[Gendergap] Photo of the Day on Wikimedia Commons

[CherianTinu Abraham]

I have forwarded this matter to the commons-l mailing list and there is a
discussion happening on it there.
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/commons-l/2011-May/thread.html

Feel free to join the discussion , if interested.

<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/commons-l/2011-May/thread.html>Regards
Tinu Cherian

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 7:38 AM, Sarah Stierch <sarah at sarahstierch.com>wrote:

>  Image is more like it, not photo. A talented artist, just..not the most
> welcoming image when thinking about gender concerns and bringing women into
> Wikimedia..IMHO..
>
>
> On 5/15/2011 10:03 PM, Sarah Stierch wrote:
>
> Surely I'm not the only one who noticed this lovely gem of a photo of the
> day today. In my work environment - NFWS.
>
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
>
> Direct link to image:
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:On_the_edge_-_free_world_version.jpg
>
> I mean really? /facepalm
>
> This is the kind of imagery I have no desire to see on the front page of
> Commons. I'm a very liberal person, but, this makes me not want to even
> allow my MOTHER to use Commons.
>
> #wikilove,
>
> Sarah
>
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