[Foundation-l] Racism in Commons

[Nathan]

I usually don't assume that one person speaks on behalf of a community
unless I know it to be the case in advance. In this case, the lack of a
reversion during a discussion does not at all indicate community consensus
on something as important as a project boycott.

That said, there have been many debates specifically about the Ariel Sharon
pictures. I don't have the links, but perhaps someone does who can post them
here for Yoni. The decision to keep them was not taken lightly, and if you
feel it necessary I'm sure you can restart the discussion on the appropriate
pages on Commons.

Nathan

On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 2:20 PM, Andrew Whitworth <wknight8111 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 1:59 PM, Nathan <nawrich at gmail.com> wrote:
> > You speak on behalf of the Hebrew Wikipedia community as a whole?
> >
> >  Nathan
>
> He did use the royal "we" here, I think we can make the assumption
> that this is the case. You have to admit that some of the cartoons on
> that page are a tad on the offensive side. The one where Sharon is
> kissing Hitler, or where he is labeled "the anti christ", seem to me
> to be the two worst offenders. The images where Bush and Sharon are
> portrayed as being terrorists or gangsters aren't as bad, in my
> opinion.
>
> Maybe it's time for a serious talk about our diverse groups of people,
> and what kinds of steps are needed to ensure that we can all continue
> to work together. This isn't the first time that a particular
> community has taken offense to images hosted on commons, and it likely
> isn't going to be the last time either.
>
> --Andrew Whitworth
>
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