I work in the biology department of a UK school. The diagram is pretty standard stuff and is likely to be studied in year 7, 8 or 9 (aged 11 -14) The photo OTOH is more problematic. I've never seen a semi erect penis in a UK school textbook. However photos of flaccid penises are to be found (and are the source of much giggling among the kids.
, -----Original Message----- From: Jimmy Wales [mailto:jwales@bomis.com] Sent: 14 January 2004 16:45 To: English Wikipedia Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] How much?
As is well known, I'm somewhat conservative about what I think we ought to show in Wikipedia. The bounds of good taste are very important.
Having said that, I think that the current article and diagram/photo are not problematic. This is very different from the 'clitoris' picture (don't know the current status on that one), which looked "like porn" to me -- in poor taste.
The diagrams and photo in this case are very "textbook" looking.
As to whether this sort of thing should go into a version of Wikipedia intended for distribution to schools is perhaps a different matter, and one that we will have to address specifically at some point in the future.
--Jimbo
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