[Foundation-l] Racism in Commons

[Jon Harald Søby]

If I remember correctly, Yoni was the initiator of those discussions
as well, so he should be able to find them. (Unless that was another
Yoni, of course.)

2008/3/5, Nathan <nawrich at gmail.com>:
> 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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