[Foundation-l] Racism in Commons

Wed Mar 5 19:20:49 UTC 2008

On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 1:59 PM, Nathan <nawrich at gmail.com> wrote:
> You speak on behalf of the Hebrew Wikipedia community as a whole?
>
>  Nathan

He did use the royal "we" here, I think we can make the assumption
that this is the case. You have to admit that some of the cartoons on
that page are a tad on the offensive side. The one where Sharon is
kissing Hitler, or where he is labeled "the anti christ", seem to me
to be the two worst offenders. The images where Bush and Sharon are
portrayed as being terrorists or gangsters aren't as bad, in my
opinion.

Maybe it's time for a serious talk about our diverse groups of people,
and what kinds of steps are needed to ensure that we can all continue
to work together. This isn't the first time that a particular
community has taken offense to images hosted on commons, and it likely
isn't going to be the last time either.

--Andrew Whitworth