[Foundation-l] Where things stand now

[Alex]

On 5/8/2010 9:08 AM, Jimmy Wales wrote:
> 
> Much of the cleanup is done, although there was so much hardcore 
> pornography on commons that there's still some left in nooks and crannies.
> 
> I'm taking the day off from deleting, both today and tomorrow, but I do 
> encourage people to continue deleting the most extreme stuff.
> 
> But as the immediate crisis has passed (successfully!) there is not 
> nearly the time pressure that there was.  I'm shifting into a slower mode.
> 
> We were about to be smeared in all media as hosting hardcore pornography 
> and doing nothing about it.  Now, the correct storyline is that we are 
> cleaning up.  I'm proud to have made sure that storyline broke the way 
> it did, and I'm sorry I had to step on some toes to make it happen.
> 
> Now, the key is: let's continue to move forward with a responsible 
> policy discussion.
> 
> 

The correct story line now is that Wikimedia is purging historical works
by notable artists and bending due to pressure from American
conservative "media." Outside of Fox news, I've yet to see any pickup of
this by any significant media outlet.[1]

The way I see it, with the rushed and ham-fisted way this was done,
we'll be lucky if it doesn't completely backfire on us and the
non-conservative media doesn't make it look like we're burning books or
that they misconstrue it and assume we've adopted some sort of outright
no-nudity policy.

[1] http://bit.ly/d8y5vy

-- 
Alex (wikipedia:en:User:Mr.Z-man)