WikiMedia watch
Today WikiMedia has redefined what we see as knowledge to such an extent that we are unable its projects have become the first stopping point for seach for information of all kinds. Wikipedia, Witionary, WikiMedia Commons... are all awesome projects and they promote freedom of information, attempts at consensus building, and cooperation. But not all is warm and fuzzy, Wikipedia community's decision to attempt to distance itself from WikiLeaks has set back that project,
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Change of notibility guidelines for Pornographic actors/actresses on Wikipedia
The attempt to redefine what it means to be a notable pornographic actor or actress. This will have an impact on what articles are allowed to remain on Wikipedia. Already there are some administrators and general wikipedians who ignore the current guideline and delete the articles which should have been kep otherwise.
First discussion was closed as no consensus, but that isn't a victory since those discussing it constantly push towards making pornographic actors and acresses not notable for the article.
Deletions of the sexual images and images containing nudity on Commons
Almost constantly there are some deletion requests open on WikiMedia Commons which request that some media file considered to be sexual is deleted. Now it is clear that there are some which warrant deletion (for example those which are simply lifted off of some other site), but the overwhelming majority are nominated out of the distaste for bare human body.
Historical archive of censorship and anti-sexuality
User:Bodhislutva
A user that had many good contributions to Wikipedia has been banned, harrassed, accused of being a feminist (the accusetion she proudly accepted). And all that just because she has combined the terms denoting sexual liberation and buddhism.
