The result of the request for deletion was keep, but the author seems to insist on the essay being his way and feels he can reject contributions by others.
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/User_talk:Herostratus/Hardcor...
He has now asked for mediation.
Although I agree with the position taken in the essay, and, indeed, would go much further, I doubt this is the issue to lead on. It has done me no good.
That said, it should be possible to resurrect the essay in the Wikipedia namespace if others are motivated to do so, and the author's WP:OWN issues are dealt with.
Fred
--- On Mon, 14/2/11, Andreas Kolbe jayen466@yahoo.com wrote:
From: Andreas Kolbe jayen466@yahoo.com Subject: [Gendergap] Hardcore images essay To: "Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects" gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Monday, 14 February, 2011, 16:46 User:Herostratus wrote an essay on hardcore pornography images in Wikipedia a few weeks ago. The basic premise of the essay was, "Articles about hardcore pornography subjects should not contain images which are, themselves, hardcore pornography."
The essay underwent an MfD deletion discussion, at which it was kept; one of the Keep votes was Jimbo's.
Herostratus has resisted changes like these being made to the essay:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Herostratus/Hardcore_images&a...
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Herostratus/Hardcore_images&a...
As a result, the essay has now been deleted and userfied by an admin, without a new MfD having taken place.
Herostratus's userfied essay is here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Herostratus/Hardcore_images
As the essay is about alleged systemic misogynism, it may be of interest to this list.
The ANI discussion that led to userfication is here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Inciden......
Andreas
For reference, the previous MfD discussion which resulted in "Keep" is here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/Wikipedia:Har...
Andreas
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