Re: [Commons-l] Getting corporate representatives to donate photos

2012-09-18 Thread Andreas Kolbe
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 3:29 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.comwrote: David Gerard, 18/09/2012 11:52: That word just ... you're trivialising that doing a simple thing has actually caused problems in the past. It would not have solved the PETA or Cafe Magazine examples, for example.

Re: [Commons-l] Personality rights

2012-04-12 Thread Andreas Kolbe
The images were deleted this morning by Rd232. They have now been undeleted by Russavia. As a result of the undelete, there is now yet another deletion discussion at the bottom of this page:

[Commons-l] Buzzfeed articles

2012-04-08 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Note that there have been two recent Buzzfeed articles about Commons and Wikipedia, by Jack Stuef, who is a writer for The Onion: 1. The Epic Battle For Wikipedia's Autofellatio Page In the underbelly of Wikipedia is an exhibitionist subculture dedicated to one thing: Ensuring that their penis

Re: [Commons-l] Personality rights

2012-04-08 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Mr Gerard, could you please take your conspiracy theories elsewhere? For the record, what you're saying is totally off the wall. Andreas On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 1:42 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 8 April 2012 13:39, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote: I've sent you

Re: [Commons-l] Personality rights

2012-04-08 Thread Andreas Kolbe
On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 4:45 PM, Samuel Klein meta...@gmail.com wrote: Indeed. This is the link I received by mail: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/ObiWolf_Lesbian_Images Those people are identifiable and in a private place. If the photographer showed up and

[Commons-l] Personality rights

2012-03-10 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Last year, the Wikimedia Foundation Board published the following Resolution: ---o0o--- The Wikimedia Foundation Board affirms the value of freely licensed content, and we pay special attention to the provenance of this content. We also value the right to privacy, for our editors and readers as

Re: [Commons-l] [Foundation-l] Controversial content software status

2012-03-03 Thread Andreas Kolbe
On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 4:49 AM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: What happened with implementing software related to controversial content? There was quite a bit of hubbub at some point, then Wikimedia pulled back a little (and Sue visited Germany to give some assurances)... what's the

Re: [Commons-l] [Foundation-l] Letter to the community on Controversial Content

2011-10-18 Thread Andreas Kolbe
] http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2011-October/069699.html Am 17.10.2011 02:56, schrieb Andreas Kolbe: Personality conflicts aside, we're noting that non-sexual search terms in Commons can prominently return sexual images of varying explicitness, from mild nudity to hardcore

Re: [Commons-l] [Foundation-l] Letter to the community on Controversial Content

2011-10-17 Thread Andreas Kolbe
[1]  http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Controversial_content%2FBrainstormingaction=historysubmitdiff=2996411oldid=2995984 [2] http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2011-October/069699.html Am 17.10.2011 02:56, schrieb Andreas Kolbe: Personality conflicts aside, we're noting

Re: [Commons-l] Commons search function vs. Google

2011-10-12 Thread Andreas Kolbe
. Google Hi Andreas, Op 11-10-2011 23:36, Andreas Kolbe schreef: Maarten, That sounds like the most plausible answer to me to date. We know that sexual images are among the most popular in Commons. knip This is something the personal image filter would (in part) address. We could also have

[Commons-l] Commons search function vs. Google

2011-10-11 Thread Andreas Kolbe
We are wondering on Meta[1] what criteria the Commons search function uses to establish the order of search results displayed. To give some examples, searching for pearl necklace in Commons shows a woman with sperm on her neck as the first image result:

Re: [Commons-l] Commons search function vs. Google

2011-10-11 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Andreas, Op 11-10-2011 17:22, Andreas Kolbe schreef: Why is our listing so different from the one in Google, and why are sexual images so much higher up in our listing of search results? My assumption is that the popularity (either incoming links or number of clicks) might be taken into account

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

2011-05-17 Thread Andreas Kolbe
, 17 May 2011, Andreas Kolbe wrote: The images from today and yesterday are: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Turbo_imperialis_01.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:On_the_edge_-_free_world_version.jpg If you are unwilling to recognise the difference in terms

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

2011-05-16 Thread Andreas Kolbe
There seems to be a worrying tendency to treat Commons as a gallery for non-notable art. It's an educational project, not a vehicle for self-promotion. A. --- On Mon, 16/5/11, Ryan Kaldari rkald...@wikimedia.org wrote: From: Ryan Kaldari rkald...@wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Commons-l] Fwd:

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

2011-05-16 Thread Andreas Kolbe
--- On Mon, 16/5/11, Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net wrote: From: Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net Subject: Re: [Commons-l] Fwd: [Gendergap] Photo of the Day on Wikimedia Commons To: Wikimedia Commons Discussion List commons-l@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Monday, 16 May, 2011, 14:46 The

[Commons-l] Commons as an art gallery?

2011-05-16 Thread Andreas Kolbe
There is a long thread on the Commons and Gendergap lists about today's featured image on Commons: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/commons-l/2011-May/ http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2011-May/ It's an original piece of art by a Wikimedian, in the style of erotic manga:

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

2011-05-16 Thread Andreas Kolbe
--- On Mon, 16/5/11, Cecil cecila...@gmail.com wrote: And as a girl (or more a long-grown woman) with no real interest in mangas my opinion is that the image has nice colours, is cleanly made and in general aesthetically pleasing. Only complaint: it is a bit kitschy. lg, Cecil Yeah, a but

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

2011-05-16 Thread Andreas Kolbe
--- On Mon, 16/5/11, Cecil cecila...@gmail.com wrote: There seems to be a worrying tendency to treat Commons as a gallery for non-notable art. It's an educational project, not a vehicle for self-promotion. A. Actually, Wikipedia is the educational project, not Commons. Commons is a repository

Re: [Commons-l] [Foundation-l] Commons as an art gallery?

2011-05-16 Thread Andreas Kolbe
--- On Mon, 16/5/11, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Andreas Kolbe jayen...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [Commons-l] [Foundation-l] Commons as an art gallery? To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List foundatio...@lists.wikimedia.org, Wikimedia Commons Discussion List commons-l

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

2011-05-16 Thread Andreas Kolbe
--- On Mon, 16/5/11, Tobias Oelgarte tobias.oelga...@googlemail.com wrote: At least you could strike the following from the list: Japan, India and Turkey. In In Japan it is a well known topic, in India i can't see any confusion about this image (it is on the mainpage) and Turkey decided

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

2011-05-16 Thread Andreas Kolbe
May 2011, Andreas Kolbe wrote: It seems to me you are obsessed with the breasts in that image. If someone argues against an image with breasts, it is censorship. If someone argues against hosting some Wikimedian's technically semi-competent, but undistinguished Thomas Kinkade