[Gendergap] World Naked Gardening Day
Sorry to say... Right now, on the English Wikipedia main page did you know section, is World Naked Gardening Day: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Naked_Gardening_Day You will note on the talkpage of the article there's been a vigorous debate about the choice of image used http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:World_Naked_Gardening_Day This morning (my time) the image was not there, with [[user:alan liefting]] working hard to argue against the photo that has now been placed at the top. I am dismayed on behalf of women and of gardeners too! I have come across [[User:Supernova Explosion]] before - he seems to use titillating captions and images to increase the hits to otherwise legitimate 'did you know' nominations and is now the user who has been arguing that this photo has consensus to be included while they wait for a better one to be found. Groan! I don't want to get involved in an edit-war about this case, but can anything be done about this case specifically? Is it the right approach to remove the image and to ask that the discussion about its appropriateness be delayed until at least after the DYK link is gone?? Whiteghost.ink ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
Re: [Gendergap] World Naked Gardening Day
I removed it with this explanation: I've removed the image; I suggest not restoring it (as controversial) unless it is decided by consensus to be the permanent lead image. There is no need to have a sub-standard image in the mean time if a better one can be found (which I think is the case). The photo is a posed shot - apparently promotional(?) - which focuses on the nudity with only a token gesture to gardening. It is gratuitous, in that form, and not a good illustration of the subject. I don't particularly object to the image myself; but it's not a good illustration of the topic. Tom On 5 April 2012 11:36, Ole Palnatoke Andersen palnat...@gmail.com wrote: Someone might know (or know of) Mark Storey who is gardening on http://naked.wikia.com/wiki/World_Naked_Gardening_Day - or perhaps http://naked.wikia.com/wiki/User:Dlj (aka http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dandelion1 ) who uploaded the image? Regards, Ole On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 11:59 AM, Gillian White whiteghost@gmail.comwrote: Sorry to say... Right now, on the English Wikipedia main page did you know section, is World Naked Gardening Day: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Naked_Gardening_Day You will note on the talkpage of the article there's been a vigorous debate about the choice of image used http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:World_Naked_Gardening_Day This morning (my time) the image was not there, with [[user:alan liefting]] working hard to argue against the photo that has now been placed at the top. I am dismayed on behalf of women and of gardeners too! I have come across [[User:Supernova Explosion]] before - he seems to use titillating captions and images to increase the hits to otherwise legitimate 'did you know' nominations and is now the user who has been arguing that this photo has consensus to be included while they wait for a better one to be found. Groan! I don't want to get involved in an edit-war about this case, but can anything be done about this case specifically? Is it the right approach to remove the image and to ask that the discussion about its appropriateness be delayed until at least after the DYK link is gone?? Whiteghost.ink ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap -- http://palnatoke.org * @palnatoke * +4522934588 ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
Re: [Gendergap] World Naked Gardening Day
If you don't particularly object to that image http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=World_Naked_Gardening_Dayoldid=485677881 then I would suggest you have very poor taste and very little sense of what an encyclopedia, even an online encyclopedia, should look like. Andreas On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Thomas Morton morton.tho...@googlemail.com wrote: I removed it with this explanation: I've removed the image; I suggest not restoring it (as controversial) unless it is decided by consensus to be the permanent lead image. There is no need to have a sub-standard image in the mean time if a better one can be found (which I think is the case). The photo is a posed shot - apparently promotional(?) - which focuses on the nudity with only a token gesture to gardening. It is gratuitous, in that form, and not a good illustration of the subject. I don't particularly object to the image myself; but it's not a good illustration of the topic. Tom On 5 April 2012 11:36, Ole Palnatoke Andersen palnat...@gmail.com wrote: Someone might know (or know of) Mark Storey who is gardening on http://naked.wikia.com/wiki/World_Naked_Gardening_Day - or perhaps http://naked.wikia.com/wiki/User:Dlj (aka http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dandelion1 ) who uploaded the image? Regards, Ole On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 11:59 AM, Gillian White whiteghost@gmail.com wrote: Sorry to say... Right now, on the English Wikipedia main page did you know section, is World Naked Gardening Day: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Naked_Gardening_Day You will note on the talkpage of the article there's been a vigorous debate about the choice of image used http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:World_Naked_Gardening_Day This morning (my time) the image was not there, with [[user:alan liefting]] working hard to argue against the photo that has now been placed at the top. I am dismayed on behalf of women and of gardeners too! I have come across [[User:Supernova Explosion]] before - he seems to use titillating captions and images to increase the hits to otherwise legitimate 'did you know' nominations and is now the user who has been arguing that this photo has consensus to be included while they wait for a better one to be found. Groan! I don't want to get involved in an edit-war about this case, but can anything be done about this case specifically? Is it the right approach to remove the image and to ask that the discussion about its appropriateness be delayed until at least after the DYK link is gone?? Whiteghost.ink ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap -- http://palnatoke.org * @palnatoke * +4522934588 ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
Re: [Gendergap] BuzzFeed articles
Sequel to Jack Stuef's piece: *It's Almost Impossible To Get Kiddie Porn Off Wikipedia* *Wikipedia's self-policing isn't working.* http://www.buzzfeed.com/jackstuef/its-almost-impossible-to-get-kiddie-porn-off-wiki ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
Re: [Gendergap] WikiWomen's History Month outcomes
Women's History Month lives on!! On April 21, Selena Deckelmann and I will be hosting an edit-a-thon in Portland, Oregon, based largely on our experiences at the one in San Francisco. We're making women and technology one of two suggested topic areas (the other being Portland/Oregon history). The meetup page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Portland -Pete On Apr 4, 2012, at 2:00 PM, Sarah Stierch wrote: Hi everyone, I am in the process of developing a wrap-up about WikiWomen's History Month! If you created, improved on, uploaded, etc. any content in honor of women's history month it'd be fabulous if you could add your outcomes to this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiWomen%27s_History_Month/Outcomes Thanks! Any off-list feedback about events you attended or your feelings about the event are welcome as well. -Sarah -- Sarah Stierch Wikimedia Foundation Community Fellow Support the sharing of free knowledge around the world: donate today ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap Pete Forsyth petefors...@gmail.com 503-383-9454 mobile ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
