User talk:Oedalis

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Safe sex

Heyas, I re-updated the bulletpoints under avoiding contact with fluids at Safe sex again, but in a different way than before. My primary objection when I changed it before was that there were two 1's preceeding the first sub-numeral. I have modified it so that there is only one leading 1 by using "*#" instead of "**" or "##". It seems that this makes it clear that those 5 headings fall under the avoiding contact with fluids superheading, but eliminates the aestetic badness of having two preceeding 1's. If you'd take a look at the current version and let me know if you think it's in a good state, I'd appreciate it. Thanks! -SocratesJedi | Talk 20:59, 18 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much for your message. I am pleased someone has taken an interest in this article. I was not aware that an article called unsafe sex was also redirected here. Safer sex is important as part of AIDS prevention and promotes the use of condoms. All harm reduction approaches are controversial, because they appear to endorse dangerous behaviour. The same could be said of needle exchange programs, filter tipped cigartettes or even seat belts in cars. These simple points appear to be lost in the current article, which includes wild speculations about risks associated with a range of behaviours. Abstinence is not a form of safer sex! It is an alternative approach to AIDS. Sci guy 03:23, 24 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Okay I can't disagree with the first part of your message, safer sex definitely IS an important part of AIDS prevention (as well as numerous other STDs) and does promote the use of condoms or other barrier methods---however I think we part ways on whether or not this article takes note of these points. I definitely think it does. As far as "wild speculations" are concerned---where are these? In regards to abstinence not being a form of safer sex but rather an alternative approach to AIDS--I can agree with this, but I think it does merit being mentioned within the confines of the safer sex article, perhaps in a manner similar to how you just stated it?

16:20, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

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Okay, the only thing I could find along the lines of wild speculation, was that Saran wrap thing which I commented out. I made a point of adding a statement to the blurb about abstinence that it isn't a safe sex practice but prevention against STDs and pregnancy.

16:44, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

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Would you take a look at Talk:Safe sex and the comments directed somewhat at User:Sci guy there that I have recently posted? Always nice to have a third opinion. -SocratesJedi | Talk 06:55, 27 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Safer sex is not about cybersex or masturbating with latesx gloves - it is simply encouraging gay men to use a condom for anal sex with stangers. I think it is best to make this point in an article that can be linked from other HIV/AIDS pages. Sci guy 16:12, 27 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Polgara the Sorceress/Merge template

Well, I took the fact that the page is called Duplicate articles to be its statement of purpose, but that's neither here nor there. Perhaps my edit summary was ill-chosen in light of the fact that that's not my major reason for removing the merge template. (It would have been appropriate as my argument for doing so on Beltira and Belkira, but I didn't end up doing it there, instead opening that debate on Talk:The Belgariad.) My main reason for removing the merge template from Polgara the Sorceress is that it's at least as much about the book as about the character; the book, Polgara the Sorceress, is not part of The Belgariad and therefore should remain in its own article. If you wanted to break out the biographical information and merge it into another article, then that would still not be a reason for the merge template (which is a request that the whole article be done away with as redundant). -- Perey 15:09, 22 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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2010 City of Bell salary controversy

Hello. It was my understanding that section titles are lower-cased. Did this practice change? Sincerely, your friend, GeorgeLouis (talk) 17:47, 4 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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