[Foundation-l] video presentation on explicit images on WMF projects

Thu Jan 14 04:59:39 UTC 2010

Were we to ever become unable to host these images in the US, we
should considering moving to some country where it would be possible.
That's how strongly we ought to feel about the principle.

As for the link, showing these in greatly enlarged  versions, without
the context of the articles in which they are used, is setting up a
strong bias. We've never engaged in that use of the material, nor
would we. If people want to take our material out of our encyclopedic
content and turn it into sexually-focused presentations, that is their
look-out.

David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 1:05 AM, private musings <thepmaccount at gmail.com> wrote:
> G'day all,
> I continue to have concerns related to the growing number of explicit images
> on WMF projects (largely commons) - but rather than banging on with dull
> mailing list posts which gaurantee a chorus of groans, I'm trying to be a
> bit less dull, and have made a short video presentation.
> It's my intention to work on this with a few like minded wiki volunteers,
> and probably then make a sort of alternate version for youtube etc. to see
> what the general feeling is out there.... what I'd really like is for the
> foundation to acknowledge that this is an issue where some regulation may be
> necessary (or indeed, where the discussion of potential benefits of some
> regulation is even conceivable) - I hope the board, or the advisory board,
> might also be interested in offering some thoughts / recommendations too.
> I've used a selection of explicit images from Commons, so please only click
> through if you're over the age of majority;
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Privatemusings/WikiPr0n
> ps. I'm also particularly interested if anyone can point me to where
> 'section 2257' (record keeping) issues may have previously been discussed -
> is it the current foundation position that section 230 acts as an exemption
> to these requirements?
> best,
> Peter,
> PM.
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