[WikiEN-l] Titanic, illustrated

[David 'DJ' Hedley]

> David DJ Hedley said:
> >
> > Heres a simple question - We've given the cons of nudity on Wikipedia,
> > do you have any reasonable pros, apart from making Wikiporn?
>
> Why do you associate all nudity with porn?  In the Titanic example (at the
> risk of laboring the obvious) showing Rose posing for a nude is a good way
> of illustrating the fact that she poses for a nude for the artist, Jack.
> I don't see any cons to this.  I do see some people who for reasons I will
> probably never understand seem to think that nudity is utterly
> unacceptable, but that's not the same as saying there are cons.  Nobody is
> forced to download any Wikipedia content. Nobody who does so is forced to
> download the accompanying pictures.  Nobody who downloads them is forced
> to look at them.  While I'd be perfectly happy with a text-only Wikipedia,
> it seems odd to single out one or two pictures and say that because of
> nudity they should not be in the articles that they illustrate so well.
>

You evaded my question. Whether or not the exposed nipples, vaginas or
whatever does not have to be downloaded by users, sufficient cons have been
given by those against the nudity. No pros, I believe, have been given for
it.