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
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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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