On Feb 1, 2008 8:40 PM, michael west michawest@gmail.com wrote:
On 01/02/2008, Mathias Schindler mathias.schindler@gmail.com wrote:
On Feb 1, 2008 9:40 PM, Leia Yeung glacierwolf3@gmail.com wrote:
If you truly have an issue with the image, my suggestion is to email
OTRS at
info-en@wikimedia.org, bringing up this issue.
OTRS and some of the info queues there do regularily get emails asking/demanding the takedown of these images. We usually reply with explaining the NPOV and the editorial decision to keep the picture, while at the same time mentioning the iconophobic tendencies of such believes.
Mathias
Funnily enough somebody has posted the nreply to there wikiticket on their blog http://thelandofpure.blogspot.com/2008/02/wikipedia-reply-on-prophet-muhamma...
As for the talk page on the Mohammed article, I think that the editors there must have the patience of Job.
If anybody is interested in early art history and depictions of the prophet theres a short article here http://www.zombietime.com/mohammed_image_archive/islamic_mo_full/
I wish these things didn't blow up into full war - on that note http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Jyllands-Posten_Muhammad_cartoons_controve..., details how to edit your monbook.js so that images aren't shown.
Mike33
Indeed, Talk:Muhammad now also has an FAQ, that includes instructions on how to disable images on [[Muhammad]].
It's probably also worth mentioning "online petitions" have circulated at least once before on the issue, and some combination of bots & humans got the tally up to ~50K.
Cheers WilyD