Since I haven't seen it mentioned here, thought I would. Jimbo appears
to have started another one of his trademark ill-thought-out
unilateral decisions & purges on Commons, by deleting scads of images
that offend him.
Relevant links:
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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Sexual_content
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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Sexual_content/Village_pump/…
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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Sexual_content/Village_pump/…
Over on Foundation-l there is an active discussion:
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2010-May/thread.html#57789
Jimbo's explanation? bad press:
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http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2010-May/057896.html
In related news, there is a proposal to remove the software privileges
that lets Jimbo do that sort of thing:
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http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Remove_Founder_flag
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gwern