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

[Chris McKenna]

On Mon, 16 May 2011, Sarah Stierch wrote:
>
> Like I said, which I'm having a feeling wasn't even read by many - you cannot 
> pull THAT front page of Commons up in a classroom or educational environment 
> and have it celebrated by a middle school teacher. Some of her kids might 
> think it's "cool" or "hot", but, if I'd be one pissed parent. All it takes is 
> one pissed parent, who overreacts, to report to the news that "my kid was 
> shown porn at school/museum/church/camp/after school workshops/whatever' and 
> all hell will break lose.

In which case you should not be displaying Wikimedia Commons in such 
environments. Wikimedia Commons is an uncensored image repository, not a 
repository of images suitable for uncontroversial display to middle school 
teachers in whichever country you are in.

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