[WikiEN-l] Copyright situation

[Jimmy Wales]

Phroziac wrote:
> Also, I think pictures should be encyclopedic. It's a little silly to
> just show a picture of a dick with no labels. Look at the picture on
> the clitoris article. It's all nice and labeled, and I think that's
> pretty encyclopedic. In fact, I was intending to make a labeled
> version of those penis pictures, but never got around to it yet.

I think that's exactly the right approach.  Contrary to common
impressions, I don't think even very conservative parents in the deep
south of the US (my own upbringing, you see) have a problem at all with
a serious and respectful article like 'clitoris' with a useful
illustration.

It might be interesting to do a survey of, for example, schoolteachers
in Alabama, to find out what they would find uncomfortable.  I suspect
that contrary to international perceptions, their views would not be
remarkably different from schoolteachers in other places.

--Jimbo