Hi all,
I read with interest recent discussions on the "issue" of having a photograph of a glamour model on the front page of English Wikipedia. I don't agree with most of the reasoning against having such photos on the front page, but respect those opinions.
I came across an image on Commons of Patricia de Leon which I have to say is AMAZING.[1] I have nominated it for FP on Commons, and it is in use on en.wp[2] and similarly could be nommed on that project for FP too.[3]
I'd be interested hear from gendergappers what opinions on images such as this appearing on the front page of Wikipedia would be.
Cheers
Russavia
[1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Patricia_De_Le%C3%B3n.jpg [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_de_Leon_(actress) [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates
Personally, I doubt the image you're referring to would meet much resistance from gender-gappers. It clearly isn't cheesecake like the Michelle Merkin photo. In other words, its purpose isn't just to be sexually arousing to men.
That said, I think the image has little chance of being featured on Wikipedia anyway due to it being over-processed, but you're welcome to nominate it.
Ryan Kaldari
On Jun 11, 2014, at 3:47 AM, Russavia russavia.wikipedia@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
I read with interest recent discussions on the "issue" of having a photograph of a glamour model on the front page of English Wikipedia. I don't agree with most of the reasoning against having such photos on the front page, but respect those opinions.
I came across an image on Commons of Patricia de Leon which I have to say is AMAZING.[1] I have nominated it for FP on Commons, and it is in use on en.wp[2] and similarly could be nommed on that project for FP too.[3]
I'd be interested hear from gendergappers what opinions on images such as this appearing on the front page of Wikipedia would be.
Cheers
Russavia
[1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Patricia_De_Le%C3%B3n.jpg [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_de_Leon_(actress) [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates
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On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Ryan Kaldari rkaldari@wikimedia.org wrote:
That said, I think the image has little chance of being featured on Wikipedia anyway due to it being over-processed, but you're welcome to nominate it.
Ryan Kaldari
He isn't welcome to, actually. He's been indefinitely blocked for a year.