Phroziac wrote:
Also, I think pictures should be encyclopedic. It's a little silly to just show a picture of a dick with no labels. Look at the picture on the clitoris article. It's all nice and labeled, and I think that's pretty encyclopedic. In fact, I was intending to make a labeled version of those penis pictures, but never got around to it yet.
I think that's exactly the right approach. Contrary to common impressions, I don't think even very conservative parents in the deep south of the US (my own upbringing, you see) have a problem at all with a serious and respectful article like 'clitoris' with a useful illustration.
It might be interesting to do a survey of, for example, schoolteachers in Alabama, to find out what they would find uncomfortable. I suspect that contrary to international perceptions, their views would not be remarkably different from schoolteachers in other places.
--Jimbo
Jimmy Wales (jwales@wikia.com) [050818 20:33]:
Phroziac wrote:
Also, I think pictures should be encyclopedic. It's a little silly to just show a picture of a dick with no labels. Look at the picture on the clitoris article. It's all nice and labeled, and I think that's pretty encyclopedic. In fact, I was intending to make a labeled version of those penis pictures, but never got around to it yet.
I think that's exactly the right approach. Contrary to common impressions, I don't think even very conservative parents in the deep south of the US (my own upbringing, you see) have a problem at all with a serious and respectful article like 'clitoris' with a useful illustration.
I'm waiting for a fully labeled autofellatio photo. "This vertebra is placed under particular strain." Heck, pixelate the penis on the inline version, it'd be an amazing and unique encyclopaedic work!
- d.
haha. Well, I actually intend to make a labeled version of those penis pictures, like the clitoris one, but i've been lazy. And my parents would probably think i'm gay if they walked in while i had a huge picture of a dick on my screen. :P I really don't think they get that I do not want to discuss things like this with them..
And by the way, I believe all vertebra are under alot of strain during autofellatio.
On 8/18/05, David Gerard fun@thingy.apana.org.au wrote:
Jimmy Wales (jwales@wikia.com) [050818 20:33]:
Phroziac wrote:
Also, I think pictures should be encyclopedic. It's a little silly to just show a picture of a dick with no labels. Look at the picture on the clitoris article. It's all nice and labeled, and I think that's pretty encyclopedic. In fact, I was intending to make a labeled version of those penis pictures, but never got around to it yet.
I think that's exactly the right approach. Contrary to common impressions, I don't think even very conservative parents in the deep south of the US (my own upbringing, you see) have a problem at all with a serious and respectful article like 'clitoris' with a useful illustration.
I'm waiting for a fully labeled autofellatio photo. "This vertebra is placed under particular strain." Heck, pixelate the penis on the inline version, it'd be an amazing and unique encyclopaedic work!
- d.
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