Commons is not censored. It's a beautiful scene and it would be expected that the an imaginary tribal member would not have the American sensitivities to toplessness. Some images may offend. Some articles may offend. We're not going to compromise our core values just to try to close a "gap" that some feel is such a big issue, if it even exists.
On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 9:31 PM, CherianTinu Abraham <tinucher...@gmail.com>wrote: > FYI > > Regards > Tinu Cherian > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Sarah Stierch <sa...@sarahstierch.com> > Date: Mon, May 16, 2011 at 7:33 AM > Subject: [Gendergap] Photo of the Day on Wikimedia Commons > To: Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects < > gender...@lists.wikimedia.org> > > > Surely I'm not the only one who noticed this lovely gem of a photo of the > day today. In my work environment - NFWS. > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page > > Direct link to image: > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:On_the_edge_-_free_world_version.jpg > > I mean really? /facepalm > > This is the kind of imagery I have no desire to see on the front page of > Commons. I'm a very liberal person, but, this makes me not want to even > allow my MOTHER to use Commons. > > #wikilove, > > Sarah > > > -- > Wikipedia Regional Ambassador, D.C. Region > Wikipedian-in-Residence, Archives of American Art > > Sarah Stierch Consulting > Historical, cultural & artistic research, advising & event planning. > ------------------------------------------------------ > http://www.sarahstierch.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > gender...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > > > _______________________________________________ > Commons-l mailing list > Commons-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l > >
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