By the way, I am constantly surprised at the tone in some of the discussions on Commons. I
rarely meet that normally on Swedish WIkipedia. But I am not naive about it. I know that
it exists. Some time ago, I wrote a blog post about how there is actually several
encyclopedias all rolled together under the same trademark. Each encyclopedia has its own
culture, and quality. For instance, the articles about birds on svwp are second to none,
even enwp. That's because we have a large ornithologically interested group of Swedish
Wikipedians. There, the discussion climate is friendly and result oriented. In other
areas, the quality is lower, but so is the level of discussion.
http://wikimediasverige.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/det-finns-inte-bara-en-wik…
Here the tone seems hostile and the level of quality low. I wish I had a good answer on
how to counter that.
Best wishes,
Lennart Guldbrandsson
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världens samlade kunskap. Det är vårt mål."
Jimmy Wales
From: l_guldbrandsson(a)hotmail.com
To: gendergap(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 22:20:09 +0000
Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Category:Nude portrayals of computer technology
Wow, that escalated fast. All caps and demands. I can in some fashion understand the
argument made in the section above (without caps lock), but still, nah. It's
gratuitous.
Best wishes,
Lennart Guldbrandsson
Personlig blogg
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@aliasHannibal
Mobil: 070 - 207 80 05
"Tänk dig en värld där varje människa på den här planeten får fri tillgång till
världens samlade kunskap. Det är vårt mål."
Jimmy Wales
From: cooties(a)mac.com
Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 15:09:49 -0700
To: gendergap(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Category:Nude portrayals of computer technology
Hi again,
Admin User:Evula attempted to delete them per COM:SCOPE but every single one was
immediately restored. People are now yelling at him on his talk page.
-- Allie
On May 17, 2013, at 3:05 PM, Lennart Guldbrandsson <l_guldbrandsson(a)hotmail.com>
wrote:Oh, this was not good. I wonder how many of these were taken and uploaded
voluntarily.
Best wishes,
Lennart Guldbrandsson
Personlig blogg
Presentation
@aliasHannibal
Mobil: 070 - 207 80 05
"Tänk dig en värld där varje människa på den här planeten får fri tillgång till
världens samlade kunskap. Det är vårt mål."
Jimmy Wales
From: cooties(a)mac.com
Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 14:58:12 -0700
To: gendergap(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: [Gendergap] Category:Nude portrayals of computer technology
Hi all,
Can someone please explain to me why Category:Nude portrayals of computer technology
(NSFW) even exists? How is a category like this, whatever about the image, remotely
encyclopedic or useful to the project? It is populated entirely with sexualized images of
women - almost all naked or semi-naked - with only tangential references to computer
technology.
I'm a computer engineer myself, and a paid-up member of SWE. Given the drive to get
more women involved in STEM fields, I see stuff like this as being really damaging. And
this is just one single example.
-- Allie
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