Well, do you need a picture to explain a dildo? File:Franz von Bayros 016.jpg is more or less art, but File:Félicien Rops - Sainte-Thérèse.png which is used on three Wikipedias to illustrate the use of a dildo has some real problems with being offensive to Catholics (Of course Japanese or Chinese Catholics don't matter, but they do). Much better to use a photo of the woman using a dildo or at least an eye-witness report published in a reliable source. The image could, of course, be used appropriately to illustrate an article on caricatures or something about anti-catholicism.
Fred Bauder > The foundation appears to be of the impression that Jimbo is merely > attempting to encourage scrutiny, and removing clear cases. > > This is not true. Jimbo has speedy deleted, without discussion, > historical > artworks and diagrams, often edit warring with admins to keep them > deleted, > and has made a statement that he refuses to discuss his deletions until > after he has finished deleting them all, which would only compound the > problem. > > Examples: > > Artworks from the 19th century, by notable artists: > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Undelete&target=File%3AF%C3%A9licien_Rops_-_Sainte-Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se.png<- > Wheelwarred with three different admins to try and keep it deleted. > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Undelete&target=File%3AFranz_von_Bayros_016.jpg<- > Wheelwarred with two admins this time. > > ---- > > Diagrams intended to illustrate articles on sexual subjects, in wide use > on > Wikipedia projects for that purpose: > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Undelete&target=File%3AWiki-fisting.png<- > Edit warred with three admins > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Undelete&target=File%3AWiki-facial.svg > > ---- > > Further, when challeged on these, he said that he refused to engage in > any > discussion on the deletion of artwork *until he was done deleting all of > them* > > From > http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AJimbo_Wales&action=historysubmit&diff=38891861&oldid=38891748 > > "I have redeleted the image for the duration of the cleanup project. We > will > have a solid discussion about whether Commons should ever host > pornography > and under what circumstances at a later day - June 1st will be a fine > time > to start.--[[User:Jimbo Wales|Jimbo Wales]] ([[User talk:Jimbo > Wales#top|<span class="signature-talk">talk</span>]]) 17:31, 7 May 2010 > (UTC)" > > > How are such images to be found, after's he's gone and deleted them all? > Are > we really to sift through every single deletion several months later, to > find the things that shouldn't have been deleted in the first place, and > which, thanks to the Commons Delinker bot, have been automatically > removed > from the articles they were used in? > > Out of Jimbo's deletions, at the very least a third of the deletions > related > to diagrams and historical artwork in wide use on Wikipedia projects. > This > despite his initial claim ( > http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AJimbo_Wales&action=historysubmit&diff=38820363&oldid=38819608) > that he'd only be dealing with things that violated the law that > started > the controversy. > > If the board are not aware, there was, about a year ago, a controversy > related to images of Muhammed, in which Muslim readers - for whom such > are > horribly offensive, due to rules against depiction of the prophet - were > politely informed that we could not delete material simply because it > offended someone, as Wikipedia sought to show all of the world's > knowledge. > Jimbo's actions make that consensus deeply problematic. > > There is a petition for Wales' founder flag to be removed, which has > gained > widespread support since his actions. ( > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Remove_Founder_flag ) > > > -A. C. > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
