[Commons-l] Sexually explicit content

[nilfanion wiki]

Sexually explicit imagery is a problem for Wikimedia in general, and we have
had child pornography uploaded to Commons (and presumably other projects) in
the past. We can't prevent the upload of underage imagery, but we should do
our best. See further discussion at the Village Pump:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump#US_Section_2257_and_Wikimedia

We may not be able to meet the legal requirements of that US law, and if we
cannot we certainly should have a disclaimer stating that - I've had an
attempt at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Nilfanion/2257 At the very
least, such a disclaimer helps downstream users of our content avoid legal
issues of their own.

Even if we cannot create records satisfactory for legal purposes, we have a
moral obligation to confirm as best we can. To that end, it might be
beneficial to create a special OTRS queue; we could then have a record
asserting that the image is legal. That way we will know to our own
satisfaction, which given the nature of many of the penis pics on Commons is
a lot better than the status quo.

To avoid fragmentation of the discussion, it is probably best to discuss
this on-wiki at the VP.

Thanks,

Nilfanion
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