Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to pornography. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list there.
Scope
This project covers various topics related to the subject of pornography, such as:
Pornographic film actors, actresses and models, as well as related infobox templates. The project aims to implement high standards for sourcing information on pornographic actors and define the proper scope for encyclopedic biographies of performers.
Other pornography-related biographies, such as notable pornographic film directors and photographers.
Other pornography-related topics, such as pornography genres.
The larger topic of pornography itself, and social and cultural issues surrounding it.
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Once you've saved the picture, you may have to crop it or enhance the image. Do note that enhancing the image is creating a derivative work, and therefore is still owned by Ford despite any edits done to the image(s) in question. However, it is legal because the image is licensed under the {{cc-by-2.5}} license.
Once you're done, upload all images to the Wikimedia Commons under the Creative Commons Attribution license, version 2.5. When uploading, please select a human-readable file name for the image. (For instance, an image on Alicia Alighatti should be called Alicia Alighatti.jpgnotDSC 1028.jpg.) Also remember to place the image in the applicable categories, such as Category:Porn stars and Category:Luke Ford photos.
If you encounter any issues, please feel free to leave a message on this project's talk page.
Right now, there are a slew of micro-stubs that do not meet the notability requirements laid down in Notability for biographies. Therefore, all users are encouraged to improve stubs on Playboy models (including the "Cyber Models"). As of right now, all Playboy Cyber Girls are nearly non-notable for inclusion in Wikipedia - the most obvious of these are the "Models of the Week". Obviously, use common sense in determining which articles should be tagged for proposed deletion; for instance, the "Cyber Girls of the Year" might not qualify for a PROD. However, there may be an issue with the Playboy "Cyber Girls of the Month".
Miscellaneous
Golden Age of Porn from 1974 to 1984 (DVD dealers say "to 1989", real "love stories" with a script, filmed on expensive celluloid - not on cheap video), "In the old stuff, the models look like regular people. Now it's all clones" - [4] (link down, archived fragment).
It is Wikipedia policy to prefer free use, copyleft photographs over fair use due to the fact that copylefted photos can be used on other Wikipedia projects. As a result, the following section illustrates how to procure photographs that can be used in Wikipedia's articles.
Free / Copyleft (Creative Commons)
The following sources have permitted usage of their photos on Wikipedia, under a copyleft license:
Photos on Lukeisback.com that are licensed under the Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution license.
Photos previously on Lukeford.com, up until August 8, 2001, are also licensed under CC 2.5 Attribution.
See here for background on how Luke Ford gave his consent.
Be sure to confirm the image source, as Ford sometimes posts images from other sources on his own website (e.g. images taken by Holly Randall). Either Ford will state in his commentary accompanying the image where the image came from, or the image itself will have a copyright statement. Obviously, the non-Luke Ford images are not licensed under the Creative Commons.
Please upload any images that are Creative Commons on the Wikimedia Commons. By doing so you allow these images to be used on other language editions of Wikipedia.
Fair Use - see Wikipedia:Image description page for rationale for fair use. Publicity photos are often useful for this, but be careful - non-free (fair use) images are allowed only if a free image could not reasonably be created. If the person is dead, is a recluse, or currently looks significantly different than during their career, then the image may not be replaceable. But for most active stars, a non-free image would be deemed "replaceable" and would be deleted. See Wikipedia:Publicity photos for a historical discussion of what publicity photos are, and their use on Wikipedia.
Covers (such as magazine and video box covers) - can be used only if giving critical commentary to the movie itself, and not the performer.
Wikipedia:Requesting free content is a detailed essay on how to ask article subjects and photographers to release their images under an acceptable license.
Not acceptable
Flickr user Kamui Sendoh has placed a lot of performer images under a Creative Commons Attribution license, however evidence has been presented that his ownership of at least some of them is questionable.[5] In general, Flickr images from http://flickr.com/photos/kamui99/ are not considered acceptable.
Real names of performers
If the birth name of a performer is being added to an article, note that (per WP:BLP) we must ensure it is sourced from reliable sources, and it is equally clear what should happen if the source is not reliable:
We must get the article right. Be very firm about the use of high-quality sources. All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be explicitly attributed to a reliable, published source, which is usually done with an inline citation. Contentious material about living persons (or, in some cases, recently deceased) that is unsourced or poorly sourced – whether the material is negative, positive, neutral, or just questionable – should be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion.[2][3][4] Users who persistently or egregiously violate this policy may be blocked from editing. (emphasis original)
"Trivia on sites such as IMDb... should not be used as sources. These media do not have adequate levels of editorial oversight or author credibility and lack assured persistence."
The problem with the "biography" page on IMDb is that anyone can add information to it. As a consequence, it is entirely possible for someone to "vandalize" the IMDB page by adding a random name to the biography page, then turn around and use IMDb as a source for adding the name to Wikipedia. (See also Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources#IMDb.)
Even when reliably sourced, editorial judgment must be exercised before deciding to add a pornographic performer's birth name to an article which also uses their stage name. Please review WP:BLPNAME as it relates to names that have been intentionally concealed because of a subject's occupation: "... it is often preferable to omit it, especially when doing so does not result in a significant loss of context."
A 2019 article on Jezebel discusses this policy in particular and Wikipedia's use of real names of pornography-related performers in general.[5]
Filmographies
While it can be useful to have some indication what films a performer or filmmaker has worked on, Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. Any filmographies should be partial, not a complete listing of each and every film that person appeared in. Filmographies are to be limited to six films at most; any additional listings above that number must meet at least one of the following criteria:
Performer or filmmaker's first movie.
Movies that have garnered awards (for the entire movie or the performer's work in the movie).
Movies the performer has been in that have received mainstream news attention - e.g., films such as Deep Throat and Behind the Green Door.
Movies that themselves have individual entries on Wikipedia.
Performer or filmmaker's last movie (of their career, not their latest film).
Providing links to the appropriate IMDB, IAFD, AFDB, EGAFD, and/or BGAFD filmographies (in the infobox or under the "External links" section) should allow readers access to complete filmographies of performers and filmmakers without unnecessary cluttering of Wikipedia articles.
Here is a list of books under the subject of pornography: [6]
Here are book titles containing the word "porn": [7]
Individual words and phrases can also be searched on Google books. Even if you think a particular topic is very obscure, WikiProject Pornography advises you to look it up on google books. You will probably be surprised at what obscure porn-related topics these resources cover - even Bukkake.
If you find a source on Google Scholar that you are unable to access without paying, contact User:Willy turner who will access it for you.
Academic journals
The peer-reviewed journal Porn Studies [8], founded in 2014, is a generally reliable source, and an influential one according to its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), available at its SJR page.
Researchers/Academics/Citable Sources
List of people (academics, researchers, and/or clinicians) who study pornography, have published about it, and/or have been interviewed regarding their views and knowledge of the subject.
Constance Penley, Ph.D. - currently a professor with U.C. Santa Barbara, also an author[6], editor, and documentary producer.[7]
Chauntelle Tibbals, Ph.D., University of Texas - Austin, Sociology (2010) - currently with the USC Dept. of Sociology, spent the past several years researching the adult industry, working to complicate popular understandings of pornography, its enterprise, and its socio-cultural significance.[10]
Kassia Wosick, Ph.D. - New Mexico State University Dept. of Sociology professor and researcher[11]
Vern Bullough, Professor, Dean, SUNY Buffalo[12]
Industry/trade sources
The following sources can be helpful for finding information about erotic performers, though few are considered reliable sources:
AVN.com [9] – generally reliable for adult industry news and movie reviews, though it does not indicate when an article is a press release in their articles; it is however indicated in the article's internal search engine results. In addition, their performer profiles are often copied from other sites and cannot be treated as reliable.
WeKinglyPigs.com [14] – Searchable database of all Playboy Playmates with physical stats, photographer credit, birthplace/date, etc. Maintained by Peggy Wilkins, UNIX system administrator at the University of Chicago Library.
AdultDVDEmpire.com [16] – A vendor site with performer biographies, not generally reliable.
AdultDVDTalk.com [17] – Described as a "community of porn fans, pornstars and industry insiders", the site appears to be essentially a group blog and features numerous perfomer interviews. The "About" page[a] gives no indication of editorial oversight.
AdultFYI.com [18] – Self-published site by Gene Ross, former managing editor of AVN. Contains news, gossip, and movie reviews. Not generally reliable for the purposes of BLPs.
AINews.com [19] – Runs mostly company press releases and can not be considered independent to establish notability. Its reliability is limited.
British Girl Adult Film Database [20] – The site's "About" page lists two people named "Alec and John" as authors. Essentially a self-published blog.
Eros-NY.com [21] – Promotional site for escorts; sometimes has articles about/interviews with call girls who perform in porn. Not generally reliable.
Eurobabe Index [22] – Database listing website appearances (and sometimes filmographies) of European adult models. The site lists the names of several staff, but gives no indication of editorial oversight. Should be treated as essentially a group blog.
European Girl Adult Film Database [23] – The site's "About" page contains no editor/publisher information or other indications of reliability.
Excaliburfilms.com [24] – Many performer and director biographies; appearance lists focuses on products the site sells. As a vendor site, its biographies are not generally reliable, and they are often taken from other sites, such as Wikipedia.
Fleshbot.com [25] – Blog site that often features press releases, satire, and opinions, not generally reliable.
Gamelink.com [26] – A vendor site with performer biographies, not generally reliable.
Internet Adult Film Database (IAFD) [27] – Attempts to be the adult film equivalent of IMDb (see § IMDb, below). Maintained by anonymous volunteer editors, it accepts user-generated "corrections" making it the equivalent of a group blog or other user-generated source that should not be used for biographical information. Can be listed in the external links section using the {{iafd name}} template.
LukeIsBack.com [29] – last site of Luke Ford, porn's gossip columnist. The "stars" section sometimes lists quite a lot of information about a performer, and the photos are GFDL under User:Tabercil/Luke Ford permission; however the photos are not linked to the stars article, and often require image search, as described above under § Images. Ford no longer operates the website. It is now operated by Cindi Loftus. As a self-published site, it cannot be used as a reliable source. (Per Jimbo Wales, "... no way in hell is that site a WP:RS.") However, the site sometimes provides links to some reliable sources. As of 2015, the site is listed on WP's spam blacklist and cannot be linked.
PornValleyNews.com [30] – Contains news and biographies. A self-published blog, not generally reliable.
RogReviews.com [31] – Contains performer interviews by adult film critic Roger T. Pipe. As a self-published source, the site's reliability is questionable, and it should not be used for biographical information about living people.
Other resources
User:AnonEMouse/MouSearch [32] – A Google Co-op specialized search engine, that searches sites that tend to provide information on pornographic performers, rather than endless advertisements and image galleries. A work in progress by a WikiProject Pornography member. However, not all the sites searched for are reliable.
Template:Girlfriends Films - GFF productions, predominantly girl/girl or lesbian themed
Article talk pages
Use the {{WikiProject Pornography}} banner (shown below) on an article talk page to mark it as belonging to this project and evaluate its quality and importance:
{{WikiProject Pornography| small =| listas =| class = choices are: Stub, Start, C, B, GA, A, FA, NA (not applicable/non-article), List| importance = choices are: Top, High, Mid, Low, NA}}
Note: For people, categories should be inserted into the article in the following format, with XXXX being the 4-digit year, and substituting the person's name for "Lastname, Firstname".
Set a default sort order for categories: {{DEFAULTSORT:Lastname, Firstname}}
For birth: [[Category:XXXX births]]
For alive: [[Category:Living people]]
For death: [[Category:XXXX deaths]]
All of the above can be replaced by a single instance of the Lifetime tag, which combines DEFAULTSORT, xxxx births, and either yyyy deaths or Living people (if left null), like this: {{Lifetime|xxxx|yyyy|Lastname, Firstname}}
^Clark-Flory, Tracy (24 October 2019). "Wikipedia Exposes Porn Performers to Stalking, Harassment—And Visits From CPS". Jezebel.
^"Constance Penley: Books". amazon.com. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
^"Constance Penley: profile". UCSB.edu. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
^"Erick Janssen: profile". Kinsey Institute. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
^"Jessica Drake, Tasha Reign to Speak Feb. 18 on UCLA Panel". Adult Video News. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
^"Chauntelle Tibbals". dornsife.usc.edu. USC. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
^"Dr. Kassia Wosick". artsci.nmsu.edu. New Mexico State University. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
^Butler, Jerry (5 August 2010). Raw Talent: The Adult Film Industry As Seen by Its Most Popular Male Star. Prometheus Books. p. 10. ISBN 9781615922574.
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