[Commons-l] Fwd: [Gendergap] Photo of the Day on WikimediaCommons

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(Are those henna tattoos?) The picture is ok.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Walter Siegmund" <siegmund at astro.washington.edu>
To: "Wikimedia Commons Discussion List" <commons-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 5:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Commons-l] Fwd: [Gendergap] Photo of the Day on 
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>I agree that this selection does not further our goals of increasing
> female participation in Wikimedia projects. Thanks to Sarah for
> speaking.
>
> Regards,
> Walter
>
>
> On May 15, 2011, at 7:48 PM, Steven Walling wrote:
>
>> On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 7:31 PM, CherianTinu Abraham 
>> <tinucherian at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>> Surely I'm not the only one who noticed this lovely gem of a photo
>> of the day today. In my work environment - NFWS.
>>
>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
>>
>> Direct link to image:
>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:On_the_edge_-_free_world_version.jpg
>>
>> I mean really? /facepalm
>>
>> This is the kind of imagery I have no desire to see on the front
>> page of Commons. I'm a very liberal person, but, this makes me not
>> want to even allow my MOTHER to use Commons.
>>
>> #wikilove,
>>
>> Sarah
>>
>> I feel exactly the same way. This is an insult to the people who
>> value the educational spirit of Commons.
>>
>> I attempted to argue that the image didn't meet the featured
>> criteria of Commons, but was drowned out by voters such as the one
>> who argued without irony, "{{Support}} I like her big tits".
>>
>> Whether or not Commons should host such images is really a separate
>> argument than whether we want to feature topless anime as the best
>> of the content we have.
>>
>> Steven
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