I have forwarded this matter to the commons-l mailing list and there is a discussion happening on it there.<div><a href="http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/commons-l/2011-May/thread.html">http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/commons-l/2011-May/thread.html</a></div>
<div><br><div>Feel free to join the discussion , if interested.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/commons-l/2011-May/thread.html"></a>Regards<br>Tinu Cherian<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 7:38 AM, Sarah Stierch <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sarah@sarahstierch.com">sarah@sarahstierch.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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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..<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
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On 5/15/2011 10:03 PM, Sarah Stierch wrote:
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Surely I'm not the only one who noticed this lovely gem of a photo
of the day today. In my work environment - NFWS.<br>
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<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page" target="_blank">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page</a><br>
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Direct link to image:<br>
<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:On_the_edge_-_free_world_version.jpg" target="_blank">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:On_the_edge_-_free_world_version.jpg</a><br>
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I mean really? /facepalm<br>
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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. <br>
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#wikilove,<br>
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Sarah<br>
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Wikipedian-in-Residence, Archives of American Art<br>
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