sannse wrote:
More opinions would be welcome at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Autofellatio#Poll:_Should_the_image_be_sho...
I have contributed to this debate by removing the image from the page for now, and posting a comment as to why I did it.
"Note: I have removed the image from the page, and I suggest that it remain so for now. This poll should continue to run in order to allow for full expression of opinion on this complex topic, but in the meantime showing such a photo absent overwhelming community support is unhelpful. I invite people to think carefully about this photo in the context of an overall view of our charitable, humanitarian, educational mission, and not be distracted by arguments about censorship and prudishness, which are very much beside the point here. --Jimbo Wales 05:24, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)"
In my opinion, the community has unfortunately allowed itself to be trolled. The photo is terrible.
We went through this with 'clitoris'. We used to have a photo there which was terrible and in poor taste. Now we have an image which is educational in style.
We Do NoT AlLoW PeOpLe To TyPe LiKe ThIs in wikipedia. It hurts the eyes on purely aesthetic and editorial grounds which have nothing to do with prudishness or censorship.
The poll (in which I have not voted) is currently 56-42, which tells me that we are moving in the right direction. Of course, even when the image is "shown as a link", it is going to be deleted anyway, because it's almost certainly a copyvio.
--Jimbo