This is not a photograph of sexual activity , but the after-effects of sexual activity. A photograph is clearer about the nature of it than any drawing could be.
David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 12:03 AM, private musings <[email protected]> wrote: > g'day all, > > There's an interesting deletion discussion taking place here; > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Sexuality_pearl_necklace_small.png > > concerning an image of a woman with sperm on her neck. To my mind it's very > doubtful that this is in fact a freely licensed image, but regardless of my > cynicism, the IP who nominated the image for deletion (the 5th time it's > been nominated, and the 4th time was by me, in December) raised the > possibility that we (both commons, wikipedia, and perhaps by extension all > wmf projects) might be better to opt for drawings rather than photographs of > sexual activity? > > I'm sure many are familiar with my view that the foundation is an acutely > irresponsible host in this area (I'm not a fan, for example, of the pictures > taken of topless women on beaches without their permission which commons > currently hosts) - but wonder what the feeling is out there in regard to > freely licensed images of people having sex - we've currently got quite a > few on commons, and it's likely to be a growth area. There's a dirty pun in > there somewhere, but I can't be bothered to make it...... > > cheers, > > Peter > PM. > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
