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Bug#526613: marked as done (possible cultural appropriation of tipi icon on wiki)

Your message dated Fri, 01 May 2015 13:29:40 +0800
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and subject line Re: wiki.debian.org: offensive icon
has caused the Debian Bug report #526613,
regarding possible cultural appropriation of tipi icon on wiki
to be marked as done.

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Package: wiki.debian.org
Severity: normal


http://wiki.debian.org/Portal/IDB?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=icon-community-32x32.png

The title attribute IDs it as "Portal/IDB/icon-community-32x32.png".

This icon is a) stereotyping so-called "North American" Indigenous
peoples, and I would highly recommend and demand that this icon be
changed. I don't see why a stereotype of us should be used to represent
community. I'm sure non-Indigenous people have communities too, and have
a sense of community, why should we be made an example in such a
negative way? Sure we have a lot to offer the rest of the non-Indigenous
world, and have, a LOT, but hey, don't keep up the false images. We
don't all live in tipis on Great Turtle Island ("North America"), you know.

Thanks for your time,

simon


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Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
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On Sat, 02 May 2009 04:31:42 -0400 Simon Raven wrote:

> http://wiki.debian.org/Portal/IDB?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=icon-community-32x32.png
> 
> The title attribute IDs it as "Portal/IDB/icon-community-32x32.png".
> 
> This icon is a) stereotyping so-called "North American" Indigenous peoples

I've removed this icon from the wiki and requested a replacement:

https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/RequestArtwork#Debian_wiki:_community_icon

If you know any icon artists, it would be great to get an alternative.

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bye,
pabs

https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise

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