[Foundation-l] Sexual Imagery on Commons: where the discussion is happening

Milos Rancic millosh at gmail.com
Mon May 10 19:41:05 UTC 2010


On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 9:34 PM, Mike Godwin <mnemonic at gmail.com> wrote:
> I just had a thought -- what if it were possible for a user to categorically
> block views of any images that are not linked to in any project's article
> pages?  Presumably, those Commons images that are found in articles are
> relevant and appropriately encyclopedic (speaking generally -- I also assume
> there are some exceptions). Images that were just "dumped" to Commons
> without being associated with any particular article would still be
> available to those who were looking for them -- perhaps to complement a
> particular article that needs illustration -- but the umpteenth superfluous
> porn shot (or unconnected Muhammed image) would be invisible to those who
> chose this option.
>
> Obviously, this notion is too cute to actually be helpful, but I thought I'd
> share it.

And what about choosing "Would you like to see uncategorized images?"

And the same for "cultural censorship": Is your culture brave enough
to gamble would you be horrified by seeing a penis or Muhammad or not?



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