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*[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2005 December 12#Category:Kinky Wikipedians|Deletion of the Category "Kinky Wikipedians" on 18th December 2005]] — There are many categories like this in [[Wikipedia:Category:Wikipedians]], with ones such as politics, sexuality and political beliefs. BDSM however was the "last straw".<br> | *[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2005 December 12#Category:Kinky Wikipedians|Deletion of the Category "Kinky Wikipedians" on 18th December 2005]] — There are many categories like this in [[Wikipedia:Category:Wikipedians]], with ones such as politics, sexuality and political beliefs. BDSM however was the "last straw".<br> | ||
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| − | *''"Because there's too much potential for being too offensive to too many people, because we don't need to get into arguments about which subcategories are or are not obscene, [..]and because the whold thing is just prurient." ["whold" spelling error unchanged from quote] --[[Wikipedia:User:Herostratus]] | + | *''"Because there's too much potential for being too offensive to too many people, because we don't need to get into arguments about which subcategories are or are not obscene, [..]and because the whold thing is just prurient." '''[Note:''' "whold" spelling error unchanged from quote''']''' --[[Wikipedia:User:Herostratus]] |
| − | *''"just about the worst thing that could possibly happen to Wikipedia is a news report about people actually using this category for serious purposes."'' --[[Wikipedia:User:Scott Ritchie]] | + | *''"just about the worst thing that could possibly happen to Wikipedia is a news report about people actually using this category for serious purposes."'' '''[Note:'''A common misunderstanding by those outside the community that people who are "kinky" or interested in BDSM are somehow akin to the level of murderers and rapists''']''' --[[Wikipedia:User:Scott Ritchie]] |
*"I think this category name goes one notch too far" --[[Wikipedia:User:RlyehRising]] | *"I think this category name goes one notch too far" --[[Wikipedia:User:RlyehRising]] | ||
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Things that could be perceived as intolerance of the BDSM community
- Deletion of the Category "Kinky Wikipedians" on 18th December 2005 — There are many categories like this in Wikipedia:Category:Wikipedians, with ones such as politics, sexuality and political beliefs. BDSM however was the "last straw".
Selected quotes:
- "Because there's too much potential for being too offensive to too many people, because we don't need to get into arguments about which subcategories are or are not obscene, [..]and because the whold thing is just prurient." [Note: "whold" spelling error unchanged from quote] --Wikipedia:User:Herostratus
- "just about the worst thing that could possibly happen to Wikipedia is a news report about people actually using this category for serious purposes." [Note:A common misunderstanding by those outside the community that people who are "kinky" or interested in BDSM are somehow akin to the level of murderers and rapists] --Wikipedia:User:Scott Ritchie
- "I think this category name goes one notch too far" --Wikipedia:User:RlyehRising
Articles
- Wikipedia:BDSM
- Wikipedia:Sadism and Masochism
- Wikipedia:Latex
- Wikipedia:Latex and PVC fetish
- Wikipedia:Fetish fashion
- Wikipedia:Sexual fetish
Images
- Wikipedia:Userboxes/Sexual_orientation,_gender_and_status
- Wikipedia:Userboxes
- Wikipedia:Image:Leather, Latex, and BDSM pride2.png
- Wikipedia:Image:Leather, Latex, and BDSM pride.png
Templates
- Wikipedia:Template Kinky — "This user is into BDSM or fetish fashion" with a Leather/BDSM pride flag.
