John,
That sounds like the best compromise. I haven't tried creating a gallery in Commons before, but I'll give it a try. I've come across a tool (Rillke) that looks like it will help me get it done.
Thank you for suggesting it!
Audrey
From: John Vandenberg jayvdb@gmail.com To: Audrey Cormier cormier.home@yahoo.ca; Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2013 10:51:13 PM Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Images of radical feminist protests
Hi Audrey,
What you are describing sounds like a gallery on Wikimedia Commons.
See the following https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Galleries https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:When_to_create_a_gallery
The Wikipedia article can link to one or more of the galleries on Wikimedia Commons... .. and then the Wikipedia article should have a few of the best and most relevant images, carefully selected by consensus to balance the need to be informative (and sometimes a bit confronting) without resorting to including soft porn in an encyclopedia gratuitously.
On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 12:09 AM, Audrey Cormier cormier.home@yahoo.ca wrote:
I'm wondering what the thinking is among list members concerning photos depicting more militant feminist protest activity.
I've been searching for images on Flickr that relate to feminism worldwide, and selecting some to copy to Commons. I've come across a few that are definitely in the radical end of the spectrum. The photos themselves range from "could be offensive to some people" (e.g. topless demonstrators) to "fully intended to be offensive to some/many people" (e.g. anti-male graffiti, posters dealing with menstruation).
Now, it's one thing to discuss militancy in an article, it's another to see photos. They have documentary value, and I'm of the mind to go ahead and add them to the Radical feminism article. Since they were intended to shock, though, I do hesitate to do it.
Would they serve an article well, or detract? Opinions?
Audrey (aka OttawaAC)
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