then I would suggest you have very poor taste and very little sense of what an encyclopedia, even an online encyclopedia, should look like.

Andreas

On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Thomas Morton <morton.thomas@googlemail.com> wrote:

I removed it with this explanation:

I've removed the image; I suggest not restoring it (as controversial) unless it is decided by consensus to be the permanent lead image. There is no need to have a sub-standard image in the mean time if a better one can be found (which I think is the case). The photo is a posed shot - apparently promotional(?) - which focuses on the nudity with only a token gesture to gardening. It is gratuitous, in that form, and not a good illustration of the subject.

I don't particularly object to the image myself; but it's not a good illustration of the topic.

Tom

On 5 April 2012 11:36, Ole Palnatoke Andersen <palnatoke@gmail.com> wrote:

Someone might know (or know of) Mark Storey who is gardening on http://naked.wikia.com/wiki/World_Naked_Gardening_Day - or perhaps http://naked.wikia.com/wiki/User:Dlj (aka http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dandelion1 ) who uploaded the image?

Regards,
Ole

On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 11:59 AM, Gillian White <whiteghost.ink@gmail.com> wrote:

Sorry to say...
Right now, on the English Wikipedia main page "did you know" section, is "World Naked Gardening Day": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Naked_Gardening_Day
You will note on the talkpage of the article there's been a vigorous debate about the choice of image used http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:World_Naked_Gardening_Day This morning (my time) the image was not there, with [[user:alan liefting]] working hard to argue against the photo that has now been placed at the top. I am dismayed on behalf of women and of gardeners too! I have come across [[User:Supernova Explosion]] before - he seems to use titillating captions and images to increase the hits to otherwise legitimate 'did you know' nominations and is now the user who has been arguing that this photo has "consensus" to be included while they wait for a better one to be found.

Groan!

I don't want to get involved in an edit-war about this case, but can anything be done about this case specifically? Is it the right approach to remove the image and to ask that the discussion about its appropriateness be delayed until at least after the DYK link is gone??

Whiteghost.ink

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