[WikiEN-l] Re: offensive pict policy suggestions

Thu May 13 16:57:39 UTC 2004

You are making it too complex to blur the issue Chris :-)

Now, if user A absolutely want a special category of [[image:offending 
elections]], by all mean, let us create this category with a huge smile

Then, when User A list a picture to be set in [[image:offending 
elections]], let us have a poll on it; One vote to put it in the 
category, 99 votes not to put it. Hence, the picture is not listed in 
the category

After a year, gently and discreetly comment on that neat 
[[image:offending elections]] category, still empty of any offending 
picture. Suggest deletion.

Wait 2 weeks.

Delete the category.

Now, you should trust users to be reasonable. If a category is 
unreasonable, there will not be consensus to put any picture in it :-)

Anthere

Christopher Mahan a écrit:
> --- Anthere <anthere9 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>  
> 
>>Future : 
>>
>>Additionnaly, I think we could go forward setting a
>>couple of categories of potentially offensive
>>pictures, such as 
>>* sex
>>* violence
>>* nudity
>>* ...
> 
> 
> Let's not forget images of: 
> * Elections 
> * Demonstrations
> * Medical procedures
> * Diseases
> * Weaponry/bombmaking
> * Cracking (in the computer cracking sense)
> * Drug paraphenalia 
> * Bioagents
> * Chemical Agents
> * Nuclear and Atomic Manufacturing / Processing Equipment
> * Religious symbols
> * American Presidents (it seems to really chafe some people to look
> at GW)
> * WWII-era paraphenalia (France/Germany especially)
> 
> 
> I'm not being facetious, unfortunately. I see and read a lot of
> non-US media (mostly really) and it's amazing the number of things
> people find offensive. 
> 
> Oh, forgot about animals too:
> * Spiders
> * large cats hunting and feeding 
> * Any insect up close
> * Snakes
> 
> * slaugtherhouses
> 
> I am sure each culture is able to add to the list.
> 
> I just looked on the W for a page about that, but only came up with 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Profanity
> Maybe there is a page for image classification based on
> cultural/political sensitivities.
>  
> 
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