Anyone into hairy women? Options

[EricBarbour]

I have to wonder if he obtained the permission of his Iranian-girlfriend-back-in-1989.

(He's a real comedian.)

This post has been edited by EricBarbour: Thu 26th August 2010, 12:28am

[Abd]

The photo purports to be an example of Hirsutism but I rather doubt it. Source for this? Original research?

The permission of the subject for this use is very, very shaky. The internet wouldn't have been relevant to her then. But the elephant in this living room is the original research involved, claiming her as an example, when her hair is just not that extraordinary. It's an excuse to put up porn, that's what I think.

The woman in the photo does not appear to meet the definition of "hirsutism" at this medical dictionary.

So why is this photo in the article?

[LessHorrid vanU]

... But the elephant in this living room is...

A mammoth?

Thus, is it a candidate for the Tar-pit?

[Somey]

Thus, is it a candidate for the Tar-pit?

It would definitely be a candidate for the tar-pit if WP were to remove the image from the article in question. Given that they probably won't do that, I don't believe our Google-footprint is big enough to make much difference juice-wise in a search for, say, "hairy women," but if someone were to convince us otherwise, I would probably go along with it.

I realize that some WP'ers will see this as a form of blackmail, which is fine as far as I'm concerned (though I wouldn't have intended this, and it's a bit of a stretch in any event considering how limited our influence is over there). If they can't independently verify who this person is, and all they have is "I took the picture with the consent of my Iranian girlfriend" from the guy who uploaded it, they shouldn't be running it anywhere on the page, much less at the very top. How do we even know that the statement isn't a dodge? His "Iranian girlfriend" might have "consented" for him to take the photo of a completely different person, who might not even be Iranian!

Of course, that's just my opinion, and I can sympathize with the argument that the woman is barely recognizable... but who knows, maybe that's an argument in favor of removal, since people might more easily mistake the subject for someone they know? (Assuming they haven't seen her naked already?)

[Cock-up-over-conspiracy]

His "Iranian girlfriend" might have "consented" for him to take the photo of a completely different person, who might not even be Iranian!

This is true ... it might just be a racist stab. Whatever it is, it is all wrong and should be deleted.

If they need illustrations, they should be akin to medical journals and not pornographically posed.