[Gendergap] [Commons-l] Fwd: Photo of the Day on Wikimedia Commons

Fred Bauder fredbaud at fairpoint.net
Wed May 18 13:23:44 UTC 2011


> --- On Wed, 18/5/11, Béria Lima <beria.lima at wikimedia.pt> wrote:
> From: Béria Lima <beria.lima at wikimedia.pt>
> Subject: Re: [Gendergap] [Commons-l] Fwd: Photo of the Day on Wikimedia
> Commons
> To: "Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects"
> <gendergap at lists.wikimedia.org>
> Date: Wednesday, 18 May, 2011, 12:54
>
> Andreas,
> Again: Stop canvassing your POV!!! This list (and Commons-l) are not for
> that.
> That is my last warning
>
> This list was set up to discuss systemic issues in Foundation projects.
> In the opinion of several contributors here, this specific issue is
> profoundly symptomatic of the issue this list was set up to discuss.

I doubt women generally support censorship or benefit from it.

> This includes Commons selecting images for featured status on the basis
> of comments like "I like her big tits", rather than artistic merit, and
> then featuring them on the main page.

You've been informed several times that such remarks are discounted when
discussions are evaluated.

Fred




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