Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-17 Thread Pete Forsyth
Hi SJ, On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 4:53 PM, Samuel Klein meta...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Pete, On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 5:58 PM, Pete Forsyth petefors...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 11:51 PM, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote: To me the wording of the board resolution is

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-17 Thread Pete Forsyth
On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Pete Forsyth petefors...@gmail.comwrote: I think one of the best things we could all do to move things forward would be to start adding the consent template wherever we can, and encouraging our photographer friends to do so as well. It would be fantastic --

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-17 Thread Pete Forsyth
For anybody interested: I've nominated the photo I mentioned a while back, a portrait of Karen Stollznow, for deletion. To me this seems like a clear case of a file that Commons policy requires be deleted, but that was not.

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-16 Thread Samuel Klein
Dear Pete, On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 5:58 PM, Pete Forsyth petefors...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 11:51 PM, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote: To me the wording of the board resolution is clear as is stands. No. In my view no version of the board resolution that remains such

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-15 Thread Andreas Kolbe
On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 5:08 PM, Sarah slimvir...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 2:03 AM, Russavia russavia.wikipe...@gmail.comwrote: Hey Sarah et al On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 12:18 PM, Sarah slimvir...@gmail.com wrote: I think this is my first Commons deletion nom. I'm trying to

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-15 Thread Pete Forsyth
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 4:53 PM, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote: snip Erik said, ---o0o--- Even if they are uploaded in good faith (I put them on Flickr with permission and now I'm uploading them to Commons), *it's still desirable to ask for evidence of consent specifically for

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-15 Thread Sarah
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Pete Forsyth petefors...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 4:53 PM, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote: snip Erik said, ---o0o--- Even if they are uploaded in good faith (I put them on Flickr with permission and now I'm uploading them to

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-15 Thread Pete Forsyth
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 5:13 PM, Sarah slimvir...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Pete Forsyth petefors...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 4:53 PM, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.comwrote: snip Erik said, ---o0o--- Even if they are uploaded in good faith (I put

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-14 Thread Russavia
Hey Sarah et al On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 12:18 PM, Sarah slimvir...@gmail.com wrote: I think this is my first Commons deletion nom. I'm trying to act rather than expecting others to do it, but it's not a particularly pleasant experience. I understand why people don't want to get involved. You

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-14 Thread Sarah
On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 2:03 AM, Russavia russavia.wikipe...@gmail.comwrote: Hey Sarah et al On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 12:18 PM, Sarah slimvir...@gmail.com wrote: I think this is my first Commons deletion nom. I'm trying to act rather than expecting others to do it, but it's not a

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-13 Thread Andreas Kolbe
On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 5:17 AM, Pete Forsyth petefors...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 6:35 PM, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote: As I have said before, I am happy to work with you or anyone on drafting a better policy. (I realize you offered a two word edit, but in my

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-13 Thread Russavia
Hello again Andreas On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 2:51 PM, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote: If you look at the upload stream, they come up quite regularly, including images of minors, uploaded again and again under different user names, according to a mail I received from Philippe a couple

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-13 Thread Katherine Casey
Russavia and Andreas, I want to take this opportunity to point out that the style of argument the two of you have been engaged in since last night is exactly what some of us mean when we refer to an aggressive atmosphere that makes us uncomfortable on the projects. Turning a disagreement over how

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-13 Thread Pete Forsyth
On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 11:51 PM, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote: To me the wording of the board resolution is clear as is stands. Erik has further clarified it. However, present practice in Commons does not follow it. So if these three words help make the intended meaning clearer,

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-13 Thread Pete Forsyth
On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 4:36 PM, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote: The resolution as worded requires that any photo of a person in a private place, or with an expectation of privacy, carry a declaration of consent. It does not specify consent to what, and there is no broadly agreed

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-13 Thread Ryan Kaldari
On 5/13/13 2:58 PM, Pete Forsyth wrote: there is no broadly agreed model of what that consent form might look like. Actually there is: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Consent So images like this one would have to be deleted:

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-13 Thread Pete Forsyth
On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 4:57 PM, Ryan Kaldari rkald...@wikimedia.orgwrote: On 5/13/13 2:58 PM, Pete Forsyth wrote: there is no broadly agreed model of what that consent form might look like. Actually there is: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Consent That looks better than I

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-13 Thread Ryan Kaldari
On 5/13/13 5:03 PM, Pete Forsyth wrote: So images like this one would have to be deleted: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Michelle_and_Barack_Obama_paint_at_a_Habitat_for_Humanity_site.jpg That image should be tagged with {{consent|published}}, which states the following:

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-13 Thread Russavia
On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 7:36 AM, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote: Pete, that photograph is from The Official White House Photostream. This rather implies that the subjects or their representatives waived their reasonable expectation of privacy. The cucumber lady, however, DID NOT, and

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-13 Thread Pete Forsyth
On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 5:26 PM, Russavia russavia.wikipe...@gmail.comwrote: It merely states (paraphrasing) images of people in a private setting OR with an expectation of privacy. The OR inserted above is important to the paraphrase -- it's one of the things that often gets missed in

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-13 Thread Russavia
Also, I will say this out in the open. What I wrote just previous to this is EXACTLY why we on Commons have allowed ourselves to be guided by common sense and our community drafted policies, rather the potentially destructive Board resolution. I will also make it known that I sent emails to Sue

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-13 Thread Russavia
Right Pete, It is an important distinction to make, thanks for that. For example A person in the UK is having a meal in a restaurant. It's not exactly a private setting is it? Do they have an expectation of privacy? Read

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-13 Thread Sarah
On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 11:51 PM, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote: The cucumber ladies still have their pictures on Commons, even though the Flickr account the images were scraped from has long been deleted: (SFW:) http://www.flickr.com/photos/phoenixontherise/6092639951/ I've

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-12 Thread Russavia
Erik, et al Just a heads up that I have responded to your question at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Russavia#Evidence_of_consent I invite all gender gap list members to come to Commons to read what is written, and get involved. Cheers, Russavia On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 1:22 PM,

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-12 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Here is an example of a recent deletion request that was closed as Keep. (While the image is not safe for work, the following link to the deletion discussion is. The deletion discussion does not show the image, only a link to it.)

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-12 Thread Russavia
You may argue for all of the below on the project, and involve the community-at-large. But you should know, that much of what you describe below is covered by http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Personality. If there are refinements that could be made, can I suggest you stop talking on

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-12 Thread Russavia
Hey Fluff, Indeed we did have a conversation on IRC the other day. You and I may not agree on numerous things, and in many instances we have very similar views (but perhaps you just aren't aware of it), but one thing we surely can agree on is that by only commenting on this list is not having

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-12 Thread Katherine Casey
Alas no, I'm not up to your challenge. I'm subject to quite enough aggression and strange sexualization of situations on enwp; I don't have the energy to dive headfirst into an even worse atmosphere of those things on Commons. I'm much more comfortable speaking here, in an environment of respect

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-12 Thread Oliver Keyes
More seriously; the idea that someone either volunteers themselves to enter an environment they find disturbing and uncomfortable, or they're actively contributing to it being disturbing and uncomfortable, is (frankly) bullshit. Katherine is not responsible for the failure of Commons to produce

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-12 Thread Russavia
And I see that you are just as active (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Ironholds) so you are obviously talking as a result of long-term experience. It goes back to my response to Erik, that it is easier to sit back and be negative, than it is to get involved. In terms of

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-12 Thread Oliver Keyes
On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 9:39 PM, Russavia russavia.wikipe...@gmail.comwrote: And I see that you are just as active (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Ironholds) so you are obviously talking as a result of long-term experience. When I say that shaming is bad? Why, yes.

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-12 Thread Alison Cassidy
I feel *exactly* the same way, and I'm a Commons admin :( This speaks for me, too. -- Allie On May 12, 2013, at 1:15 PM, Katherine Casey fluffernutter.w...@gmail.com wrote: Alas no, I'm not up to your challenge. I'm subject to quite enough aggression and strange sexualization of situations

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-12 Thread Oliver Keyes
Quite honestly, is it any wonder when people make such statements that editors from Commons basically ignore them, and don't bother responding -- much like the weekly Commons is broken threads we see elsewhere...you know the ones I am talking about. I would suggest that if you have a weekly

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-12 Thread Russavia
Indeed, we could have a twice or thrice daily thread on English Wikipedia about that very project, couldn't we? On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 4:59 AM, Oliver Keyes ironho...@gmail.com wrote: Quite honestly, is it any wonder when people make such statements that editors from Commons basically

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-12 Thread Russavia
And of course I love how you skirted the issue of your statement that Commons produces nothing beyond photos of genitals. I'll be waiting for your numbers of how many genitals files are on Commons, out of the 17 million files in total we have. I'm having a guess here; perhaps 3,000? Maybe 5,000.

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-12 Thread Pete Forsyth
I have to say I share Russavia's bafflement around this issue. The accomplishments people have made on the platform of Wikimedia Commons are, in my view, staggering. Just this morning, a couple Wikipedian friends told me about the photography of JJ Harrison, somebody who has uploaded an

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-12 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Pete, The other day, Daniel Case referred on Commons to Commons' failure as a community to formulate a clear policy about posting identifiable nudes in private places without any indication as to whether they have consented to publication of those images under a licensing scheme that allows for

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-12 Thread Andreas Kolbe
I'll gladly pass your comment on, Russavia. How should the attribution read? At present it reads, Which way? Bernard Gagnon/Wikimedia Commons GNU Free Documentation License http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Backchannels/2012/1106/From-a-distance-Syria-feels-like-Iraq-in-2004 On Mon, May 13, 2013

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-12 Thread Pete Forsyth
On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 6:35 PM, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote: Pete, snip Yet now, faced with those horrible things that happen on our site all the time, and which come up time and again in gender gap discussions, you want to send us bird-watching and tell us about all the

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-12 Thread Russavia
Hi Pete, et al On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Pete Forsyth petefors...@gmail.com wrote: You know what other sites are riddled with copyright violations? YouTube, Flickr, Facebook. None of those sites have a community of people working to keep copyright violations off; Commons does. They're

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-12 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Ryan Kaldari, 08/05/2013 07:09: On 5/7/13 9:57 AM, Russavia wrote: Frankly, I don't know why this is a feminist issue; rather than an issue of common sense. Agreed. I often find it is counter-productive to frame these sort of debates in terms of feminism/sexism/etc. [...] Sure. I'm not

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-10 Thread Jane Darnell
For what it's worth, I added my comments to your page on Meta 2013/5/9, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.com: Yay! Erik replied. Seriously, I was beginning to think no one from the Foundation read this mailing list anymore aside from me and Kaldari (and we read it as volunteers!). See

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-10 Thread Pete Forsyth
I think it's easier to discuss the challenges associated with the board resolution in question, if we can leave aside the question of nudity for a moment. Here is a simple example of an ordinary portrait taken in a (presumably) private setting in a library:

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-10 Thread Katherine Casey
From a common-sense perspective, Pete, I'd say that if the image was taken in a private place, shows an identifiable person, and that person does not give permission for us to be using their likeness, it should be a no-brainer that we don't have the right (ethically, at least, in light of the

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-10 Thread Tom Morris
On Friday, 10 May 2013 at 15:23, Pete Forsyth wrote: I think it's easier to discuss the challenges associated with the board resolution in question, if we can leave aside the question of nudity for a moment. Here is a simple example of an ordinary portrait taken in a (presumably) private

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-10 Thread Pete Forsyth
Well said, Fluff. I actually don't think the verification is necessary in a case like this; there's no compelling reason to suspect the person is lying about her identity. And given the scale of how many files are proposed for deletion in a day, I don't think we can afford to set the bar so high

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-10 Thread Pete Forsyth
Tom, I agree with your concern. But if the principle is that we should enforce the board resolution anywhere it applies, we should simply delete this photo without needing OTRS, right? It's an issue of who's obligated to do what. The board resolution clearly states that if there is no

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-10 Thread Tom Morris
On Friday, 10 May 2013 at 15:48, Pete Forsyth wrote: Well said, Fluff. I actually don't think the verification is necessary in a case like this; there's no compelling reason to suspect the person is lying about her identity. And given the scale of how many files are proposed for deletion in

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-10 Thread Pete Forsyth
On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 9:27 AM, Tom Morris t...@tommorris.org wrote: It'd be nice if we had OTRS agents more active in Commons who could proactively deal with these kinds of things. (They might be made to feel as welcome as Christians in lion enclosures, but that's another matter...) I

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-09 Thread Andreas Kolbe
On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 8:19 AM, Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org wrote: The Terms of Use prohibit harassment, which is the same word that's used to characterize the behaviors the friendly space policy prohibits. So at least in that respect the two are already somewhat analogous.

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-09 Thread Andreas Kolbe
On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 10:03 PM, Pete Forsyth petefors...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 1:49 PM, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote: Pete, I don't know which Commons you participate in. The one I know has tons of nude pictures of women uploaded by anonymous throwaway accounts,

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-09 Thread Sarah Stierch
Hi, I have some comments inline. ---o0o--- This image, originally posted to Flickr, was reviewed on 3 March 2013 by the administrator or reviewer Mattbuck, who confirmed that it was available on Flickr under the stated license on that date. ---o0o--- Zero concern for model consent to

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-09 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Pete, Please suggest a revised wording that you feel would be clearer. Then we can request that the board adopt it and amend the resolution accordingly. Andreas On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 10:38 PM, Pete Forsyth petefors...@gmail.com wrote: The resolution wording is: ---o0o--- We feel that it

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-09 Thread Russavia
Would you like the board to adopt and amend a resolution based purely upon the opinions of editors who are members of this mailing list, or do you intend to open it up to discussion for the wider, including the Commons, community? On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 7:36 AM, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-09 Thread Andreas Kolbe
On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 10:37 PM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.comwrote: Hi, I have some comments inline. ---o0o--- This image, originally posted to Flickr, was reviewed on 3 March 2013 by the administrator or reviewer Mattbuck, who confirmed that it was available on Flickr under the

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-09 Thread Andreas Kolbe
On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 12:41 AM, Russavia russavia.wikipe...@gmail.comwrote: Would you like the board to adopt and amend a resolution based purely upon the opinions of editors who are members of this mailing list, or do you intend to open it up to discussion for the wider, including the

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-09 Thread Pete Forsyth
On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 12:41 AM, Russavia russavia.wikipe...@gmail.comwrote: Would you like the board to adopt and amend a resolution based purely upon the opinions of editors who are members of this mailing list, or

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-09 Thread Andreas Kolbe
On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 1:22 AM, Pete Forsyth petefors...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 12:41 AM, Russavia russavia.wikipe...@gmail.comwrote: Would you like the board to adopt and amend a resolution based

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-09 Thread Russavia
On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 8:43 AM, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote: Would you feel that is sufficient? This would make it clearer that editors are expected to obtain subject consent before uploading images taken in private situations to Wikimedia websites. Define private situations.

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-09 Thread Russavia
Actually, it's total gobbledygook. But can you confirm that what you take it to mean is that quite simply consent is required if the photo is taken in a private place with an expectation of privacy? Cheers Russavia ___ Gendergap mailing list

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-09 Thread Daniel and Elizabeth Case
It took me one minute to find the uploads of this user: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Austin_photoguy50 Please nominate all of them for deletion. I will be interested in watching how what goes. Done. With the WMF resolution linked and quoted at length.

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-09 Thread Katherine Casey
Oh dear, I'm not sure there's enough vodka in the universe for us all to play that drinking game, Daniel! Especially given that closed by Mattbuck as delete probably ought to be a finish your drink qualifier... -Fluffernutter On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 10:55 PM, Daniel and Elizabeth Case

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-09 Thread Nepenthe
File:Ronda F7998.JPGhttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ronda_F7998.JPGis clearly in scope. Could be used to illustrate Urn, Vase, Pottery, Crosslegged etc. On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 10:08 PM, Russavia russavia.wikipe...@gmail.comwrote: I will be of course posting a link to this list on the

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-09 Thread Andreas Kolbe
On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 4:08 AM, Russavia russavia.wikipe...@gmail.comwrote: I will be of course posting a link to this list on the DR given the idiocy and trolling of a Commons admin going on here. Cheers, Russavia The message you posted at the DR, ---o0o--- *Comment* This nomination

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-09 Thread Russavia
Fluffernutter, That is a totally ridiculous comment to make. Do I have to show you just how ridiculous it is by generating a list of sexuality discussions that Mattbuck has 1) nominated for deletion or 2) closed as delete. Of course, if one was more active on Commons

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-09 Thread Russavia
Erik, I will answer your questions, only too happy to, and you are free to pass my answers on to others within the foundation. Because it is something that I have trying addressing with others in the foundation in the past, but which has been ignored by way of no reply. But I would prefer that

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-08 Thread Mary Mark Ockerbloom
Regarding the question of what can you do, I had the experience last week of starting a new job. I had to read through the guidelines for the organization, which included a section on Equal Opportunity and Freedom from Harassment. Prominent on the first page: Harassment Defined 1. Hostile

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-08 Thread Andreas Kolbe
On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Mary Mark Ockerbloom celebration.wo...@gmail.com wrote: Regarding the question of what can you do, I had the experience last week of starting a new job. I had to read through the guidelines for the organization, which included a section on Equal Opportunity

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-08 Thread Nepenthe
The more I look into it, the more it seems like it's a pointless endeavor. From the deletion discussions I've looked at ( http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Save_the_Redwoods.jpg), a photo of two nude young women in a tree considered in scope. After all, it's been

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-08 Thread Sarah Stierch
I have friends who live up there. And I will be in the area in July. I'll see if we can get decent photos of the hot springs. Actually it might be federal land therefore we can get public domain images for it. I need to look into that when I am online. The best thing to do: replace the crap

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-08 Thread Andreas Kolbe
On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 5:49 PM, Nepenthe topazbutter...@gmail.com wrote: The more I look into it, the more it seems like it's a pointless endeavor. From the deletion discussions I've looked at ( http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Save_the_Redwoods.jpg), a photo

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-08 Thread Sarah Stierch
Another idea - Perhaps we can create a working list of articles that need better photos and are using absurd sexualized images etc as their photos. Obviously sex articles wouldn't always fall into thy category, but, I'm thinking more stupid things like the hot springs article. Instead of wiki

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-08 Thread Sarah Stierch
Andreas - when you say until the Foundation does something, what are you looking for them to do? You can always directly write the legal team and ask them for input on what they could do regarding your concerns. That's what I would do if I was you. As you very well know, grantmaking and

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-08 Thread Sarah Stierch
Just to follow up - the English Wikipedia article about the Babgy Hot Springs does not depict any nudity in the images: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagby_Hot_Springs At this point, I'm so over fretting about porny stuff on Commons - I'm more concerned about personality rights - but, if it

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-08 Thread Nepenthe
Sarah, indeed, I should have been more clear. It is the Commons category for the Hot Springs that contains the nude images, not the en.wikipedia article. On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 12:18 PM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.comwrote: Just to follow up - the English Wikipedia article about the

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-08 Thread Pete Forsyth
As possibly the only person in this discussion who's been to Bagby, I'd hasten to point out that arguably, including nudity in the article would be the most accurate way to depict it. I've seen more naked people there than clothed people. But yes, I agree with Sarah -- having images of naked

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-08 Thread Russavia
The best idea I've seen! If a subject area is lacking on Commons, the best way to go about it is to upload more photos, so that the one or two naturist photos blend in. Look forward to seeing more images in that category in the future. :) Cheers, Russavia On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 12:54 AM,

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-08 Thread Andreas Kolbe
On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 6:15 PM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.comwrote: Andreas - when you say until the Foundation does something, what are you looking for them to do? Sarah, change has to come from the top: from Sue and the board. As far as I am concerned, they have failed abysmally.

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-08 Thread Sarah Stierch
On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 6:15 PM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.comwrote: Andreas - when you say until the Foundation does something, what are you looking for them to do? Sarah, change has to come from the top:

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-08 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Pete, I'd invite you to run a Google image search for Bagby Hot Springs, with safe search turned off. The first one hundred images include about as many images of female nudity as the nine-image Commons category. That is the difference between Commons demographics, and general demographics.

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-08 Thread Russavia
I am getting plenty more results than what we have on Commons. I am suspecting that a bad example was chosen here, because they are HOT SPRINGS; which generally means that nudity is allowed, and given what they are, it's generally to be expected. Unless of course we want to turn back the clocks

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-08 Thread Sarah
On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 10:15 AM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.comwrote: Andreas - when you say until the Foundation does something, what are you looking for them to do? You can always directly write the legal team and ask them for input on what they could do regarding your concerns.

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-08 Thread Sarah
On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 10:15 AM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.comwrote: Andreas - when you say until the Foundation does something, what are you looking for them to do? You can always directly write the legal team and ask them for input on what they could do regarding your concerns.

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-07 Thread Andreas Kolbe
On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 10:23 PM, Sarah slimvir...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 7:14 PM, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Sarah slimvir...@gmail.com wrote: It's a good question. Why is it humoured? It doesn't look like you're going to

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-07 Thread Russavia
Frankly, I don't know why this is a feminist issue; rather than an issue of common sense. It is not a finite list, and for the vast majority of people on the list, being a vegetarian is hardly responsible for even the smallest piece of their notability; it is an arbitrary piece of trivia for most

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-07 Thread Sarah
On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 9:57 AM, Russavia russavia.wikipe...@gmail.comwrote: Frankly, I don't know why this is a feminist issue; rather than an issue of common sense. It is not a finite list, and for the vast majority of people on the list, being a vegetarian is hardly responsible for even

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-07 Thread Ryan Kaldari
On 5/7/13 9:57 AM, Russavia wrote: Frankly, I don't know why this is a feminist issue; rather than an issue of common sense. Agreed. I often find it is counter-productive to frame these sort of debates in terms of feminism/sexism/etc. This immediately triggers the censorship-defense

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-02 Thread Sarah
On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 7:14 PM, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Sarah slimvir...@gmail.com wrote: But I think it's important to mention it in the context of this thread. It does seem to me that the sexism is getting worse, more blatant. It is, and

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-01 Thread Andreas Kolbe
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Sarah slimvir...@gmail.com wrote: But I think it's important to mention it in the context of this thread. It does seem to me that the sexism is getting worse, more blatant. It is, and the reason is that it is humoured and swept under the carpet, rather than

[Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-04-29 Thread Kathleen McCook
It is impossible not to get upset. In my memory we worked to honor Alice Paul. She never saw the ERA pass. (and neither have I) It's is so soon in the history of the world that women have been able to vote.It has not even been 100 years in the U.S. Of course they are scared. of course they are

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-04-29 Thread Sarah
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Kathleen McCook klmcc...@gmail.com wrote: Of course they are scared. of course they are mean. equality is terrifying to them. so they do these kinds of things over and over and we fight back little by little...but each day another woman steps up on your

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-04-29 Thread Sarah Stierch
On 4/29/13 12:20 PM, Sarah wrote: I was reverted when I tried to remove them all, so I started an RfC on the talk page, and alerted WikiProject Feminism. In turn, the editor who added them (who uses a woman's name) alerted WikiProject Pornography, so it seems likely that some at least will

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-04-29 Thread Sarah
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 12:25 PM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.comwrote: On 4/29/13 12:20 PM, Sarah wrote: I was reverted when I tried to remove them all, so I started an RfC on the talk page, and alerted WikiProject Feminism. In turn, the editor who added them (who uses a woman's