[Foundation-l] Buzzfeed articles

Sun Apr 8 13:00:32 UTC 2012

Note that there have been two recent Buzzfeed articles about Commons and
Wikipedia, by Jack Stuef, who is a writer for The Onion:

1. The Epic Battle For Wikipedia's Autofellatio Page

In the underbelly of Wikipedia is an exhibitionist subculture dedicated to
one thing: Ensuring that their penis is the visual definition of penis.
Meet Jiffman, one such exhibitionist. (This article is very probably NSFW.)

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jackstuef/inside-the-seedy-world-of-wikipedia-exhibitionism

A shorter version of this article is also available in French:

Autofellation: le combat d’un exhibitionniste pour illustrer la page de
Wikipedia

http://www.slate.fr/lien/52805/autofellation-wikipedia

2. Wikipedia's Kiddie Porn Problem

Wikipedia's self-policing isn't working.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jackstuef/its-almost-impossible-to-get-kiddie-porn-off-wiki

A shorter summary of this story is also on Gizmodo:

Why Is It So Hard to Get Kiddie Porn Off of Wikipedia?

http://gizmodo.com/5899532/why-is-it-so-hard-to-get-kiddie-porn-off-of-wikipedia

For those interested, there are related discussions on Wikipediocracy.com:

in the News and Media forum –
http://www.wikipediocracy.com/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=6

in the Sexualisation forum –
http://www.wikipediocracy.com/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=15

Andreas
(I'm a moderator on Wikipediocracy, posting with the handle HRIP7.)