[Gendergap] World Naked Gardening Day

2012-04-05 Thread Gillian White
Sorry to say... Right now, on the English Wikipedia main page did you know section, is World Naked Gardening Day: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Naked_Gardening_Day You will note on the talkpage of the article there's been a vigorous debate about the choice of image used

Re: [Gendergap] World Naked Gardening Day

2012-04-05 Thread Thomas Morton
I removed it with this explanation: I've removed the image; I suggest not restoring it (as controversial) unless it is decided by consensus to be the permanent lead image. There is no need to have a sub-standard image in the mean time if a better one can be found (which I think is the case).

Re: [Gendergap] World Naked Gardening Day

2012-04-05 Thread Andreas Kolbe
If you don't particularly object to that image http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=World_Naked_Gardening_Dayoldid=485677881 then I would suggest you have very poor taste and very little sense of what an encyclopedia, even an online encyclopedia, should look like. Andreas On Thu, Apr 5,

Re: [Gendergap] BuzzFeed articles

2012-04-05 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Sequel to Jack Stuef's piece: *It's Almost Impossible To Get Kiddie Porn Off Wikipedia* *Wikipedia's self-policing isn't working.* http://www.buzzfeed.com/jackstuef/its-almost-impossible-to-get-kiddie-porn-off-wiki ___ Gendergap mailing list

Re: [Gendergap] WikiWomen's History Month outcomes

2012-04-05 Thread Pete Forsyth
Women's History Month lives on!! On April 21, Selena Deckelmann and I will be hosting an edit-a-thon in Portland, Oregon, based largely on our experiences at the one in San Francisco. We're making women and technology one of two suggested topic areas (the other being Portland/Oregon history).