On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 12:56 AM, Kim Osman <kim.osman(a)qut.edu.au> wrote:
Hi,
I edit Wikipedia a lot. I probably spend more time than I should editing
Wikipedia. Can I ask where there is a prevalence of pornography on
Wikipedia? I honestly can't think of a single time I have come across it
when I wasn't directly looking for it. Misogny to a degree, yes.
Discrimination against women's topics and topics outside the United
States,
youbetcha. But pornography? Maybe I just
don't edit articles where
pornography is very prevalent?
Hi Laura,
I totally agree with you - I have never come across anything remotely
offensive in the course of editing or browsing. What I was trying to say is
that rather than being a reason more females don't edit Wikipedia (and
perhaps here my use of the word prevalence was wrong) the presence of
certain types of pornography on Wikipedia contributes to the culture which
results in the instances of misogny and discrimination you note. So I do
see the editorial decisions made around the type of content Larry Sanger
referenced as being part of a wider conversation about female participation.
Cheers, Kim
That, in a nutshell, was the point I was making.
Andreas