletion request. --Simon Speed (talk) 00:34, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] BDSM WikiProject?

  • Or perhaps a Task Force within this WikiProject?

[edit] Feedback requested for Erotic Asphyxia page

Hi, folks. Although I am decently well read in sexuality, I am new to writing for wikipedia. I have revised much of the erotic_asphyxiation page; any feedback to that page's talk page would be appreciated. Thanks, in advance.
—MarionTheLibrarian (talk) 22:36, 6 June 2008 (UTC)