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

[Ray Saintonge]

Gerard Meijssen wrote:
> Hoi,
> What I am missing is that Iran has blocked the whole Wikimedia domain as
> Commons is included in that domain. I understand that the reason is there
> being too much sexual explicit content.  As a consequence this important
> free resource is no longer available to the students of Iran as a resource
> for illustrations for their project work.
>
> What I would like to know is if we have been talking to Iranian politicians
> and / or if we have an understanding of what it takes to ensure that Commons
> becomes available again.

That's ultimately up to the Iranians to find a solution. We should no 
more adapt to their lowest standards of free speech for the sake of 
being accepted than we would stop talking about Tibet to please the 
Chinese government.

Ec