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Please don't set a pixel size for the image, just let the software use the default size. See ] "''In general, do not define the size of an image unless there is a good reason to do so (...)''". The image might look better in your monitor but it will look horrible in other computers, etc. --] (]) 18:03, 11 January 2011 (UTC) | Please don't set a pixel size for the image, just let the software use the default size. See ] "''In general, do not define the size of an image unless there is a good reason to do so (...)''". The image might look better in your monitor but it will look horrible in other computers, etc. --] (]) 18:03, 11 January 2011 (UTC) | ||
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For some reason some editors decided to start restoring the image. This isn't a good idea, though, because the default state of the article is to ''not'' have the image, and there's no consensus to restore it (see thread above). | |||
Per ], a sort of "]" rule generally applies to contentious material: if no consensus is reached, the material reverts to its default state - generally speaking, this is the state the article has been in for awhile, before someone started objecting to the material. There are real problems with this approach, but you have to have ''some'' kind of standard to prevent endless sterile edit warring. | |||
C'mon, you guys, play fair. After all, you folks game the system all the time to sneak in bad material. If nobody notices for awhile, touché, you've got your default state. In this particular case, ] happens to work against you, so I'd say let it go. ] (]) 18:19, 11 January 2011 (UTC) |
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The image re-added (again!) is not appropriate for the article, per above. I believe that we have been over this ground before. There is no benefit to including this image. Besides being pointless, it is offensive to many, and the drama associated with re-adding it again detracts from work of building the encyclopedia. I leave it a exercise for the reader to determine if the restoring of this image was mainly to prove a point or be disruptive. The image was added by User:Seedfeeder. User:Seedfeeder states on his user page
- My apologies, but I do not engage in debate over the content, nor the inclusion or removal of images that I have created... Feel free to remove any image if you feel that you have provided sufficient justification for your edit...
Since I've provided sufficient justification the removal, and User:Seedfeeder has promised not to engage in debate over this, I presume (if he's being truthful) that that's an end to it, at least as far as User:Seedfeeder is concerned. Good day.Herostratus (talk) 03:42, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
- Misplaced Pages is not censored. It should be tagged as a nosee image but though the image may be offensive to some, pornographic to others, it is still an encyclopedic image. I'll request it be added to MediaWiki:Bad image list. WLU (t) (c) Misplaced Pages's rules:/complex 20:24, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
- No, no, no, you people don't get it. "Misplaced Pages is not censored" is not a brag, but a statement of fact: Misplaced Pages cannot be censored, since we don't have (or want) any mechanism to censor - edits are published immediately they are saved. It's actually partly a warning to users that, since we don't censor, they are liable to see anything, up to and including the goatse man and beyond, so be aware of this. Inappropriate images may be removed, but not necessarily before the unsuspecting user see them.
- I understand that the persons continually re-adding this image are doubtless all Hip and Liberal - heck, probably even Post-Liberal! - and everything, but it might be better if they demonstrate this to their peers through their manner of dress and choice of music etc. rather than by continually adding material to the Misplaced Pages that 1) does not improve the encyclopedia, 2) limits the population that may usefully access the encyclopedia, and 3) is disruptive. I don't want to roll out the "a" word, but, you know? Thanks! Herostratus (talk) 00:03, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
- It has nothing to do with my political affiliation, it's a matter of a picture that adds to the page of an encyclopedia. This does, as it illustrates the topic. I find it annoying that the image is being removed, but I don't bring up accusations of being a republican, a religious fundamentalist, a prude or otherwise. Is the image encyclopedic? I would say yes, and obviously others agree with me. I'm an editor in good standing, with over 40,000 edits and nearly 4 years on wikipedia. I'm not adding it back out of some sort of sandwich-violation (and note the primary editor of that page is me). I have a sincere belief in the principles of the encyclopedia, and believe an image is useful and appropriate, added in good faith. I would still prefer to replace the image. As it says on WP:CENSOR, "Discussion of potentially objectionable content should not focus on its offensiveness but on whether it is appropriate to include in a given article. Beyond that, "being objectionable" is generally not sufficient grounds for removal of content." I read this to mean the image is appropriate for the page since it directly depicts its subject. I won't edit war over it, but if need be we can seek outside input. WLU (t) (c) Misplaced Pages's rules:/complex 00:35, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
- It doesn't add anything to the article. As far as I can tell, it's not even a real gokkun image but some artist's idea of gokkun, It's not offensive to me -- heck, who doesn't like a nice tall glass of semen before bed? -- which is probably half the problem. Real gokkun is probably a lot more disgusting than that drawing, thus the drawing is sanitized and not representative. Anyway, this is basically beside the point, which is that 1) the article text is plenty descriptive, no picture needed, while 2) including the picture causes political harm to the wikipedia with no commensurate gain. When you include images like this you are effectively saying "we do not want young people using this product". Why would you want to do that. You are effectively limiting the reach of the wikipedia for no significant gain. I get it that we don't censor for no reason, that does not mean we include inappropriate images just to prove that this is so. Herostratus (talk) 03:34, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
- I'm arguing solely from the only policy I believe applies in this case - WP:CENSOR. Your comment is a far more general one that applies to essentially any image that could possibly be seen as offensive by any party - this could include, say, the Danish cartoon images (and Everybody Draw Mohammed Day, The Satanic Verses, episodes 200 and 201 of South Park as examples), depictions of dinosaurs (as well as the depiction of common descent, Human evolution, and essentially any expression of human sexuality) for Fundamentalist Christians, depictions of Ancient Egyptians as caucasian or black for anyone with a strong opinion in the Ancient Egyptian race controversy, Roots for anyone who finds slavery offensive, any depiction or discussion of the works of Richard Wagner, who was a notorious anti-Semite, any substantive disucssion of the controversies of the Israel-Palestine conflict, or the Serbo-Croatian war, or anything else that could possibly be considered offensive. If you believe that sexual images should be censored or removed, that is something to take up on a policy page, probably WP:NOT. It's not something to be applied idiosyncratically. I don't find frank depictions of sexuality offensive, but I do find creationist nonsense both absurd and offensive. I argue for the removal of no images, only the inclusion of ones that depict content encyclopedic content. In your edit summaries you allude to being a prude - if that's the reason you are removing the image, may I suggest stepping back and asking for some sort of greater input to offset what could possibly be both our biases? A request for comment or even a 3O would work for me. However, if you do think you are reverting simply on taste rather than on policy, may I suggest allowing the image to remain? I believe the policy clearly supports inclusion of the image, no matter how distasteful it may be to some people. But if you're arguing that images should not be included if they bring wikipedia into disrepute (and clearly wikipedia already has a bucket of disrepute, but still is used by millions on a daily basis) then that is a very large, very important, very lengthy discussion to be held elsewhere, and first, before removing just this image. I think the artist's depiction allows the image to be used both because it is more tasteful (akin to plutonium being "more safe" if it's in a paper bag rather than the hand), it is available as a copyleft version that is appropriate per the GFDL, clearly depicts the content of the page, and most importantly, is better than any alternative image (for all these reasons). Also, your comment that all you need is the text belies WP:IMAGE - again extended across wikipedia we could simply remove any image when the text is sufficiently descriptive. We wouldn't need pictures of food because, well, everyone has eaten. Or water. Or clothes. Or cars. Or walking. Or running. Or hands, feet, eyes, nose, sky, clouds, colours, etc. because clearly everyone can understand them from the description.
- Yes, I believe many people could find the image problematic. Yes, many a teenager will see it and giggle (or gag). Yes, many parents would prefer their children not see it. Yes, it could add to the political harm of wikipedia. But wikipedia is built on policies, and the appropriate policy here is Misplaced Pages is not censored. Your arguments have merit, but have much greater applicability than just this page. They should be made to the community at large, rather than just here. In fact, you may be supported by Jimbo Wales himself. But make the argument first, establish the policy base first, then remove the image. WLU (t) (c) Misplaced Pages's rules:/complex 13:09, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
- But, look. Misplaced Pages is built within an intellectual and moral framework. That framework may be summed up with references to the Enlightenment and the Age of Reason and liberal intellectualism in general. Like all proper encyclopedias, we are a continuation in spirit of Diderot's original encyclopedia (yes I know it wasn't truly the first, the point remains). Because of this we give short shrift to calls for censorship in the name of superstition or religion or politics. So those examples are not germane. That does not mean we must allow any and all content in the encyclopedia. Not all slopes are slippery. And ultimately we cannot fall back on rules-lawyering the policies if the result is deterimental to the encyclopedia. And I am not worried about the giggling or gagging teem, I am worried about the giggling or gagging congressman. (And also about the confused and worried eight-year-old.) Herostratus (talk) 18:38, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
- Misplaced Pages is built on a set of community mores documented as policies and guidelines. I have yet to see any "morals" beyond those included in the disclaimers and WP:BLP (and one disclaimer says wikipedia is not censored; BLP doesn't apply since it is an illustration, not a picture). Arguably, WP:CENSOR supports the morals of free speech as well - which would again support not removing the image. And again we are arguing over abstracts when there is a clear policy (WP:CENSOR) which states '"being objectionable" is generally not sufficient grounds for removal of content.' Your points are ones that should be addressed on WT:NOT, or the village pump, not on an individual page. Historical encyclopedias are irrelevant, since this one is guided by a very clear, explicit and community-derived set of rules and suggestions - that is what we follow, not abstract concepts.
- My initial comments and references to WP:CENSOR is not wikilawyering - it is an explicit quote that supports my contention. I don't see it as detrimental to the encyclopedia, and since I don't live in the United States, I also don't really care about congressmen.
- Can you justify the removal of the image on any policy grounds? Because I have repeatedly pointed to a policy that explicitly supports its inclusion and essentially prohibits arguing on taste. Though I appreciate the civil discussion, it is not supporting the removal of the image on any relevant basis I can see - wikipedia is not censored, and the image is encyclopedic. Would you like to bring in the larger community, by a posting on WT:VP, WT:NOT, WP:AN, WP:RFC or another venue? It is quite apparent that we fundamentally disagree on this issue. WLU (t) (c) Misplaced Pages's rules:/complex 22:34, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
- Hi WLU, Hi Herostratus... I got curious after seeing this mentioned on WLU's talk page, so I checked out the article. I found that almost all of the sources in the article were not reliable and/or did not support the text. I did a search for sources and was not able to find any that qualify as reliable and support the definition as a genre of porn. There was one book that defines the term as "swallowing after sucking", and a couple books that mention the term in passing without defining it. From the web pages that come up in searches - mixed in with the many listings that refer only to Misplaced Pages mirrors - it seems like there might be a porn genre in Japan like what was described on this page, but it certainly has not been written up by sources that are usable for Misplaced Pages. When something is so obscure that there are no English language sources, it's questionable if the article should even be kept.
- But, look. Misplaced Pages is built within an intellectual and moral framework. That framework may be summed up with references to the Enlightenment and the Age of Reason and liberal intellectualism in general. Like all proper encyclopedias, we are a continuation in spirit of Diderot's original encyclopedia (yes I know it wasn't truly the first, the point remains). Because of this we give short shrift to calls for censorship in the name of superstition or religion or politics. So those examples are not germane. That does not mean we must allow any and all content in the encyclopedia. Not all slopes are slippery. And ultimately we cannot fall back on rules-lawyering the policies if the result is deterimental to the encyclopedia. And I am not worried about the giggling or gagging teem, I am worried about the giggling or gagging congressman. (And also about the confused and worried eight-year-old.) Herostratus (talk) 18:38, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
- It doesn't add anything to the article. As far as I can tell, it's not even a real gokkun image but some artist's idea of gokkun, It's not offensive to me -- heck, who doesn't like a nice tall glass of semen before bed? -- which is probably half the problem. Real gokkun is probably a lot more disgusting than that drawing, thus the drawing is sanitized and not representative. Anyway, this is basically beside the point, which is that 1) the article text is plenty descriptive, no picture needed, while 2) including the picture causes political harm to the wikipedia with no commensurate gain. When you include images like this you are effectively saying "we do not want young people using this product". Why would you want to do that. You are effectively limiting the reach of the wikipedia for no significant gain. I get it that we don't censor for no reason, that does not mean we include inappropriate images just to prove that this is so. Herostratus (talk) 03:34, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
- It has nothing to do with my political affiliation, it's a matter of a picture that adds to the page of an encyclopedia. This does, as it illustrates the topic. I find it annoying that the image is being removed, but I don't bring up accusations of being a republican, a religious fundamentalist, a prude or otherwise. Is the image encyclopedic? I would say yes, and obviously others agree with me. I'm an editor in good standing, with over 40,000 edits and nearly 4 years on wikipedia. I'm not adding it back out of some sort of sandwich-violation (and note the primary editor of that page is me). I have a sincere belief in the principles of the encyclopedia, and believe an image is useful and appropriate, added in good faith. I would still prefer to replace the image. As it says on WP:CENSOR, "Discussion of potentially objectionable content should not focus on its offensiveness but on whether it is appropriate to include in a given article. Beyond that, "being objectionable" is generally not sufficient grounds for removal of content." I read this to mean the image is appropriate for the page since it directly depicts its subject. I won't edit war over it, but if need be we can seek outside input. WLU (t) (c) Misplaced Pages's rules:/complex 00:35, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
- I understand that the persons continually re-adding this image are doubtless all Hip and Liberal - heck, probably even Post-Liberal! - and everything, but it might be better if they demonstrate this to their peers through their manner of dress and choice of music etc. rather than by continually adding material to the Misplaced Pages that 1) does not improve the encyclopedia, 2) limits the population that may usefully access the encyclopedia, and 3) is disruptive. I don't want to roll out the "a" word, but, you know? Thanks! Herostratus (talk) 00:03, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
- Regarding the image, this is an example of the bad idea of making custom images for Misplaced Pages that are not supported by sources. Without sources, we don't know if that image correctly illustrates the term or not. Unless there is a way to verify that it is accurate, aside from any other concerns, it should not be used. --Jack-A-Roe (talk) 04:22, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
Undent. If the sources are unreliable, or don't support the text, then AFD is the appropriate way to go and I have no issue with it. I think there are sources, and they can be problematic (here is one in French, but I don't know the publisher, here is another in French but I don't know if it's actually a journal article). I'm sure if you googled it you'd come up with lots of...dubiously reliable...pages that would be considered...primary sources...but finding reliable secondary sources is problematic. However, all seem to converge on the same idea - swallowing semen, which this is indeed an image of. Is it worth kicking this to AFD? Or perhaps merging it with bukkake where it is most frequently linked? And if it is not deleted, does the image remain? Because again, if it is kept then the image is an accurate depiction of the topic of the page in my mind. WLU (t) (c) Misplaced Pages's rules:/complex 14:05, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
semi-protection
I have semi-protected this article for the time being.
It avails little to have discussion when editors like this are also involved. Here is an anon editor, and his first contribution to the wikipedia is to restore the inappropriate image to this article. With no discussion or even an edit summary. (And he can't even do that right, but that's beside the point.) I trust I need not belabor the obvious with discussions of trollery, puppetry, and so forth.
I would like to ask talented and experienced good-faith editors such as User:WLU, User:Seedfeeder and so forth a direct question: is the kind of editor that you want to be be leader of? Proud of yourselves?
You don't need to answer here. You need to answer this in your own hearts. You may not wish to be associated with User:24.143.15.253 etc., but he wants to be associated with you. When you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas. Look at your actions and consider: is the continuum perhaps trying to tell me something? Am I really contributing here to building the best and most accessible encyclopedia, or am I so trapped in the dynamics of my own demographic that I have other more pressing agandae? Herostratus (talk) 18:15, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
- Since the anon is reverting the image without comment it is unclear if they are doing it out of a desire to troll or because of an awareness of and appreciation for the policy documented at WP:NOT. Hopefully semiprotection will get them to comment on this talk page.
- The appropriateness of the image is still in question - it is inarguably in my mind appropriate for the page, since it depicts the subject of the article.
- I don't care what kind of editor the anon is and do not consider them representative of anything about myself. Since they are not weighing in on the talk page, I'm indifferent to their opinion as yet. I again return to the policy of WP:CENSOR - the P&G document the communities mores; since the mores apparently involve opposing censorship, it is arguable that your opinion is actually the one that is not in line with them. I say this respectfully, but this is an important issue - the policies and guidelines document the communities mores; it does not set them. In other words, right now the community would support (by my reading) that image being kept on the page.
- Individuals who do not wish to have those images appear have some options available to them - see WP:NOSEE. WLU (t) (c) Misplaced Pages's rules:/complex 22:41, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
- Image restored again. We do not censor wikipedia just because some people may find the content offensive. The image is encyclopedic, not overly pornographic considering the subject matter and aids understanding of the topic. Exxolon (talk) 23:19, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
- Well, Exxolon, a wise old Misplaced Pages, Antandrus, has a list of observations on Misplaced Pages behavior. There are 73, and the first one is "When someone complains loudly about censorship, you may be certain they are up to no good". But I do like be lectured by the likes of you about what "we" do. Is that the royal "we" or the editorial "we"? Are you a king or other monarch of a notable country? Or is there more than one of you at the keyboard, and if so, how do you split the work? left-side/right-side or vowels/consonents or what? As explained above to a tiresome degree: 1) the image is not Gokkun, it is an amateur artists impression of what Gokkun would look like if they drew Gokkun, and 2) per WP:FLEAS, please consider the history of this article. I'm not saying that you are trolling, just that all the people who do troll this article talk and act exactly like you. Something to think about? Herostratus (talk) 04:02, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
- That observations link is to an essay - it has zero policy weight. WP:NOTCENSORED is policy - you cannot just arbitarily ignore it. "We" in this context is the Misplaced Pages Community - your sarcasm is unhelpful. User:Seedfeeder's images are a useful addition to the project - they allow us to depict sexually explicit acts without resorting to actual photographs with possible attendant problems - and I think "amateur" is needlessly provacative, the images are of decent quality. As to your WP:FLEAS comment - it's another essay with zero policy weight and it has unpleasant implications - it's not appropiate to use it about another editor. You seem to be having WP:OWN & WP:POINT issues with this image. You do not get to arbitarily decide if the image is appropiate or not. If you don't want it in the article, file a WP:RFC and get community consensus to remove it. Please revert yourself and restore the image. Exxolon (talk) 11:20, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
- Well, Exxolon, a wise old Misplaced Pages, Antandrus, has a list of observations on Misplaced Pages behavior. There are 73, and the first one is "When someone complains loudly about censorship, you may be certain they are up to no good". But I do like be lectured by the likes of you about what "we" do. Is that the royal "we" or the editorial "we"? Are you a king or other monarch of a notable country? Or is there more than one of you at the keyboard, and if so, how do you split the work? left-side/right-side or vowels/consonents or what? As explained above to a tiresome degree: 1) the image is not Gokkun, it is an amateur artists impression of what Gokkun would look like if they drew Gokkun, and 2) per WP:FLEAS, please consider the history of this article. I'm not saying that you are trolling, just that all the people who do troll this article talk and act exactly like you. Something to think about? Herostratus (talk) 04:02, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
- Image restored again. We do not censor wikipedia just because some people may find the content offensive. The image is encyclopedic, not overly pornographic considering the subject matter and aids understanding of the topic. Exxolon (talk) 23:19, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
- Opinion: Honestly I was confused by the article, perhaps due to its overall lack of content, so I went to the Japanese version of this article. It says that the term refers to both swallowing immediately after fellatio, as well as collecting it in a glass. Seems to me, then, that the article should mention that in some capacity. And to that end, the image, though somewhat simplistic, does serve to better exemplify the act. As a side note, an anon IP below mentioned merging this article, which may not be a bad idea. Oh, and this act is also referred to as seiin (精飲) but I don't see it listed. — HelloAnnyong 15:37, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
Merge?
Should this be merged into one or more of the following articles - Oral sex, Fellatio, or Semen? It doesn't really seem notable enough to have an article of its own, as this article is basically just telling people what the Japanese term for swallowing semen is. 58.169.190.110 (talk) 04:44, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
- References suggest it is a variant of bukkake, so maybe that's an appropriate target. Kenilworth Terrace (talk) 21:13, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
- Support merge to bukkake - due to lack of independent notability, lack of sources, and per the reason stated by Kenilworth Terrace. --Jack-A-Roe (talk) 21:44, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
Junk sourcing
The meaning was sourced to a book published by Lulu. Lulu is a vanity publisher: if I write a book full of mere bollocks and pay Lulu to publish it, Lulu will publish it. The results can occasionally be good (just as, say, Misplaced Pages articles can occasionally be good). This one? Well, Copac shows that not a single British university library bothers with it. The Library of Congress doesn't bother with it. Amazon tells us that it's "#1,984,931 in Books" -- granted that there's little correlation between sales and quality, this shows that there's no commercial reason to take it seriously. And therefore, this edit. -- Hoary (talk) 13:38, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
This material is now sourced to a book published by Publibook. Here's Publibook. How does publication by Publibook make a work at all authoritative? -- Hoary (talk) 01:44, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
- Fair enough, my mistake. Is Éditions Denoël good enough? Kenilworth Terrace (talk) 17:21, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
- Yes, fine. -- Hoary (talk) 14:12, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
RFC on Image Inclusion
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached:
There is still an ongoing discussion regarding the accuracy of and appropriateness of including the image File:Wiki-gokkun.png in this article. All interested parties are again invited to comment. — Becksguy (talk) 10:20, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
There is currently a dispute regarding the accuracy of and appropiateness of including an image in this article. The image in question can be found at File:Wiki-gokkun.png for reference. All interested parties invited to comment. Exxolon (talk) 16:22, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
- Include: I went to the Japanese version of this article to learn more about the act. It says that the term refers to both swallowing immediately after fellatio, as well as collecting it in a glass. Seems to me, then, that the article should mention that in some capacity. And to that end, the image, though somewhat simplistic, does serve to better exemplify the act. — HelloAnnyong 16:28, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
- Include: Articles should be illustrated to help the reader understand the subject. It seems the chief objection to illustrations of this article is that viewers do not like the subject and object to the clarity with which the illustration explains it. I'm a little queasy about it myself, but hey, it's the subject of the article. In many ways I approve of Seedfeeder's illustration, File:Wiki-gokkun.png: it's a clear high quality drawing and doesn't have the look (and unpleasant associations) of internet porn that photography would have. But the quantity of semen is unfeasibly large, an ejaculation is typically about 5ml, so how many men are supposed to be involved? --Simon Speed (talk) 10:25, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
- User:Seedfeeder may be amenable to modifying the amount of semen depicted - you could ask him. Exxolon (talk) 11:12, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
- Include: Image aids understanding of the topic, is freely licensed, of good quality and not overly pornographic considering the subject matter. As it's also an illustration we avoid problems with model releases and record keeping requirements. WP:NOTCENSORED applies. Exxolon (talk) 11:12, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
- Give me a break. This picture is regularly used to troll this article:
- Here we have editor 75.88.127.62 making his very first edit to the Misplaced Pages: adding an image to this article. His second edit ever on Misplaced Pages is to state that discussion on this subject is to be ended, period. This person's editing history began and ended on May 8, 2010, with a total of nine edits.
- Here we have editor 24.143.15.253 making his very first edit to the Misplaced Pages: adding an image to this article. This edit constitutes his entire career at the Misplaced Pages, so far.
- Here we have editor 68.34.31.108 making his very first edit to the Misplaced Pages: adding an image to this article. The entirety of his career here so far (seven edits, all on August 1) consist of re-adding the image or using his deep experience of the Misplaced Pages to explain why he should be allowed to do so.
- Here we have Ashemon tag-teaming with 68.34.31.108 to restore the image. Ashemon does have 61 edits, but 57 of them were in 2007-9; this was his first edit in almost a year.
- I'm sure there's more; this problem has been going for quite a while. I call bad faith, and you if you don't like it, cogitate on WP:FLEAS. You may not be interested in the editors listed above but they are interested in you and whether you intend it or no you are acting as catspaws for this ongoing campaign to disgrace and degrade and the Misplaced Pages and damage its reputation (and drive away women and young people to boot).
- Maybe you people could add something of actual use to the article - What is prevalence of this entity? Is this just something invented by the born industry, and if so what is the significance of this? Why does this entity manifest only in Japan? Lots more. Of course, that would require actual research (which would likely turn up dry because it's apparently not even a real and notable entity, which is a separate issue). How much easier to edit war over a stroke picture.
- The image does not aid understanding of the subject. A critical analysis of why this practice arose in Japan or whatever would aid understanding of the subject. Besides which, the image is not even Gokkun as I said before. For all I know it it is completely false. It's just a drawing that somebody made that is their idea of what Gokkun might look like in their personal opinion. Herostratus (talk) 17:25, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
- Firstly - the actions of other editors adding this image before the RFC - it's only your opinion they were "trolling" - it's perfectly reasonable to assume they acted in good faith to improve the article. Secondly - citing WP:FLEAS is uncivil and is bordering on a personal attack. Assuming good faith is very important - your blanket assumption and assertion that none of us is acting in good faith is unhelpful. The phrase "you people" is hardly civil either and your entire tone and attitude is combative and hardly collegial. Using the phrase "useful idiot" about other editors, even as a pipelink is unacceptable as well. I will probably bring this up at WP:ANI - your attitude is deeply unpleasant and not conducive to resolving this RFC amicably. Exxolon (talk) 18:42, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
- Comment Instead of arguing over the image, the article should be nominated for deletion. This topic is not notable (at least in English sources). This article is 6 years old and there are only 3 sentences in the whole thing. A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 19:13, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
- By all means begin the process if you feel the article should be deleted, you are perfectly entitled to do so if you wish. Exxolon (talk) 19:33, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
- Delete as references suggest that this image does not actually portray the act in question. Kenilworth Terrace (talk) 21:05, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
- Oppose inclusion. - the image is original research unsupported by sources, there is nothing to support that it illustrates the topic correctly. --Jack-A-Roe (talk) 21:42, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
- Oppose inclusion. Assuming good faith on everyone who's added this in past, still: How does a cartoon of a girl drinking enhance the article? Is there anyone who needs a demonstration of what drinking is? Because when you get down to it, that's all the image really is. Arakunem 21:53, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
- Oppose inclusion --- gratuitous, does not add encyclopedic value. --JN466 15:14, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
- Include : Images are not added because "anyone needs a demonstration", images are usually retained when illustrating a topic. Visual depictions are helpful and in any case are not to be removed only because someone doesn't need them. Everyone knows how a human nose is made, yet the images are hardly challenged there, I suppose. About the OR concerns, it seems that cartoons are routinely used in sexuality articles, so I don't see why this should be different (unless Kenilworth Terrace can show indeed that the image is misleading). --Cyclopia 16:58, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
- Include Illustrates the topic well. I don't know if I go as far as to use the term "tasteful" (pun not intended this time oddly enough) but there could be much much worse for those concerned about the shock value. Good license from an editor who should be thanked for his work instead of having it removed. Just for full disclosure: I think the precedent of these drawings in related articles is a good thing, am adamant in the believe that media can couple with text to better present info to a wide range of readers (everyone reads books, newspapers, and articles differently), and have been in favor of the other work created by the uploader.Cptnono (talk) 11:10, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
- The cup also illustrates that it is not simply bukkake or a facial. Unambiguous illustration of something that can be seen in pornography without adding a video clip or vague image.Cptnono (talk) 11:33, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
- Include per Cptnono. -mattbuck (Talk) 11:55, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
- Comment As a cartoonist, I'll point out that the picture violates 'show, don't tell.' Without the caption, who would know what she was drinking? My first guess would have been milk, given how much there is of it. BitterGrey (talk) 21:15, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
- I am seeing plenty of includes with valid rationale for using the image. The not include comments that I somewhat understand are the clarity of the image. However, this can't be an easy subject to illustrate. If you do a google image search you will see a few images of men ejaculating into a cup in front of a girl. That makes it a little clear. I'm not sure if Seedfeeder could or would want to pull that off in his drawing. The thumbnail supports a caption. Any reasonable person would see the white substance dribbling down the chin of an Asian female as she drinks from a cup (a penis would not convey the information as well in my opinion) and see the caption and text to clearly understand what is being illustrated.Cptnono (talk) 22:09, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
- I think your point about "an Asian female" is well taken. We wouldn't want to give the false impression that we're not racists as well as misogynists. 02:53, 27 September 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Herostratus (talk • contribs)
- Care to clarify? If ot, it would be appreciated if you put a cute little strike out in your completely unhelpful and dickish comment.Cptnono (talk) 02:55, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
- Well, perhaps you would like to clarify your "Asian female" remark. If it is not your implication that this activity is especially indulged in by Asian females, what is your reason for including this? Or perhaps you feel that it is not racist to make this implication; maybe you feel it is just the sort of thing that "everyone knows about those people" or something. Since you don't seem inclined to back down, I'd request some sort of corroboration of your implication. Herostratus (talk) 14:55, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
- "Gokkun (ゴックン?) is a Japanese term for a sexual activity..." are the first words of this article. If you mispoke it is OK to simply acknowledge it.Cptnono (talk) 00:12, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
- Alright, both of you, stop. No personal attacks, no assuming bad faith or anything like that. Just end it here. — HelloAnnyong 00:18, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
- Fine, as long as it's understood that we do not have a requirement or specification that the subject of any image in this article be Asian or, for that matter, female. 00:45, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
- Of course we don't have such a requirement. I simply believe it is the best way to illustrate the article in its current form which (along with several other reasons) is why I support inclusion. If you want to make any comments regarding perceived motivation that is not based on content feel free to go to my talk page. And just to be crystal clear on the reasoning mentioned above, this image is similar to several seen by doing a Google Image search of "gokkun cum glass". Safe search must be turned off (obviously not work appropriate).Cptnono (talk) 00:54, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
- So the RfC is done it looks like. More !votes for keep and the arguments are inline with policy and guidelines. If someone wants to create a new image (guy or girl or any race) then that might be cool. At this time, we have a drawing that matches how the subject is portrayed in an internet source. The only hurdle I see is adding a source discussing the glass to make this not a issue. Please see the google image search above. Obviously not RS so I plan on tracking something down and reinsert the image. Cptnono (talk) 07:00, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
- Fine, as long as it's understood that we do not have a requirement or specification that the subject of any image in this article be Asian or, for that matter, female. 00:45, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
- Alright, both of you, stop. No personal attacks, no assuming bad faith or anything like that. Just end it here. — HelloAnnyong 00:18, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
- "Gokkun (ゴックン?) is a Japanese term for a sexual activity..." are the first words of this article. If you mispoke it is OK to simply acknowledge it.Cptnono (talk) 00:12, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
- Well, perhaps you would like to clarify your "Asian female" remark. If it is not your implication that this activity is especially indulged in by Asian females, what is your reason for including this? Or perhaps you feel that it is not racist to make this implication; maybe you feel it is just the sort of thing that "everyone knows about those people" or something. Since you don't seem inclined to back down, I'd request some sort of corroboration of your implication. Herostratus (talk) 14:55, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
- Care to clarify? If ot, it would be appreciated if you put a cute little strike out in your completely unhelpful and dickish comment.Cptnono (talk) 02:55, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
- I think your point about "an Asian female" is well taken. We wouldn't want to give the false impression that we're not racists as well as misogynists. 02:53, 27 September 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Herostratus (talk • contribs)
- I am seeing plenty of includes with valid rationale for using the image. The not include comments that I somewhat understand are the clarity of the image. However, this can't be an easy subject to illustrate. If you do a google image search you will see a few images of men ejaculating into a cup in front of a girl. That makes it a little clear. I'm not sure if Seedfeeder could or would want to pull that off in his drawing. The thumbnail supports a caption. Any reasonable person would see the white substance dribbling down the chin of an Asian female as she drinks from a cup (a penis would not convey the information as well in my opinion) and see the caption and text to clearly understand what is being illustrated.Cptnono (talk) 22:09, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
- Include Misplaced Pages is not censored. As Cptnono says, the image reflects gokkun correctly. (but, yeah, it would be a better drawing if it had less liquid. Some photoshopping would be good.) --Enric Naval (talk) 17:09, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
A little surprised to see that reverting. Of course, we still do not have a source. So I started searching for more. AVN is RS. Image shows the cup and so does this one(and it was even nomitated for most outrageous scene) but it isn't in the text. There really should be no dispute about this but I don't mind searching for more. I could always {{cite video}} and citeoverkill it but that seems a little pointy.Cptnono (talk) 04:35, 10 November 2010 (UTC) Follow-up: Looks like American Gokkun 1 and 8 both show a cup and were also nominated.
- Oppose Inclusion per BitterGrey, Herostratus, and the other opposers. I'm in favor of tasteful and appropriate images that actually add educational value to an article. File:Wiki-gokkun.png does not. As BitterGrey and Herostratus pointed out, it looks much more like a glass of milk. And once a reader gets that it isn't milk, then the Eww! factor kicks in. How does a drawing of drinking something from a glass increase understanding of the practice? A sexually graphic drawing of a man (or men) masturbating in such a way as to make the connection, or the images referenced by Cptnono, might be harder to oppose in this case. Although I probably would oppose such images, not because of prudery or censorship, but because of appropriateness to the intended purpose and the principle of least surprise (as applied to sexual images, not programming). Also, Misplaced Pages has been savagely attacked by the right wing as promoting porn and other nasty stuff. Why give them ammunition when there is no clear useful purpose in these images that is worth defending. — Becksguy (talk) 05:15, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
- "then the Eww! factor kicks in", we don't remove pictures just because they make you go Eww :) For example, the pictures in some medical articles, the animated picture in Decomposition, the pictures in Feces, the images of dead people in Holocaust articles, etc. --Enric Naval (talk) 10:52, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
- Comment. Both quantitatively and rheologically, the illustration is risible; perhaps the readdition of this Calpis-chugging girl would make the article (now but a dreary wee thing) a laughing-stock at its AfD. -- Hoary (talk) 06:52, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
- Include: The illustration assists in understanding of the topic.--Surv1v4l1st 02:46, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
- Your comment interests me. How was the topic hard for you to understand, and which hurdle to your understanding was removed by the illustration? -- Hoary (talk) 13:01, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
- Suggestion. As the stylization in this picture makes it impossible to decide whether the white stuff most resembles milk, soy milk, Calpis, pastis, or coconut milk, as it's far more likely to be any of these than as currently (and laughably) described, and as some editors might want it to illustrate the consumption of one or more of milk etc etc (or indeed plain drinking), rename it girl_drinking_white_liquid.png and thereby free it for wider use. -- Hoary (talk) 13:01, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
- Endorse & elaborate I endorse Hoary's suggestion for renaming the controversial image, and further suggest that the illustrator be prevailed upon to create an animated clip, showing the girl wringing the liquid from the spigot and immediately imbibing. Not only would this more clearly illustrate the concept, it would make for a more lively deletion discussion. I also suggest we use 300_pound_man_in_drag_eating_steak.png to illustrate the concluding scene of Pink Flamingos (1972). Dekkappai (talk) 18:57, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
- Further: Further: I'd also suggest Ambasa as another article which could benefit from the re-named image... But then, the article on Ambasa's bound to be deleted sooner or later anyway... not sold in an English-speaking country, therefore lacks "reliable" sourcing... nevermind... Dekkappai (talk) 19:34, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
image size
Please don't set a pixel size for the image, just let the software use the default size. See WP:IMGSIZE "In general, do not define the size of an image unless there is a good reason to do so (...)". The image might look better in your monitor but it will look horrible in other computers, etc. --Enric Naval (talk) 18:03, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
Image
For some reason some editors decided to start restoring the image. This isn't a good idea, though, because the default state of the article is to not have the image, and there's no consensus to restore it (see thread above).
Per WP:CONSENSUS, a sort of "stare decisis" rule generally applies to contentious material: if no consensus is reached, the material reverts to its default state - generally speaking, this is the state the article has been in for awhile, before someone started objecting to the material. There are real problems with this approach, but you have to have some kind of standard to prevent endless sterile edit warring.
C'mon, you guys, play fair. After all, you folks game the system all the time to sneak in bad material. If nobody notices for awhile, touché, you've got your default state. In this particular case, WP:CONSENSUS happens to work against you, so I'd say let it go. Herostratus (talk) 18:19, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
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