Thanks Steven - I appreciate that you fought the good fight and I'm
disgusted that comments about T&A were some of the key reasons for this
feature.
While I've seen my fair share of anime videos (Tentacles and /all/ that
involves) - It was an epic fail when I was looking up an image with my
65 year old father and that was the image on the front page. The first
question he asks is: "This is the organization you volunteer for?"
Images like this have their place, and despite the artistic skill of the
contributor it is really disappointing that this was chosen to showcase
quality media on Commons. it sets back the work of those of us working
towards broadening gender equality and female involvement in Wikimedia.
I also am proud of my new title of being a Regional Ambassador and I am
working towards becoming a GLAM Ambassador - images like this being
showcased do 'few wonders' for my efforts in regards to fighting the
uphill battle to show Wikipedia, Commons, etc. as reliable and quality
starting points for research, development and cultural dissemination.
#wikilove,
Sarah
On 5/15/2011 10:48 PM, Steven Walling wrote:
On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 7:31 PM, CherianTinu Abraham
<tinucher...@gmail.com <mailto:tinucher...@gmail.com>> wrote:
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
I feel exactly the same way. This is an insult to the people who value
the educational spirit of Commons.
I attempted to argue that the image didn't meet the featured criteria
of Commons, but was drowned out by voters such as the one who argued
without irony, "{{Support}} I like her big tits".
Whether or not Commons should host such images is really a separate
argument than whether we want to feature topless anime as the best of
the content we have.
Steven
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