How about using the German article to help out with the English one, and refactoring/deleting anything on the talk page that talks about anything except the article it's attached to?
From, Emily On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Arnaud HERVE <arnaudhe...@x-mail.net>wrote: > I just found an example which seems to me exemplary of a male dominated > disaster : > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini > > In the Article page what struck me as wrong was : > > 1) The Sports bikini in beach volleyball photo, which has non pertinent > erotic content imho > > 2) The chapter about male underwear, which seems to me so inappropriate > AND ridiculous I can't even begin to describe it. > > In the Discussion page there is totally male point of view discussion > about whether the girl in red is in good shape enough. > > Then there is the raging Outrage comment which I fear might become > systematic if you leave the door opened for that. I have never seen a > kid being shocked by going to the beach and seeing bikinis. That's a > perverse erotic assumption imho, under the guise of high morality. > > I took the time to have a look at the German page : > > http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini > > 1) The first photo is semantically right, it shows better that bikinis > are used to go the beach and swimming > > 2) The history chapter is better developed > > 3) The gallery and the drawings aptly show different kinds of bikinis > > 4) No ridiculous male underwear content > > Also, there was a beach sports photo which seemed to me much better and > devoid of erotic content yesterday. But sadly it's been removed at the > moment I speak. It was this one : > > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beach_volleyball-Huntington_Beach-California_1.jpg > > Ah yes and also the discussion on the German page is more competent and > calm imho. > > So as a conclusion, the German bikini page represents for me a right > state of mind and proper educational content, fit to be used in a school > with students interested in fashion. The English page seems to me more > influence by more or less lunatic authors, or authors less interested in > knowledge. > > Arnaud > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >
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