ps. as a bit of a cheeky side note, does anyone else find the inclusion of pregnant women and the family snaps a bit... um.. creepy.. here; (scroll down)
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Passiverebellion ? On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 1:17 PM, private musings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > I (think / hope) that what I'm suggesting is certainly not censorship in > any way - more just the reasonable expectation that some of our content may > raise an eyebrow in schools - and that it's a good idea to be mindful of > this in our communications and work with them. > > By way of further illustration, here's an example of a good faith > contributor at commons compiling a collection of some of his favourite > shots; > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:TwoWings/Fav#Sexy > > I think we're all big enough and ugly enough to accept that there's nothing > wrong with this sort of thing, and that it's normal to enjoy eroticism - I > think it's also perfectly fair enough for schools to want to be a bit > careful with how they interact with this sort of material - maybe it's as > simple as saying 'look, there's actually quite a lot of images on various > wiki projects that you might not want your pupils to see / share / collect - > and here's how you can help achieve this' - back to the directed projects, > supervised access etc. I guess..... > > best, > > Peter > PM. > > another example doing the rounds is this one - 'not safe for work'; > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Shaved_genitalia_(female)<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Shaved_genitalia_%28female%29> > > (by the way - if something's 'not safe for work' - presumably it's 'not > safe for schools' either? dunno!) > > > > 2008/12/10 Gnangarra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Lets look at this differently, Wikipedia/Foundation is about providing >> free access to all knowledge, how could someone who supports the project >> consider promoting censorship of the information? >> >> >> >> 2008/12/10 Gnangarra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >>> >>> 2008/12/10 private musings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> <snip> though I would prefer there were better systems in place to >>>> ensure that the images are legal (ie. models consenting and of age), and >>>> that (per Nick) folk have some opportunity to self-select. I'd be inclined >>>> to support a flickr like 'please click here to indicate that you're of age >>>> to view this material' sort of thing, I think. >>>> >>> >>> >>> Yep and every kid is going to just tick such a box anyway, the intention >>> of the box is to dimish responsibility of the provider not to protect the >>> viewer. >>> >>> >>>> >>>> cheers, >>>> >>>> Peter >>>> PM. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 12:28 AM, David Gerard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> I must say, there's a certain appeal to attempting to forbid kids from >>>>> reading encyclopedias, so they'll think it's cool. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> - d. >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Wikimediaau-l mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikimediaau-l mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> GN. >>> http://gnangarra.redbubble.com/ >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> GN. >> http://gnangarra.redbubble.com/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaau-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l >> >> >
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