The question here isn't about notability. The two examples given by geni are well notable in Israel and Hebrew-speaking culture (even those who are for the deletion of all porn articles will say that). The problem is that the articles aren't judged on a case-by-case basis, if they have anything to do with porn, it is very likely that they will be very quickly speedy deleted. You can't ban a whole subject on a wikipedia just because you don't like it. By the way, I am well aware of what goes on on the English Wikipedia as I am more active there than on the Hebrew one and I'm not saying the Hebrew Wikipedia needs to allow articles on many esoteric porn actors like en but by the same token they can't just delete articles on porn (especially not notable subjects) without passing a vote to make this policy and without complying with WMF guidelines.
Thanks, Yonatan
On 3/8/07, Fred Bauder fredbaud@waterwiki.info wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: The Cunctator [mailto:cunctator@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 8, 2007 02:07 PM To: 'Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List' Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Censorship: Speedy deletion of porn articles
Contrary to the snide response of Gerard, this is a real issue. Articles which pass muster in one language should not be blocked in another one.
Cultures differ, what is not notable in one culture is a serious offense in another.
Fred
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