[WikiEN-l] How much?

Wed Jan 14 17:00:17 UTC 2004

I work in the biology department of a UK school. The diagram is pretty standard stuff and is likely to be studied in year 7, 8 or 9 (aged 11 -14)
The photo OTOH is more problematic. I've never seen a semi erect penis in a UK school textbook. However photos of flaccid penises are to be found (and are the source of much giggling among the kids. 

, -----Original Message-----
From: Jimmy Wales [mailto:jwales at bomis.com] 
Sent: 14 January 2004 16:45
To: English Wikipedia
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] How much?

As is well known, I'm somewhat conservative about what I think we
ought to show in Wikipedia.  The bounds of good taste are very
important.

Having said that, I think that the current article and diagram/photo
are not problematic.  This is very different from the 'clitoris'
picture (don't know the current status on that one), which looked
"like porn" to me -- in poor taste.

The diagrams and photo in this case are very "textbook" looking.

As to whether this sort of thing should go into a version of Wikipedia
intended for distribution to schools is perhaps a different matter,
and one that we will have to address specifically at some point in the
future.

--Jimbo

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