What is the relationship with gender-gap ? Are female children more unlikely to contribute to Wikimedia projects if they saw some porn on Wikipedia or Commons ?
Caroline 2012/5/30 Andreas Kolbe <jayen...@gmail.com> > From Larry Sanger's blog: > > ---o0o--- > > I want to start a conversation. [...Larry says, in his blog] > > I. Problem? What problem? > > So, you didn’t know that Wikipedia has a porn problem? > > Let me say what I do not mean by “Wikipedia’s porn problem.” I do not mean > simply that Wikipedia has a lot of porn. That’s part of the problem, but > it’s not even the main problem. I’m 100% OK with porn sites. I defend the > right of people to host and view porn online. I don’t even especially mind > that Wikipedia has porn. There could be legitimate reasons why an > encyclopedia might want to have some “adult content.” > > No, the real problem begins when Wikipedia features some of the most > disgusting sorts of porn you can imagine, while being heavily used by > children. But it’s even more complicated than that, as I’ll explain. > > (Note, the following was co-written by me and several other people. I > particularly needed their help finding the links.) > > Here is the short version: > > Wikipedia and other websites of the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) host a > great deal of pornographic content, as well as other content not > appropriate for children. Yet, the Wikimedia Foundation encourages children > to use these resources. Google, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, and many other > high-profile sites have installed optional filters to block adult content > from view. I believe the WMF sites should at a minimum install an optional, > opt-in filter, as the WMF Board agreed to do in 2011. I understand that the > WMF has recently stopped work on the filter and, after a period of > community reaction, some Board members have made it clear that they do not > expect this filter to be finished and installed. Wikipedians, both managers > and rank-and-file, apparently do not have enough internal motivation to do > the responsible thing for their broad readership. > > But even that is too brief. If you really want to appreciate Wikipedia’s > porn problem, I’m afraid you’re going to have to read the following. > > > http://larrysanger.org/2012/05/what-should-we-do-about-wikipedias-porn-problem/ > > Feel free to repost! > > ---o0o--- > > There is further discussion of this, with Larry in attendance, on > Wikipediocracy.com: > > http://wikipediocracy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=429 > > Note that the related thread is in the "Sexualisation" subforum, which is > only accessible to registered Wikipediocracy members. Registration is free > though, and anyone wishing to have a look is welcome to join up and > participate! > > http://wikipediocracy.com/forum/ > > Best, > Andreas > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > >
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