g'day all,
There's an interesting deletion discussion taking place here;
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Sexuality_p...
concerning an image of a woman with sperm on her neck. To my mind it's very doubtful that this is in fact a freely licensed image, but regardless of my cynicism, the IP who nominated the image for deletion (the 5th time it's been nominated, and the 4th time was by me, in December) raised the possibility that we (both commons, wikipedia, and perhaps by extension all wmf projects) might be better to opt for drawings rather than photographs of sexual activity?
I'm sure many are familiar with my view that the foundation is an acutely irresponsible host in this area (I'm not a fan, for example, of the pictures taken of topless women on beaches without their permission which commons currently hosts) - but wonder what the feeling is out there in regard to freely licensed images of people having sex - we've currently got quite a few on commons, and it's likely to be a growth area. There's a dirty pun in there somewhere, but I can't be bothered to make it......
cheers,
Peter PM.
My opinion on this is clear: Commons should welcome both photographs and pictures. Whether a project shows a picture or a photograph should be the project's decision, not that of Commons. Some may prefer one, others the other. Sexuality is in scope on Wikimedia projects, so its images are in scope at Commons.
Andre
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 6:03 AM, private musings thepmaccount@gmail.com wrote:
g'day all,
There's an interesting deletion discussion taking place here;
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Sexuality_p...
concerning an image of a woman with sperm on her neck. To my mind it's very doubtful that this is in fact a freely licensed image, but regardless of my cynicism, the IP who nominated the image for deletion (the 5th time it's been nominated, and the 4th time was by me, in December) raised the possibility that we (both commons, wikipedia, and perhaps by extension all wmf projects) might be better to opt for drawings rather than photographs of sexual activity?
I'm sure many are familiar with my view that the foundation is an acutely irresponsible host in this area (I'm not a fan, for example, of the pictures taken of topless women on beaches without their permission which commons currently hosts) - but wonder what the feeling is out there in regard to freely licensed images of people having sex - we've currently got quite a few on commons, and it's likely to be a growth area. There's a dirty pun in there somewhere, but I can't be bothered to make it......
cheers,
Peter PM.
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Regarding the issue of drawings compared to photographs, I strongly think that photographs are inherently better than drawings for such documentary purpose.
Having contributed a number of drawings on the subject, I assume that I cannot be accused of bias in favour of photography. I am actually surprised that some of my drawings have survived for so long on articles. I always intended them to be placeholders.
There are numerous technical reasons why photographs are preferable, and they are as many technical reasons why it would be unreasonable to limit ourselves to one medium. -- Rama
On 14/05/2009, Andre Engels andreengels@gmail.com wrote:
My opinion on this is clear: Commons should welcome both photographs and pictures. Whether a project shows a picture or a photograph should be the project's decision, not that of Commons. Some may prefer one, others the other. Sexuality is in scope on Wikimedia projects, so its images are in scope at Commons.
Andre
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 6:03 AM, private musings thepmaccount@gmail.com wrote:
g'day all,
There's an interesting deletion discussion taking place here;
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Sexuality_p...
concerning an image of a woman with sperm on her neck. To my mind it's very doubtful that this is in fact a freely licensed image, but regardless of my cynicism, the IP who nominated the image for deletion (the 5th time it's been nominated, and the 4th time was by me, in December) raised the possibility that we (both commons, wikipedia, and perhaps by extension all wmf projects) might be better to opt for drawings rather than photographs of sexual activity?
I'm sure many are familiar with my view that the foundation is an acutely irresponsible host in this area (I'm not a fan, for example, of the pictures taken of topless women on beaches without their permission which commons currently hosts) - but wonder what the feeling is out there in regard to freely licensed images of people having sex - we've currently got quite a few on commons, and it's likely to be a growth area. There's a dirty pun in there somewhere, but I can't be bothered to make it......
cheers,
Peter PM.
Commons-l mailing list Commons-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l
-- André Engels, andreengels@gmail.com
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