[WikiEN-l] Jimbo on Commons

[Emily Monroe]

Yikes! That could be quite problematic!

But still, fundamentally, we aren't here for the money. Clearly,  
people need to put their heads together and come up with a creative  
back up money making solution for the Wikimedia Foundation should this  
happen again.

Emily
On May 12, 2010, at 12:24 PM, Ian Woollard wrote:

> On 12/05/2010, AGK <wikiagk at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> On 11 May 2010 22:43, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I've long thought the presence of graphic sexual pictures on
>>> Commons, and certainly in Wikipedia, does more harm than good,  
>>> because
>>> it means the site "can't be trusted" in the eyes of librarians,
>>> teachers, etc etc.
>>
>> Long-term, we're aiming to compile all knowledge into one
>> freely-accessible location. We shouldn't infringe on that mission,
>> even if we displease some easily-upset persons along the way.
>
> According to the Guardian, the easily-upset people could perhaps
> include some of the sponsors of the Wikipedia, and Fox newspaper has
> been deliberately seeking them out, and trying to persuade them not to
> donate any more money:
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/may/10/ipad-apple
>
>> AGK
>
> -- 
> -Ian Woollard
>
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