[WikiEN-l] Re: troubled.

Tue May 11 14:40:00 UTC 2004

Anthere-
> We censor pictures of clitoris on the english wikipedia.

It was not censored, it was moved away. I had repeatedly argued against  
that, but the outcome of the vote was:
9 people in favor of embedding a photo in the article
8 people in favor of using a drawing in the article and linking to a photo
1 person in favor uf using neither a drawing nor a photo

Of the 9 people in favor of keeping a photo in the article, 2 didn't want  
to use the *particular* photo that we have, which they argued looks like  
retouched pornography (and indeed it does, if you look at earlier versions  
of the image). So that makes "embed drawing, link to photo" the strongest  
position.

No such vote was held on the Abu Ghraib article.

I agree with you that our policies should be consistent. My suggestion  
would be:
* picture that is universally considered offensive -> link
* picture that is considered offensive by some, not by others -> embed

One should never err on the side of censorship. I consider the acts that  
were committed in Abu Ghraib offensive, but not the photos of these acts.

Regards,

Erik