Re: [Gendergap] Photo of the Day on Wikimedia Commons

2011-08-16 Thread Shlomi Fish 
Hi all,

On Monday 16 May 2011 05:03:26 Sarah Stierch 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.
> 

I should note that I agree that such an image has no place as the photo of the 
day on the Wikimedia Commons, due to its erotic/pornographic nature. It is a 
very æsthetic work of art, and I found it appealing, but it has no place being 
featured as the front page image.

And for the record, I am a heterosexual male, who opposes censoring 
pornography, erotica, partial pornography, etc. of all kinds[Censorship], but 
think there are contexts where they are inappropriate.

Regards,

Shlomi Fish

[Censorship] - in fact, I would argue that such calls for censorship undermine 
a person's right on their body, and sexual freedom for both genders. 

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Re: [Gendergap] Photo of the Day on Wikimedia Commons

2011-05-16 Thread Shlomi Fish 
Hi all,

On Monday 16 May 2011 05:03:26 Sarah Stierch 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.
> 

I should note that I agree that such an image has no place as the photo of the 
day on the Wikimedia Commons, due to its erotic/pornographic nature. It is a 
very æsthetic work of art, and I found it appealing, but it has no place being 
featured as the front page image.

And for the record, I am a heterosexual male, who opposes censoring 
pornography, erotica, partial pornography, etc. of all kinds[Censorship], but 
think there are contexts where they are inappropriate.

Regards,

Shlomi Fish

[Censorship] - in fact, I would argue that such calls for censorship undermine 
a person's right on their body, and sexual freedom for both genders. 

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My Commodore 64 is suffering from slowness and insufficiency of memory, and 
its display device is grievously short of pixels.  Can anybody help? -- Omer 
Zak

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Re: [Gendergap] Photo of the Day on Wikimedia Commons

2011-05-16 Thread Thomas Koenig 

 Original-Nachricht 
> Datum: Sun, 15 May 2011 22:08:06 -0400
> From: Sarah Stierch 
> To: gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org
> Tagline: Re: [Gendergap] Photo of the Day on Wikimedia Commons

> Image is more like it, not photo. A talented artist, just..not the most 
> welcoming image when thinking about gender concerns and bringing women 
> into Wikimedia..IMHO..

Frankly speaking, it's not only women who get repelled by such blatantly sexist 
images. A stylized, kneeling, naked woman? It's not difficult to see whose 
(mainstream) fantasies such images are catering to. Unfortunately, given the 
deeply misogynist environment of most (all?) Wikimedia projects, what are you 
gonna do against it? You will not get even a majority, let alone "consensus" to 
ban such images from the main pages. 

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Re: [Gendergap] Photo of the Day on Wikimedia Commons

2011-05-15 Thread CherianTinu Abraham 
I have forwarded this matter to the commons-l mailing list and there is a
discussion happening on it there.
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/commons-l/2011-May/thread.html

Feel free to join the discussion , if interested.

Regards
Tinu Cherian

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 7:38 AM, Sarah Stierch wrote:

>  Image is more like it, not photo. A talented artist, just..not the most
> welcoming image when thinking about gender concerns and bringing women into
> Wikimedia..IMHO..
>
>
> On 5/15/2011 10:03 PM, Sarah Stierch 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
>
>
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Re: [Gendergap] Photo of the Day on Wikimedia Commons

2011-05-15 Thread Sarah Stierch 
Image is more like it, not photo. A talented artist, just..not the most 
welcoming image when thinking about gender concerns and bringing women 
into Wikimedia..IMHO..


On 5/15/2011 10:03 PM, Sarah Stierch 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


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[Gendergap] Photo of the Day on Wikimedia Commons

2011-05-15 Thread Sarah Stierch 
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


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