Controversial content/Problems

Commons (and Multimedia searches in all Wikipedias)

Many searches for common terms unexpectedly show sexual content.

• Race
  • commons:special:search/all:Asian / [1]
  • commons:special:search/all:Black / [2]
  • commons:special:search/all:Caucasian / [3]
  • commons:special:search/all:Indian man / [4]
• Gender terms (some sexual content expected)
  • commons:special:search/all:female
  • commons:special:search/all:male
  • commons:special:search/all:human male / [5]
  • commons:special:search/all:woman
  • commons:special:search/all:man
• Age
  • commons:special:search/all:teenage
• Body parts
  • commons:special:search/all:forefinger
  • commons:special:search/all:hand
• Human activities
  • commons:special:search/all:human - with limit=500
  • commons:special:search/all:backhand/commons:special:search/all:Rückhand
  • commons:special:search/all:coddle
  • commons:special:search/all:demonstration
  • commons:special:search/all:drinking – better now, file renamed (currently no. 67 in search listing)
  • commons:special:search/all:electric toothbrush/commons:special:search/all:Zahnbürste
  • commons:special:search/all:shower
  • commons:special:search/all:slideshow
  • commons:special:search/all:tolling/commons:special:search/all:Glockenläuten
  • commons:special:search/all:Zeichenstil
• Flora and fauna
  • commons:special:search/all:cucumber
  • commons:special:search/all:strawberry - fixed now that one image has been moved[6]; this item has disappeared from the search results
• Other
  • commons:special:search/all:auto/commons:special:search/all:Auto
  • commons:special:search/all:bathtub
  • commons:special:search/all:blue scarf
  • commons:special:search/all:bead
  • commons:special:search/all:bench
  • commons:special:search/all:bleach
  • commons:special:search/all:clamps
  • commons:special:search/all:clothespins
  • commons:special:search/all:crate
  • commons:special:search/all:furniture
  • commons:special:search/all:jumping ball (cf. Google result)
  • commons:special:search/all:landing zone
  • commons:special:search/all:nail
  • commons:special:search/all:napkin
  • commons:special:search/all:pearl necklace (see w:Pearl necklace (sexuality))
  • commons:special:search/all:scaffold
  • commons:special:search/all:snapshot
  • commons:special:search/all:stretcher
  • commons:special:search/all:underwater
  • commons:special:search/all:vintage
  • commons:special:search/all:weights
• Proper names
  • commons:special:search/all:Nefertiti (see w:Nefertiti piercing))
  • commons:special:search/all:Prince Albert (see w:Prince Albert (genital piercing))
• Place names
  • commons:special:search/all:Carrara (see w:Carrara)
• Phrases
  • commons:special:search/all:"how it feels"

Searches for common terms that show unexpectedly gruesome content.

• Proper names
  • commons:special:search/all:Langenscheidt (w:Langenscheidt is a German publisher of school dictionaries)

English Wikipedia

• Images of w:Muhammad - w:Talk:Muhammad/FAQ
• Recurrent complaints that our illustrations (primarily of sexual content) are too explicit and/or of poor quality. As of October 20, there are 173 pages that include w:Template:censor on their talk page.[7]
  • w:Talk:Creampie_(sexual_act)#Poorly rendered image adds nothing to article; text sufficiently explains the act, w:Talk:Creampie_(sexual_act)/Archive_1#Request_for_Comment
  • w:Talk:Ejaculation (and all its archives)
  • w:Rorschach test - w:Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Rorschach Test (2010) and w:Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Rorschach test images
  • Oct-Nov 2011 Proposal to remove NOTCENSORED protection for "incidental" content deemed objectionable, further discussion

German Wikipedia

• Recurrent complaints that our illustrations are too explicit and/or of poor quality
  • de:Diskussion:Masturbation#Video_wirklich_nötig? (Masturbation video really necessary?)
  • de:Diskussion:Arachnophobie
  • de:Diskussion:Meningitis#Abbildungen

French Wikipedia

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If you search for "devoirs" (= homework) or "vacances" (= holiday) on French Wikipedia, you're presented with a porn video in which a man and a woman engage in sex acts (cunnilingus and fellatio) with a dog.

http://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sp%C3%A9cial%3ARecherche&profile=images&search=devoirs&fulltext=Search&searchengineselect=mediawiki

http://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sp%C3%A9cial%3ARecherche&profile=images&search=vacances&fulltext=Search&searchengineselect=mediawiki

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Devoirs_de_vacances.ogv

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