[Wikipedia-l] Autofellatio

[Erik Moeller]

1) Brion is on the case already. There's a code change in CVS that will  
allow InterWiki redirects to show a "Redirected from" like regular  
redirects.

2) Angela pointed out to me that even if the image was deleted from the  
English Wikipedia, it could still be on any of the other wikis on the  
InterWiki map (e.g. all Wikicities), all of which can be used for  
InterWiki redirects. So you wouldn't just need a cross-Wikipedia deletion  
or linking policy, but pretty much one across all wikis. That is clearly  
not a workable solution.

3) The autofellatio image may be a case where many people agree that it is  
inappropriate in any context, but many images which we clearly want, such  
as the photos GerardM uploaded of venereal diseases, would be clearly  
inappropriate on user talk pages. That doesn't mean such images should be  
deleted.

We should simply consider this vandalism, and improve the tools we use to  
deal with it. 1) helps a great deal already. Single login will also help,  
as people will not suddenly be thrown into a wiki whose language they do  
not speak once they have set their language user preference. We may,  
however, want to consider disabling InterWiki redirects specifically for  
non-Wikimedia wikis whose policies are beyond our control.

All best,

Erik