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> Reporting of lolicon images on Wikimedia Commons
Tarc
post Mon 21st March 2011, 1:19pm
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Reporting of lolicon images on Wikimedia Commons (T-H-L-K-D)

Perhaps a legitimate article on the topic could be made, but this one reads like reflexive loli-defense by the Wikipe-tan regulars.

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Damn, this is funny. You have to admit that.

It only took TEN MONTHS to decide to create this article. Specifically, Jinnai, one of
the leading lights of the anime/manga wikiproject, was the guilty party.

He's also the most dedicated of the small group of nerds who guard the lolicon article with great justice.
Also quite fond of moe. Desu kawaii! yecch.gif

This part bears repeating, because it is so wonderfully smug:
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On May 7, 2010, after Fox News had begun informing and putting pressure on dozens of companies that donate to the Wikimedia Foundation, they reported that the Wikimedia Foundation had begun purging its websites of thousands of pornographic images after co-founder of the Wikimedia Foundation Jimmy Wales had been contacted by several of those donors.[16][17][18] Fox News also reported that, according to Wales, this was in preparation for a new policy regarding sexually explicit content.[17] However, Wales later denied the shakeup and that the reporter had ever contacted him.[19]

The purge led to infighting throughout the entire Wikimedia community.[18] Contributors complained that the deletions were "undemocratic and taken too quickly" and could result in images with legitimate educational value being accidentally deleted.[16] Fox News claimed that the situation quickly "devolved into an all-out war pitting board members against board members, and with top leadership sparring with lower level administrators."[18] However, the Wikimedia Fountain responded that, while discussions had become intense, it was a normal part of the process.[20]

On May 9, 2010, Jimmy Wales gave up some site privileges in response to protests by contributors who were angered over his deletion of images without consultation. He can no longer delete files, remove administrators, assign projects or edit protected content; however, he is still able to edit as a regular user.[16][18][21] Wales had previously asked that such images be removed. Some of the images he and other administrators deleted were restored as they were deemed to have educational value.[16] His stepping down was picked up by various media when Fox News quoted a source as saying that Wales' voluntary redaction of his administrative powers created "chaos" with no one clearly in charge.[18][19][20][22][23] The Foundation later denied those claims and posted a response on their blog about co-founder Wales' role in the Wikimedia Foundation. They clarified Wales' position as Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Trustees, noting that there were other executives with higher authority.[20]

Never get between a professional dork and his erokawa comics, eh?
Or he's gonna post something mean on Wikipedia, is that it?
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Tarc   Reporting of lolicon images on Wikimedia Commons   Mon 21st March 2011, 1:19pm
Silver seren   I really don't think it should be titled lolic...   Mon 21st March 2011, 2:41pm
carbuncle   I really don't think it should be titled loli...   Mon 21st March 2011, 3:09pm
Tarc   And I find it hilarious that Sanger himself is ge...   Mon 21st March 2011, 6:43pm
Selina   I really don't think it should be titled loli...   Mon 21st March 2011, 11:14pm
thekohser   From Wikipedia... Getting someone's name ri...   Mon 21st March 2011, 4:43pm
thekohser   Perhaps a legitimate article on the topic could b...   Mon 21st March 2011, 4:49pm
Silver seren   @Kohser: Since when is the Examiner a reliable sou...   Mon 21st March 2011, 7:10pm
thekohser   @Kohser: Since when is the Examiner a reliable so...   Mon 21st March 2011, 7:38pm
Silver seren   Looking over his contributions, I notice that he c...   Mon 21st March 2011, 7:56pm
thekohser   Looking over his contributions, I notice that he ...   Mon 21st March 2011, 8:21pm
lilburne   But any other parents believing as such doesn...   Mon 21st March 2011, 8:27pm
Peter Damian   Are there really parents out there who don't ...   Mon 21st March 2011, 9:35pm
Sxeptomaniac   Are there really parents out there who don't...   Mon 21st March 2011, 10:18pm
Malleus   [quote name='Silver seren' post='271322' date='Mo...   Tue 22nd March 2011, 12:51am
lilburne   There is no reason why encyclopedias ought not to...   Tue 22nd March 2011, 12:59am
Malleus   [quote name='Malleus' post='271345' date='Tue 22n...   Tue 22nd March 2011, 1:10am
RMHED   [quote name='Malleus' post='271345' date='Tue 22...   Tue 22nd March 2011, 1:12am
Peter Damian   [quote name='lilburne' post='271346' date='Tue 22...   Tue 22nd March 2011, 8:13am
Tarc   My point was that an article about X should not be...   Tue 22nd March 2011, 1:18pm
Sxeptomaniac   [quote name='lilburne' post='271346' date='Tue 2...   Tue 22nd March 2011, 6:40pm
Peter Damian   [quote name='Peter Damian' post='271374' date='Tu...   Tue 22nd March 2011, 6:46pm
RMHED   Are there really parents out there who don't...   Tue 22nd March 2011, 1:02am
Silver seren   I actually wasn't referring to this article at...   Mon 21st March 2011, 8:30pm
thekohser   P.S. I think it's quite obvious that the imag...   Mon 21st March 2011, 8:35pm
Cock-up-over-conspiracy   P.S. I think it's quite obvious that the image...   Mon 21st March 2011, 8:47pm
thekohser   P.P.S. I do not and will never own a fursuit. W...   Tue 22nd March 2011, 1:46am
Silver seren   Five months later is abruptly? You would have more...   Mon 21st March 2011, 8:43pm
lilburne   CBT images are not that far away from the most inn...   Mon 21st March 2011, 8:51pm
Silver seren   @Kohser: What do the levels of involvement entail ...   Tue 22nd March 2011, 2:22am
Somey   @Kohser: What do the levels of involvement entail ...   Tue 22nd March 2011, 3:29am
melloden   @Kohser: What do the levels of involvement entail...   Tue 22nd March 2011, 4:01am
EricBarbour   Why are we suddenly talking about furry porn? I c...   Tue 22nd March 2011, 5:05am
Somey   Why are we suddenly talking about furry porn? Admi...   Tue 22nd March 2011, 6:07am
carbuncle   I see Silver Seren has picked up on the "can ...   Tue 22nd March 2011, 2:09pm
Tarc   "The article still has the flavor of being wr...   Tue 22nd March 2011, 4:56pm
Silver seren   Dear god, shoot me now. *sighs* Now i'm going ...   Thu 24th March 2011, 4:56am
lilburne   Dear god, shoot me now. *sighs* Now i'm going...   Thu 24th March 2011, 8:04am
Silver seren   From this statement, Sanger appears to have a very...   Thu 24th March 2011, 8:26pm
lilburne   I don't see what that has to do with images ...   Thu 24th March 2011, 9:29pm
Silver seren   Do I even want to look?   Thu 24th March 2011, 9:46pm
lilburne   Do I even want to look? Depends on whether you ...   Thu 24th March 2011, 9:53pm
Zoloft   Do I even want to look? Depends on whether you...   Thu 24th March 2011, 10:22pm


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