[WikiEN-l] External links to image boards with images of a child engaged in sexually explicit acts.

[Justin Cormack]

On 3 Apr 2006, at 15:19, Sydney Poore wrote:

> While we are discussing child pornography and drawing of children
> engaged in sex acts, lets talk about external links to sites with  
> these
> images.
>
> Instead of a single image that can be presented in a context to  
> make it
> clear it is educational , a bigger concern is external links to image
> boards with images of a child engaged in sexually explicit act.  These
> appear on Wikipedia on a regular basis. When I went  to image board  
> web
> sites to look for inappropriate images, I felt disgusted that another
> Wikipedia editor would put it on Wikipedia. I think we need to modify
> our policy/guidelines dealing with images with children engaged in
> sexually explicit acts. They should not be permitted in my opinion.
> Editors that repeatedly add them should be blocked for being  
> disruptive.

External links are often problematic.

It seems likely that the ones you refer to do not add useful  
encyclopaedic
background to wikipedia. Stuff that isnt references needs to be  
looked at
very carefully. There is lots of link spam.

I dont see that this needs a specific policy.

Justinc