Re: [Gendergap] Larry Sanger's blog post: Should there be a Wikipedia boycott over the lack of an image filter?

2012-06-03 Thread Michelle Gallaway
On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 12:57 AM, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote: We are not talking about filtering standard sex education images as you might find in a school book. We are talking about images or videos of women (...) Andreas Maybe I'm just asking for it, but I just did some

Re: [Gendergap] Larry Sanger's blog post: Should there be a Wikipedia boycott over the lack of an image filter?

2012-06-02 Thread Andreas Kolbe
We are not talking about filtering standard sex education images as you might find in a school book. We are talking about images or videos of women drinking their urine, masturbating with a toothbrush, or having sex with a dog. Andreas On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 7:15 AM, Michelle Gallaway

Re: [Gendergap] Larry Sanger's blog post: Should there be a Wikipedia boycott over the lack of an image filter?

2012-06-02 Thread Sarah Stierch
I think the point is taken. I really have no desire to think about these things, especially every time I read this mailing list these days. -Sarah On 6/2/12 7:57 AM, Andreas Kolbe wrote: We are not talking about filtering standard sex education images as you might find in a school book. We

Re: [Gendergap] Larry Sanger's blog post: Should there be a Wikipedia boycott over the lack of an image filter?

2012-06-02 Thread Carol Moore DC
On 6/2/2012 12:15 PM, Sarah Stierch wrote: I think the point is taken. I really have no desire to think about these things, especially every time I read this mailing list these days. -Sarah Really. My idea is, let the foundation use it's best judgement. I'm sure it will err on the liberal

Re: [Gendergap] Larry Sanger's blog post: Should there be a Wikipedia boycott over the lack of an image filter?

2012-05-31 Thread Bjoern Hoehrmann
* Laura Hale wrote: There was a real feeling amongst some people that this was a red-herring type issue that was taking away valuable time and resources from doing activities towards increasing female participation on Wikimedia related projects, and that to a certain degree, the obsession with

[Gendergap] Larry Sanger's blog post: Should there be a Wikipedia boycott over the lack of an image filter?

2012-05-30 Thread Andreas Kolbe
From Larry Sanger's blog: ---o0o--- I want to start a conversation. [...Larry says, in his blog] I. Problem? What problem? So, you didn’t know that Wikipedia has a porn problem? Let me say what I do not mean by “Wikipedia’s porn problem.” I do not mean simply that Wikipedia has a lot of porn.

Re: [Gendergap] Larry Sanger's blog post: Should there be a Wikipedia boycott over the lack of an image filter?

2012-05-30 Thread Caroline Becker
What is the relationship with gender-gap ? Are female children more unlikely to contribute to Wikimedia projects if they saw some porn on Wikipedia or Commons ? Caroline 2012/5/30 Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com From Larry Sanger's blog: ---o0o--- I want to start a conversation.

Re: [Gendergap] Larry Sanger's blog post: Should there be a Wikipedia boycott over the lack of an image filter?

2012-05-30 Thread Laura Hale
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 2:10 AM, Caroline Becker carobecke...@gmail.comwrote: What is the relationship with gender-gap ? Are female children more unlikely to contribute to Wikimedia projects if they saw some porn on Wikipedia or Commons ? Caroline This was something we discussed at

Re: [Gendergap] Larry Sanger's blog post: Should there be a Wikipedia boycott over the lack of an image filter?

2012-05-30 Thread Andreas Kolbe
On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Laura Hale la...@fanhistory.com wrote: On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 2:10 AM, Caroline Becker carobecke...@gmail.comwrote: What is the relationship with gender-gap ? Are female children more unlikely to contribute to Wikimedia projects if they saw some porn on

Re: [Gendergap] Larry Sanger's blog post: Should there be a Wikipedia boycott over the lack of an image filter?

2012-05-30 Thread George Herbert
On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote: For an example of a woman exasperated by Wikipedia's handling of sexual content, see this post http://www.junkland.net/2011/11/donkey-punch-or-how-i-tried-to-fight.html by blogger Penny Sociologist, which my wife

Re: [Gendergap] Larry Sanger's blog post: Should there be a Wikipedia boycott over the lack of an image filter?

2012-05-30 Thread Nathan
On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 2:46 PM, George Herbert george.herb...@gmail.comwrote: That is, in my opinion, an actionable user behavior problem, even without the gender related issues. Those clearly make it worse, of course. I will go look it up later, but it's probably too stale to do

Re: [Gendergap] Larry Sanger's blog post: Should there be a Wikipedia boycott over the lack of an image filter?

2012-05-30 Thread Ryan Kaldari
The best way to make sure an image filter is never implemented on Wikipedia is to have Larry Sanger endorse it :P Ryan Kaldari On 5/30/12 9:01 AM, Andreas Kolbe wrote: From Larry Sanger's blog: ---o0o--- I want to start a conversation. [...Larry says, in his blog] I. Problem? What problem?

Re: [Gendergap] Larry Sanger's blog post: Should there be a Wikipedia boycott over the lack of an image filter?

2012-05-30 Thread Kim Osman
Hi all, I am a new contributor to Wikipedia and read Larry's blog post and the subsequent discussion on this list with great interest. My first thought was that this indeed is a red herring in terms of addressing the gendergap, however in my limited editing experience I do at times feel like