Commons:Nudity
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[edit] Related ideas
Existing policies and ideas relating to this:
[edit] Official Policies
- Commons is not censored: a depiction of human nudity is not in itself a reason for deletion
- Commons is not a free host, blog or webspace provider (link to a Wikipedia policy)
[edit] Official Guidelines
- There are 'moral issues' discussed at our 'identifiable people' guidelines you may wish to review
[edit] Other
- The Wikimedia projects have, above all else, an educational aim
- Quality controls
- Controlling Vandalism
- The Commons is not for exercising voyeuristic or exhibitionistic urges
[edit] Rejected ideas
- Commons:Sexual content, a draft proposal including a series of suggestions for how Wikimedia Commons might handle sexual content, was thoroughly rejected by the Commons community.
[edit] Rationale
It is felt that a guideline is needed, because at the moment there are no guidelines or policies as to what the acceptable bounds of content should be at Commons. Images depicting male nudity are regularly nominated for deletion at Commons:Deletion requests and the Wikipedia is not censored policy is often cited as a defense. However it must be asked if allowing any content whatsoever (within the bounds of the law) is really serving the Wikimedia Commons projects' aims. This guideline aims to define a reasonable bound for administrators and other users; to serve as a guide in deciding what should be kept and what may be deleted.
[edit] Vandalism
- Any image that appears to be uploaded solely for the purpose of vandalism may be speedy deleted. (unwritten guideline) It is obvious when this is happening because the user will be very new with perhaps only their image uploads as edits, and users from local projects will come to the Commons to request the image's deletion.
- Any image can be used to vandalise pages, although ones with nudity have more shock value. Therefore no image shall be deleted solely for this reason, subject to the above point and the Commons:Licensing requirements.
[edit] New uploads
Categories such as Category:Male_reproductive_system and Penis show that the Commons has a quantity of images relating to human male genitalia (which should properly be categorized by species, and not simply dumped in the top-level category for the topic); erect and flaccid, circumcised and uncircumcised, and with varying degrees of pubic hair. Some of images are of low resolution and/or provide little source information other than, for example, "self made" or "an erect human penis"; the user is told nothing useful about the background of the individual, or relevant vital statistics. Such images are of limited value as media for categories related to human anatomy and stages of development, because they depict a subject we already have images of, with no additional useful information.
In such cases, the files may be nominated for deletion (not speedy deleted), citing appropriate rationale(s). In all cases, the proper procedures for deletion should be followed.
If a file depicts some phenomenon or circumstance which we do not already have representations of (for example, diseases or body modifications) then it should be kept, as it adds to the educational content of the Commons. Wikimedia Commons should have media depicting human anatomy in all its variety and diversity. The differences should be included in the file's description, with as much detailed information as is relevant.
If a new image depicts something we already have an image of, but in a better way, the older image may be considered for deletion as "superceded".
- Prefer higher resolution images over lower resolution images
- Prefer focused images over unfocused and blurry images
- Prefer images showing context (for example, the full male body) over images only showing a "groin shot"
- Prefer images that provide relevant/useful information about the person depicted over 'anonymous' images with no context
- Prefer non-confrontational framings (e.g. side-on) over "shocking" close-up shots (such images are more likely to be used in vandalism attacks for this reason)
These preferences should help the Commons build a higher quality database that adheres more closely to its educational aims.
[edit] Women
Category:Female genitalia and Category:Shaved genitalia (female) are now also rather voluminous. Such images are rarely (if ever) used in vandalism attacks. If this changes, this policy should be considered for these images as well.
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