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[edit] Never-ending Image Debate?

This is hilarious.

Regarding: current ejaculation image

I personally don't think those types of pictures offensive, but there is still a controversy with unclear parameters here. Therefore, the issue is "borderline" and "debatable". What I think we should try to avoid is having people come to Wikipedia and encountering an "unpleasant surprise" -- especially since the quality of this Wiki article would NOT be diminished in any way by excluding genital masturbation pictures, videos, or illustrations. Since we have linkimages and resource links where people can find visual examples, the pictures and the controversies surrounding them is not necessary on Wikipedia. With a linkimage the user can have the option to see it or not see it. APatcher 09:32, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm only going to respond to your first paragraph, since I'm tired of discussions of (self-)censorship. It's true, the picture doesn't look like the majority of ejaculations - it is idealized. This is not rare. We have idealized pictures of apples, clouds, and crowns too. Encyclopedia images are rarely "average" examples - they're usually ideals. LWizard @ 11:09, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
the picture isn't needed on this page. A link to an image elsewhere is suffienct. Then people can activlty chosse to view it - as in the case of the video.
i can handle a link, but a picture up front is ridiculous —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bellst589 (talk • contribs) 10:37, 24 February 2007 (UTC).
Is age even relevant? I think for something to be child porn it has to be porn (though I could be wrong). In any case, we can't very well tell the age by looking. I think based on the musculature and the size of the penis he must be done growing, so probably at least 17. LWizard @ 10:57, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Since everyone is insisting on having a picture, I bought one that shows less of the body of the person. Although I am still not fully convinced that we should have any pictures, this one is a good alternative. Also, the age of the person can not be judged by the picture. In addition, this is what an ejaculation looks like when fully completed (more realistic that what we have now). I'm not sure if the seller's organization info or the price paid should be included in the records/history. I'd rather not say because I don't necessarily approve of the overall site/business that sells these, but if I must, I will.

I dare not publish this on the article page myself due to the reactions any little change seems to create in this article. I don't know if people would rather see this picture anyway.

Image:Ejaculationexample001.jpg

APatcher 00:19, 21 February 2007 (UTC)


I came to this page thinking of learning something new, and instead I am taken back and a little offended. Since simply that image is overly graphic and doesn't add anything that a simple drawing would give. N1person 21:26, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

If someone could contribute a drawing, I think that would be great. I'm sick of the arguments over these types of pictures. RJASE1 Talk 21:51, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
  • I was looking for a drawing or illustration, but could not find one that could be borrowed or bought. I even suggested above that we use an external link (but that didn't go over well). However, I think the picture I mentioned above ( Image:Ejaculationexample001.jpg ) would be less controversial (and more accurate). People are constantly deleting the image that is there now, so I think just about any new image or new idea is worth a try. I thinik one of the reasons why people keep on deleting the current image is because it shows too much of the nude body of the boy. All that skin really catches the eye, and at first glance it does look like porn. APatcher 10:57, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
I don't like the ejaculationexampls001 image much. I think the current image is better. Atom 12:32, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
    • I agree a drawing would be much better. We should replace the current image as soon as a suitable drawing can be made or found. I have given numerous reasons for this in the archives. I will state them again if necesary but I don't want to take up too much space for now. Johntex\talk 15:53, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
  • I think that the situation is very much similar to that in any of the pages having to do with Sex. In none of the pages do we have pictures of people having sex. Simply because it lowers the Encyclopedic value of Wikipedia. Even if a drawing wouldn't demostrate it as well it would most certainly be more Encyclopedic and less offensive to the majority of casual Wikipedia viewers. I understand how we do not censor Wikipedia, but do you think that it would be appropraite to say, have that image in print in any sort of public place? N1person 20:19, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
  • I think all of APatcher's comments have been spot-on. In an attempt to help resolve the controversy, let me observe that no one believes that a drawing would be unacceptable, and also that pretty much everyone believes that a photograph that doesn't come across as porn (regardless of whether it satisfies the technical definition of pornography) would also be O.K. Perhaps a way we could resolve this discussion would be to agree on a set of criteria that a photograph should have, and then, if we cannot find a photograph that meets these criteria, then we find or make a drawing that does.--Atemperman 04:38, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
  • The reason Wikipedia has policies is to solve issues like this. The image is scientific, and is directly applicable to the topic. If some users think it is pornography, then perhaps the problem is with their perception. The image illustrates the topic extremely well. As forapatchers comments, I didn't agree with them at all. From my own personal experience, I would have to say that the image seems very accurate. Perhaps some people's semen "seeps" out when they ejaculate, but at age 50, and after approximately 10,000 orgasms, mine still looks and ejaculates pretty much like the image. The imahe is there to be representative of the topic though, not to be accurate in all cases. There continues to be people who want to censor images that they think are too sexual. That philosophy is their right, but it is a case where their views do not fit Wikipedia culture and polcies, not a case where Wikipedia should change to suite them. Wikipedia is not censored. Just because some small minority of people who have either been reading their holy book too much, or watching too much porno, or both happen to think that an image of ejaculation is offensive is no reason to limit them. The more that people are exposed to honest and natural images, such as this, the less they are offended by them, and the more they realize that something like this image is no more notable that a picture of a person on a bicycle. Atom 21:27, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
    • That Wikipedia is not censored only implies that we can have nude and sexually explicit images in articles related to nudity and human sexuality, not that we must. The choice of images, and whether to display such images inline or as links, is, of course, a question of editorial discretion, to be settled by consensus. I see little support for inline markup for the photograph on this article, and strong opposition. Notwithstanding conjectural arguments that the editors concerned with this page are somehow unrepresentative of the Wikipedia community, there is a clear and present consensus to de-inline the image. John254 02:01, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
    • The only problem with a drawing is it's not something that is easy to draw. Drawing liquids, in general, is difficult and rarely accurate. On the Pre-ejaculate page, they do not have the picture on the page itself.

They have a little box with a note on the Pre-ejaculate page.

I think that is a great idea. This way, nobody gets an "unpleasant suprise", yet people who need a picture can access one.

Atemperman -- The second photo suggestion I made above is less like porn. Image:Ejaculationexample001.jpg The current image on the page looks fake anyway. Nevertheless, I think as long as we don't have the picture blatently on the page, it won't be such a problem. APatcher (talk • contribs) 00:24, 27 February 2007

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I have examined it very closely, and the picture we currently have is fake. However, Atom says that it is still a good example, so I will certainly include it in the new format.

My personal issue with the pictures has nothing to do with being "offended". I have worked with human sexuality images for quite some time. My problem with it is the fact that it is representative of a very small (rare) minority of men. I'm not suggesting we delete the picture and have nothing. But if we have a picture that is less pornographic and is representative of many more people (and not fake), then I think we should at least include it somewhere.

As far as censorship is concerned, the whole problem as I see it, is the fact that the current format causes major controversy. If that can be reduced or ended AND the remedy does not detract from the article, then I think we should try the remedy. APatcher 12:37, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

I really object to the censorship here. Wikipedia is not censored (why else do we have articles on fuck, shit, etc.?). All I've seen about these images is that there's a disbelief that the man who photographed himself (who has not returned to discuss anything) is that it's too unrealistic or it's someone underage because he doesn't have chest hair or something. There are no such objections to having an image of a human breast at breast or other pages that discuss the aspects of human anatomy that induce laughter in teenaged boys. I'm frankly tired of having to see all the hullabaloo concerning one image that is encyclopedic, is free for use on Wikipedia, and has only been discussed because of the fact that people don't believe men can look like that.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 05:57, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
There is no censorship here. Using editorial discretion to decide what is encyclopedic is not censorship. Censorship is when the government or some central authority forces you to do something. It is not censorship if we reach the decision ourselves. We get that you like the image, but it is not accurate to cry "censorship" if other edits want to discuss removing it. Johntex\talk 01:31, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
I have put Image:Ejaculationexample001.jpg up for deletion. Infofreak 15:50, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
On what grounds have you nominated the image for deletion? Johntex\talk 01:31, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
I have put this image up for deletion on the grounds that it is unencyclopedic. Now, since there is NO definition of the word unencyclopedic (a completely fictitious "wiki-only" bullshit word anyway) in the wiktionary, and nowhere else that I can find for that matter, I'll give you mine. I define unencyclopedic as meaning "unfit for inclusion in an encyclopedia", thus by saying that this image is unencyclopedic I am saying that this image is unfit for inclusion in an encyclopedia. What standard am I using as a gauge to arrive at this determination? The very sources that set the standard for encyclopedias in the first place. Print encyclopedias. Now I know that Wikipedia is not a print encyclopedia, but the fact that print encyclopedias set the standards for the rest cannot be denied. I searched Brittanica, and World Book for an image like Image:Ejaculationexample001.jpg and Image:Ejaculation_sample.jpg. I couldn't find a single one. I discovered that they didn't use images this graphic for examples in their sexuality articles at all. Therefore, I came to the conclusion that if the print encyclopedias that set the standards that others have followed did not use images like this, then they must consider them "unfit for inclusion in an encyclopedia", thus unencyclopedic. Since Wikipedia calls itself an encyclopedia, then it seems logical that this image would be considered unencyclopedic here too. My reasoning on this matter has absolutely nothing to do with censorship. Now JohnTex, I want you to tell me why you think Image:Ejaculationexample001.jpg is encyclopedic. Infofreak 08:42, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

I don't like the new ejaculationexample001. This article is about ejaculation, and I don't see how that image illustrates that well. It is a picture after ejaculation. It could be a candidate for the masturbation, or semen articles, if it were good enough, but is a poor example of ejaculation. Do other people think that the image is not very good for this topic? Atom 23:43, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

  • I have the whole set of the frames from start to finish. In the beginning, it shows the ejaculation spurt. But you probably won't like any of those anyway, and then it will get nominated to be deleted by someone else; so why bother? APatcher 00:48, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
  1. Ejaculationexample001 is better than the other one Image:Ejaculation sample.jpg The focus of the Ejaculation_sample.jpg picture is obviously on the well-proportioned "sexy" male body rather than the tiny white line of what is supposed to be semen way off in the distance.
  2. Enlarge the Image:Ejaculation sample.jpg picture 400% or 600% and you will notice that it has been altered. They forgot to complete or fully replace the shadow of the penis. The penis shadow has an abrupt straight line across the top rather than the natural curvature of the glans. Another indicator of a false picture is the fact that the stream of semen appears as an arc when the picture is small. But when enlarged, it is evident that it is actually made up of 3 different white-line segments that are all straight lines and completely continuous. The white line seems to be coming from behind the penis rather than the hole in the glans. At the end of the white lines is an abrupt turn or bend. If all that does not convince you, watch some of the Kinsey Institute movies on ejaculation. They just don't look like that. I did a thesis project that required me to examine exactly 1,000 different pictures and movies of men's ejaculations. This does not make my opinion any more important than anyone else's opinion in this discussion, but I am basing what I am saying on my experience.
  3. The penis in the picture is longer than 98.4 percent of all penises. It is at least 7.5 inches (or more), which puts it in the top 1.6 percentile. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Human_penis_size I'm not suggesting we have to find something that is exactly average or "statistically correct". But when something is as rare as that, it is a distraction from the topic supposed to be on the page. I DO NOT go around trying to censor or get people to remove genital pictures. The fact is, this one really caught my eye because it is such an unreal spectacle. This picture is not typical or even an "ideal". Rather, it is "unreal".
  4. I think the pic was obviously originally taken to arouse rather than to inform. Most likely, it was copied from a porn site by someone who wanted bragging rights. Porn sites have a definite reputation for enhancing, altering, or faking ejaculations and penis sizes.APatcher 09:44, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

I was not aware it was altered. Although most of what we see every day in the movies and in ads is altered. Not a big deal for folks there. I will say that most of the pictures in the anatomy books and exercise instruction, such as the well defined muscles of the human form. Many animal and anatomy pictures in books are drawn or painted outright. It's difficult to learn the seperate muscle groups without any size or definition of the muscles. I believe Michelangelo is in for some criticism there too. Perhaps this picture can be considered in the same context. That is, a small, limp penis dripping hidden in buldging flesh with a few drips running out may be more realistic but probably not the best example for clarity. Else, perhaps a drawing is all that is needed. Trevor100a 17:54, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Well User:Trevor100a shows up just in time to tell us all that he was not aware that his submitted photo Image:Ejaculation_sample.jpg was altered? The original summary on the page for this image that Trevor wrote himself stated "A picture of Trevor ejaculating as an educational demonstration". We were led to believe by User:Atomaton and your summary of this image that you were the person in the photograph and that you had made this image yourself to help settle a dispute about another ejaculation image that no one wanted to use because it had been altered. Now it sounds like you are saying that not only did you not make this photo, it is not even you in the photo. I believe that after all of the shit that we have suffered through in trying to resolve the issues about this image on this article, I believe that we deserve the honest truth about the origin of this photograph and it's copyright status. Trevor, is it you in the photo? Did you make the photo yourself? If not, where did you get it? And User:Atomaton needs to come clean on his evidently fabricated story about this image too and explain to us why he "sanitized" the summary on the page of this image after the request for deletion process was over. Infofreak 21:15, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
I think APatcher is just analyzing the image too much, and again, it's more complaints against how the picture is of an atypical penis, even thinking it was shopped. That is, unless the man in the photograph is not Trevor100a.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 22:18, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
Frankly the image looks pretty normal to me. You can see he has three fingers around it, and my estimate makes it at 6.5 to 7 inches. Roughly the size of my own. I would be suprised if it, or my own endowement were "longer than 98.4% of all penises." As for this other nonsense, I haven't heard anyone (including Trevor)suggest that the image has been altered. If someone feels that way, I think they should provide more than speculation. Where did you get the idea that Trevor had said that the image was not his own? As for "fabricated stories" read the archives. Atom 22:45, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Three fingers is about 2½ inches in width. When I multiply that by 3 widths, it is not 6.5. And including your own penile dimensions is just not nesessary, thank you.
  • But anyway, I think the more important point made above is that it is not Trevor in the picture (although he originally stated it was). In his edit summary, he said, "A picture of Trevor ejaculating as an educational demonstration."
  • Now in his statement that he made on March 2, 2007, Trevor is implying that it is not him. It is obvious he is defending the fact that he thinks it is OK if it is altered (which he did not realize). If it were him in the picture, and he took the picture, and nobody else had rights to it, then nobody could have altered it without him knowing; and his answer would have been clear and unquestionable instead of saying he "was not aware". Now we have no idea who has or had the rights to it. I can't imagine anything that could restore credibility to it now (not that there really was in the first place).
  • The picture is a pose pic for a porn site, and porn sites alter their images to enhance them. That picture is all polished up just the way the porn webmasters do it. The original intent of that picture was to arouse rather than to inform (contrary to Trevor's edit summary, where he says it was a self-made educational demonstration). Enlarge the picture to 600% and look at the shadow pattern of the penis. The shadow was accidentially cut off at the top while they were altering the ejaculation. When a shadow in a picture does not match the object, it is good evidence that someone has been altering it. (By the way, I don't mind that picture if is this is a porn site, but it is not.)
  • There is another picture on the page which is not altered AND it is not "a small, limp penis dripping hidden in buldging flesh with a few drips running out" either. I know for a fact that the person in the other picture is about 150 pounds and has approximately a 6 inch erect penis. So, there's no "buldging flesh" or any of that other stuff Trevor mentioned. I also have the whole set of those pictures with each one depicting a different stage of the ejaculation process. The first or second frame shows a normal spurt of semen, then the pictures show how it winds down to a dribble near the end.
  • You need to enlarge Trevor's pic to 400% (at least) to see evidence of altering. If someone likes the picture, they are going to be biased whether they know it or not. The same is true for the inverse of that. I'm not one of the ones who deleted it or one that encouraged its publication. I am not a "morality censor". It just is what it is to me. I'm only speaking on behalf of the fact that it has caused so much controversy, and we can have something else that is not as controversial without sacrificing the quality of the article. Besides, I think this is the only really questionable photo in any of the sexuality articles. APatcher 05:02, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
  • To keep something like that just because Wikipedia is not censored is silly. No matter what else can be said about the picture, the fact remains -- It's a poor quality example, and others have made that same point in this discussion. At one time, I may have supported including the picture if that is all we had. It is better than nothing. However, we have other pictures and a video now that are better examples. APatcher 05:02, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
  • I want to point out, that founder of Wikipedia, Jimbo Wales, removed some picture from Creampie (sexual act) before. He has done right thing in my opinion, because serious encyclopedia is really not the place for pornography. (BTW - you can see this picture here; NSFW!) Gen. Klinker Hoffen 23:57, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Inline Links

Someone removed the inline links on the grounds that it is censorship. Why would having an inline link to a picture hosted on this domain be censorship? There is nothing "censored" or cut out. It is the same exact picture. An inline link is simply another way to access a picture. In this case, it is a better way. I'm not just someone who is coming along changing pictures into links. I am an editor of the article, a contributor, and someone who is participating in the discussion. A respectable editor said above that we have come to a "consensus" regarding the actual pictures within the article. After looking at all the comments, I agree that is true. I was acting on that reality.

It's true that Wikipedia is not censored. It's not true that we MUST display these images on the article page. We are not required to FORCE people to view these pictures either. I think the reader should have the option to see them if they need to see them. I like having options, and so do most other people. One of the most attractive things about the Internet and Wikipedia is the fact that readers have the option to see content that they want to see when they want to see it. I want to put the inline links to the pictures back in because it does not detract from the article to have inline links. Someone please tell me to do it (or do it yourself if you know how). APatcher 10:31, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

<> The reason we should not linkimage this image is because there is no need. The policies that are being worked on do not suggest that this type of image should be linkimaged. I am opposed to linkimage because the purpose of images is to provide a quick clear understanding of the subject matter. If we linkimage something as normal as this, what other Wikipedia images would be start linkimaging? HOw about the breast article, and then the penis article, and then why not the BDSM article and the nudity article. After all, anyone could just click on the link to see them. It is just a bad idea, and an excuse to eliminate perfectly normal images that some puritan mindedn people find offends them. The solution is for people like that to get used to the idea that nudity and sexuality are perfectly normal, and see them no differently than someone riding a bicycle. Atom 22:52, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

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  • Who is writing the "policy" and where is it? You make it sound like all this is already decided. The page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Sexology_and_sexuality/WIP-image-guidelines clearly states "References or links to this page should not describe it as "policy"." I don't even see the beginnings of a fair consensus anywhere. If those pages ARE the consensus, then what I am saying accounts for a large percentage, because there are only a handful of people saying anything. Also, I'm not the only one suggesting this sort of thing. On this page, Johntex and Atemperman also seem to be trying to be realistic and neutral.
  • On the issue of morality - To defend the civil rights of that picture is just like preaching to the choir as far as I'm concerned. It's a waste of time. In the past, I have worked as a volunteer editor for two other major sexuality projects that were designed to be an outlet for liberal sexual bias (dmoz.org/Adult and rawpsy.com). It is the magnitude of this controversy rather than the issue itself that motivates me. That is why I seek to facilitate a practical compromise. Now you have someone (me) calling the picture into question based on a number of other topics besides morality, none of which are Puritan minded. If you just want to use Wikipedia as a platform for rights to free speech and convincing people there is nothing wrong with nudity, then you will get the controversy you're seeking. On the other hand, if you want to create the best quality articles that are realistic and useful, you may have to compromise.
  • On the issue of linkimages - I think putting images behind links is a workable compromise. Wikipedia is not a picture gallery anyway. The article is just as clear and just as real with a linkimage. The linkimage capacity is a technological advancement of the Web. It makes things like Wikipedia better than a conventional encyclopedia, and I don't see any problem with using it. I'm trying to argue a moderate viewpoint here, and that is not as easy as screaming from the left or from the right.
  • If the breast article, the BDSM article, the penis article, or the bicycle article end up in this kind of passionate never-ending debate, then they probably should compromise also.
  • When you say it's "just a bad idea" or an "excuse to...". then debate stops making sense. Also, not everyone who wants a change is a "Puritan-minded" person. Statements like that turn this whole thing into something personal. So now I end up saying something personal since the ball is rolling? Then it becomes everyone's personalities rather than principles? Those statements also show your true reasons for being so passionate about this topic. It's just another "sex-positive" political platform. It's just another soap box to stand on to proclaim how those so-called lousy puritanical people on the right wing are infringing on our political freedoms. Doing that causes articles to be biased. Do we need political propaganda in an encyclopedia?
  • Your "solution" for offended people seems questionable. People generally do not become more open-minded when they are forced to see sexual pictures in an encyclopedia. People are more likely to change their mind if they are given a choice by virtue of a subtle hint (like a linkimage) rather than forcing them to see more of what they think hate. Allowing a person to use their own curiosity to investigate these things makes users feel more "in control" and also more likely to moderate their extremist views.

APatcher 06:06, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A suitable compromise

Why couldn't we remove all of the current photos and the video and just use this instead? It is no more shocking or offensive than the images that are already on the article. NightFlyer 14:47, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

An ejaculating penis
An ejaculating penis
  • At least that would be real. By the way, it's not offensive in my opinion. There is no question on the intent of that video either. The ejaculation, being the subject, is very clear. As long as it is a GIF file and not some OGG extention that people need to figure out, there should be no problem.
  • As far as actually doing this is concerned -- I'm not sure certain people are interested in compromises. Some people are too busy defending the civil rights of the status quo. They are bent on the issue, and anything different from what they think is labeled censorship and closed-minded. They think Wikipedia is a place to express "sex-positive politics". They want to cite First Amendment rights and all sorts of other legal protections rather than entertain the idea of a compromise and a solution. They figure that as long as they keep talking down any alternatives that they are somehow protecting their rights and making any dissenting viewpoints just "go away". Just about all moderate viewpoints in these discussions get chased away. Then we just have a never-ending clash between the far left and the far right. That is why this discussion truly is a never-ending image debate. APatcher 05:02, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
I'm not a fan of this because I find looping videos distracting. LWizard @ 06:06, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
  • (They can be edited so they do not loop continuously. It could be set to do it 5 times or so and then stop. This is done with a GIF Contstruction Set. If the user refreshes the page, it will start over.) APatcher 07:49, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Withdraw of picture donation

I am going to withdraw my picture donation from this article Image:Ejaculationexample001.jpg for two reasons -

(1) It seems to be causing more controversy instead of less.

(2) If the picture is going to be posted in this article with no linkimage, then it is not courteous to the public. Now I have people sending me AOL IMs and emails about it, and I don't really need that. Someone said to me that it is just not decent to make people see those pictures without a notice/linkimage. She's right. Just because Wikipedia is not censored should not mean that we can't try to be decent, respectful, and courteous to the end users.

She also said she originally thought the pictures were a prank, and that we lose all credibility if people assume this is all a joke. She's right again. She also said the one boy in the picture was very attractive. She liked the picture but doesn't like to have to see it with no notice/linkimage. Therefore, she's not some kind of Puritan-minded person with a right wing agenda.

We spend all this time debating and defending our rights to not be censored and our rights to freedom. Meanwhile, we're being just plain RUDE to the public by showing these pictures without a notice/linkimage. Obviously I am not exempt from this either, so I am including myself in that "we" statement.

You CANNOT revoke a GFDL grant on a document (see Wikipedia:Submission_Standards#License_to_edit_mercilessly_and_redistribute). Your opinion as to whether the picture should be deleted is welcome, but it carries no more weight than that of any other user. It is not yours to revoke the permission. The Wednesday Island 00:55, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Your opinion carries no more weight than that of any other user either. I obviously WANT the picture in the PUBLIC DOMAIN. I put it in this article, and THEY (editors) complained above. That is why it is removed here. Of course, the picture might be used somewhere else. I seriouly doubt you have an interest one way or the other as far as that picture in this article. Do you? This is a tough topic. Please don't make it any tougher. By the way, that submission guideline does not really cover whatever you're trying to say here. APatcher 21:43, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
I am not expressing an opinion here as to whether the picture should be in the public domain, or should be included in this article. I am pointing out that when you donated the picture you donated it under a perpetual licence, which cannot be revoked, as Wikipedia:Copyrights clearly explains:
However, you can never retract the GFDL license for the versions you placed here: that material will remain under GFDL forever.
I am just making you aware of the consequences of your previous actions. The Wednesday Island 22:27, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] TfD nomination of Template:Linkimage

Template:Linkimage has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you.   — Jeff G. (talk|contribs) 23:48, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] “Went back to consensus image to avoid controversy” – The Great and Powerful Atom has spoken

I say “Pay no attention to the Activist behind the curtain” ! Let’s analyze your statement above. “Consensus image”. What consensus? Reading all of the negative responses to this image on the Talk Pages of this article as well as all of the edits to remove this image clearly proves that there is No Consensus to have this image on this article. When I put this image up for deletion, it was decided that this image should not be deleted from Wikipedia. That decision did not mean that there was a consensus reached to keep this image on this article, it just meant that this image should not be deleted from Wikipedia. Now lets look at the next part of your statement, “to avoid controversy”.This image IS the controversy ! Are you insane ? No, you are an Activist ! Atomaton, I know why you so vehemently support this particular image when others equally informative but less explicit and graphic are available . This particular image promotes your brand of “in your face, anything goes” sexuality that hides behind the banner of “Wikipedia is not censored”. You use Wikipedia as your soapbox to stand on, and your position as an Administrator to jam images like this down the throats of the rest of us here and then protect those images from being removed or replaced. The cold hard truth of the matter is that your view of sexuality is a Minority view in the real world outside of Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not an exclusive “Members Only” club, it is open freely to every person on this planet where the true majority lies. Atomaton, I have an interesting challenge for you. The Wikipedia:Wikiproject Sexology and sexuality/WIP-image-guidelines clearly states that “All images should be from the Wikimedia Commons” so here is the challenge. Can you muster the courage to move this image ( Image:Ejaculation_sample.jpg ) from Wikipedia, where you are an Administrator and can control it’s fate, to the Wikimedia Commons where you are not an Administrator as the aforementioned guidelines clearly recommends? And if not, why? Infofreak 10:01, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

  • I've read this 4 times and I don't see this as a personal attack. I see it as a wise observation and opinion, which Infofreak has a right to express. And I am very eager to hear Atom's answer to his question. 68.215.183.18 22:15, 21 March 2007

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  • User:Atomaton's latest and greatest has been to demand of an administrator that the image be undeleted after concerns for 2257 record keeping got it removed. He then began his edit war yet again, [declaring himself to have consensus]. Atom should respond to how, after several months of objections, discussions, replacements, that he feels his unwillingness to compromise constitutes a consensus in his favor. -- jsa 01:49, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Actually, the fact is that the image was improperly deleted. There was an IFD discussion where deletion, following the Wikipedia process, was discussed, and the consensus was to not delete the image. Later, an administrator took it upon himself to delete the image ad-hoc, outside of the process, not realizing that the image had been used for a long time in this article. After discussion with that administrator, he agreed that not following the process was innapropriate, and the same administrator undeleted the image. Rather than suggesting, innacurately, that I declared anything, please see the IFD discussion -- Here. Clearly it was hotly discussed, with many people participating, and my part minor, merely offering my own opinion.

As for the the other discussions here, I haven't responded because much of it seems to be trollish behavior intended to elicit a response, rather than saying anything of substance. Anyone familiar with this article knows that the Trevor image has been here in this article for some time, and the consensus for much of that. One person suggested the Image:Ejaculation Educational Demonstration Still Frame.jpg as a compromise, but that gained no footing. At some time point that image was pushed forward and replaced the consensus image, without no prior agreement or consensus. The ejaculation educatiional sample is therefore inserted without consensus, replacing the longstanding Ejaculation_sampls image which had consensus. One can read the archives to see prior discussions related to that image.

I'm somewhat offended by the attitude various people here have taken. I am contactable by email, as well as on my talk page, and perfectly willing to have discussions related to the editorial quality of this, or other articles. I don't claim to be anyone special, just another editor. My personal opinions have been expressed, and they have always been fair minded and related to what is best for the quality of the article. It is true I am not an advocate of censorship. I seem to be attacked or disparaged by people whose motivation seem to be to censor whatever image they find personally undesirable, disregarding the Wikipedia policies, including the Wikipedia disclaimer, and the policy to not censor.

I'd be happy to have a level headed discussion presenting various potential images for the lede for this article, based on what, from an editorial perspective most adds to the quality of the article, and represents the topic of the article best. Atom 04:26, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Just too bad that the sum of all discussions is that the current image be removed. As much as you say you are willing to discuss this, you have been unwilling to compromise at any point. And, despite you saying that the image has been here for a "long time", it had only been up a couple of weeks and the subject of many removals when the objections started. It has been nothing but objections ever since. You refused to participate in the discussion for almost a month, during which time you did nothing more than revert the consensus approved replacement of the image. The replacement image remained up for 9 consecutive days without anyone removing it. 9 days "without controversy" until you decided it had died down enough that you could single handedly override consensus. Just because the image survived IfD doesn't mean you have your way with it. Consensus still stands against you. -- jsa 15:35, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
Consensus doesn't stand against anyone. We don't have it. Both sides should stop claiming to have it and start trying to reach it. LWizard @ 22:47, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
Consensus is very in favor of the images removal. This statement is supported by people who have spoken out to have it removed or replaced since it was put up there. This list is comprised of the users User:Joseph_S_Atkinson, User:NightFlyer, User:APatcher, User:Atemperman, User:N1person, User:John254, User:Inforfreak, User:Bellst589, User:ShmosesLEdsall, User:Ts_umbra, User:CyberAnth, and User:Carcharoth. This list doesn't include at least one name because that user was banned for sock puppetry.
User in support of maintaining the current image are User:LizardWizard, User:Atomaton, User:The_Wednesday_Island, and User:Ryulong. I couldn't find anyone else in favor of it, but I am only counting people who have participated in this conversation since December 24, when the image was inserted and the objections started. You could count User:Trevor100a as well I suppose, but it won't really help the case for consensus.
Neither of these lists count anonymous and undiscussed removals, nor the anti-vandalism reverts. Only people involved in the conversations stating a clear opinion in favor of one side or the other. And I will admit, I may have missed a name or two on either side, because this list is composed by hand, not because of bias. I extend my apologies to anyone I may have missed.
It is not the place of a select, elite few to dictate what is shown here. This is also not the forum to try and force people to change their views. Just because people have appointed themselves to Sexology and Sexuality or Anti-Censorship committees doesn't give them any right to push their want on other Wikipedia users, or the general viewing public. Wikipedia is not a soapbox, Wikipedia is not a battleground, and lastly, do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point are all applicable and in violation with this matter. The sooner this stops being an edit war and political issue, the more productive these discussions will be and we can all move on.
So, I will state again, consensus very clearly supports removal and/or replacement. Since the image will probably be deleted for WP:PUI anyway, it is better to move on to the more relevant question: What do we replace it with? This really should have been the focus of these conversations since the first objection, but has been derailed at several points by an unwillingness to compromise, claims of censorship, and accusations of reading "the Good Book a bit too much". To that point, I would like to point out that Image:Ejaculation Educational Demonstration Still Frame.jpg is still a potentially offensive image to many people, and semi-protection will have to remain in place to prevent anonymous removals. However, this image is topical, is relevant, is educational, but it is no more sensational than is needed to illustrate the immediate subject. It is also very clear and done with the intention of demonstration. I would lend it my support without any qualms, though I am also willing to entertain other image suggestions. However, images that show people pleasing themselves or that have been doctored in any way will not get my support.
For the record, I have never stated that Image:Ejaculation Educational Demonstration Still Frame.jpg holds consensus, I have stated that Image:Ejaculation sample.jpg and User:Atomaton do not. -- jsa 01:35, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Page of graphs on ejaculation times

[1] - This is from Oxford University and says how long men take to make it to orgasm after intravaginal sex. I reccomend inlcuding this information in the article, as it belongs here.--88.105.62.204 14:00, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Multi-Wiki consensus in favor of Image:Ejaculation_Educational_Demonstration_Still_Frame.jpg

I believe that the question of an overall consensus being held by this image has been answered by it's use as the lead image across multiple foreign language wikis. As of my post here at this moment, the Image:Ejaculation_Educational_Demonstration_Still_Frame.jpg is not only being used here at [[2]], it is also the lead image at [[3]], [[4]], and [[5]]. Ts umbra 23:25, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

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