It seems from my experience that WP:RD2 is usually interpreted fairly narrowly, at least in the cases I've tried to use it. Specifically it requires the material to be "grossly" offensive and excludes "'ordinary' incivility". In the world of Wikipedia, grossly offensive is a pretty high bar it seems. Right now, I have a hard time even convincing people that this sort of stuff is incivil, much less worthy of revision deletion.
My favorite example is the Talk Page for Rubyfruit Jungle. It took 4 years, 10 editors, and a couple of edit wars to remove a joke posted by an anonymous IP about vaginas smelling like fish. Ryan Kaldari On 9/30/11 3:19 PM, Fred Bauder wrote: >> Twice recently I have been reverted for removing vulgar jokes from >> article talk pages on the English Wikipedia - most recently for removing >> a joke who's punchline was "A woman's anus after she was sodomized!". >> Although I appreciate the use of humor on Wikipedia, and support the >> inclusion of potentially offensive material within appropriate contexts, >> I think these type of jokes are not appropriate on talk pages and create >> a sexualized environment that is often unwelcoming for women (as well as >> people from other cultures/religions/backgrounds). I think this issue is >> pertinent to the gender gap (unlike my other recent posts), and would >> like to hear other people's opinions. I've also started a discussion at >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Civility#Vulgar_jokes for >> broader input. >> >> Ryan Kaldari > Such material may not only be removed but may be deleted under WP:RD2 as > grossly offensive and degrading. > > I have not done so pending resolution of the discussion. > > Fred > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap _______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
