Re: [Gendergap] Upskirt/downblouse categories (was: Re: So this is how Commons works?)

2011-09-12 Thread Sarah
On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 11:01, Daniel and Elizabeth Case danc...@frontiernet.net wrote: The problem with all of this on Wikimedia is the anonymity factor. People could say I am the model and I hereby give consent. I don't know how we get round that. Sarah Especially when the images are

Re: [Gendergap] Upskirt/downblouse categories (was: Re: So this is how Commons works?)

2011-09-12 Thread Chris Keating
Especially when the images are scraped off the CC-BY and CC-BY-SA Flickr streams. That was something I noticed the other day. An anon replaced the infobox image on Veganism with a close-up shot of a woman's genitals and a vibrator. I looked to see who had uploaded it and it said Flickr

Re: [Gendergap] Upskirt/downblouse categories (was: Re: So this is how Commons works?)

2011-09-12 Thread Sarah Stierch
And as a note - when you review the content that users are uploading using Bryan's bot, the MAJORITY of it is educational content. Nothing questionable or too contorversial. It seems the biggest problems come from a freedom of panorama, nudity/porn, and celebrity images uploaded to Flickr with

Re: [Gendergap] Upskirt/downblouse categories (was: Re: So this is how Commons works?)

2011-09-12 Thread Sarah
On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 12:06, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.com wrote: While I support the use of technology, I also fear that people put so much trust into this technology they aren't aware of the lame content being uploaded. They love to reiterate that if the bot approves it it's okay