Talk:Andrew Martinez

Speedy delete?
Andrew Martinez is a significant figure in the public nudity movement. His actions influenced college rules and city laws and inspired a generation of activists. The speedy deletion notice was posted within minutes of me starting the article and I do not appreciate that. Dandelion1 05:23, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I posted the speedy notice while it was about 2 sentences long (which seems odd now, looking at the history, since the very original was longer. The one I looked at was the 2nd revision), and it made no claims to notability.  Rory 0 96 06:13, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Article title
Would titling this article Andrew Martinez with a redirect from The Naked Guy be more appropriate and in line with other biographical articles? -- MisterHand 05:18, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I prefer that idea. There doesn't seem to be a consistent approach to this; I did find one other example where the better known nickname was the locus for the main article (Robert John Burck aka Naked Cowboy), but I also found that Son of Sam redirects to David Berkowitz.  OhNo itsJamie Talk 06:54, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Good call. RIP, Naked dude.  We knew you were crazy, but never that crazy.  --Bobak 17:56, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
 * So now the article is at Andrew Martínez with an acute accent over the "i". Did he spell his name with the accent? Do his family members? In my experience most Hispanics in the U.S. do not use diacritics in their names where they would be appropriate in Spanish. In that case, the article should be moved back to Andrew Martinez. Angr (talk) 15:38, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree. I actually did some checking on this, and could find no place where his name was spelled with the accent. It should be moved back. -- MisterHand 15:45, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Done and done. Angr (talk) 15:48, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
 * i knew him intimately and he did not use diacritics. 47.208.117.241 (talk) 05:26, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

Blog entry
I wrote about Martinez's Death in a blog entry

not sure what is correct protocol for showing it here but i will try

HE DIED FOR YOUR CLOTHES

Today in the Berkeley Planet i read about the death of the naked guy

I was thinking about his death on the way home

& then the age part hit me

he was 33 like JC

hence the title of this entry

I met Andrew at a Cloine Court party before he became "the naked guy" He impressed me as being so very gentle

There is an aspect about some large mesomorphs where they feel relaxed and are not trying to show physical dominance

Andrew showed this quality when I met him at the "mosh pit" at the Cloine court party his demeaner was so relaxed and unintrusive I knew that I did not have to worry about getting hit from his direction He really changed the vibe cuz he was so strong but gentle

i edited it to be less gonzo and more about him

in the above

the entry in full is below

http://9thgp.blogspot.com/2006/05/he-died-for-your-clothes.html fcking2000@yahoo.com Festus Christopher King

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.6.230.243 (talk • contribs).

This is pretty sad
At first this sounded like an inspiring story about someone who took a stand, but it kinda sounds like all he managed to do was change his school and city from "technically clothing optional but nobody took advantage" to "nudity being banned now that someone had pushed it". That's quite sad.. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.92.176.7 (talk • contribs).

I don't have the book, but...
If I'm not mistaken, the book in which Naomi Wolf praised the Naked Guy is "Fire With Fire". I don't have a copy anymore, but if someone else does, that's what is needed for a citation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by SDRendino (talk • contribs)

Nude pic
Removed image as unecessary. my 12 yo daughter hit the random page button to see some guys cock and balls hanging out...a picture of the dudes face would be fine to show who he is.. dont need to see his penis to get the drift of article...wikipedia isnt berkeley...even nudist magazines are sold from BEHIND THE COUNTER.. -24.61.191.86 (talk) 23:31, 3 January 2009 (UTC)


 * I restored the picture. Wikipedia is not censored, and while Martinez is naked in the picture, he was famous for public nudity, and it is a high-quality (albeit low-resolution) image. If you know of any other similar quality free-use images without the nudity, feel free to substitute one, but don't remove the image because it offends your sensibilities. He's naked, not aroused or engaged in any type of sexual activity.  Horologium  (talk) 03:24, 4 January 2009 (UTC)


 * From the "What wikipedia is not" that you linked to: "Words and images that would be considered offensive, profane, or obscene by typical Wikipedia readers should be used if and only if their omission would cause the article to be less informative, relevant, or accurate, and no equally suitable alternatives are available." we don't need to SEE his nudity to understand it. I do understand your desire for it to be uncemsored, but it is not appropriate.71.195.191.215 (talk) 08:03, 20 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Again, If you know of any other similar quality free-use images without the nudity, feel free to substitute one. I have no particular need to see him naked, but I do feel that a photo is appropriate. Removing all images from a page (in this case, there is only one) makes the article less informative.  Horologium  (talk) 08:12, 20 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I agree, it's offensive and serves no purpose to the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.56.255.134 (talk) 08:32, 15 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Horologium, that is faulty reasoning. Every porn star, by definition, is famous for having sex on camera, but we do not show them nude either. It's completely unnecessary and gratuitous.  WP is not censored, but it is also not intentionally titillating, shocking, scandalous or offensive either.  There is a good reason to have a photo of genitals at articles about genitals, but not at articles about nudists. The Martinez picture on this article can very easily be cropped and re-uploaded to illustrate the subject without offending readers. I do not agree with either complainant here that the image "is" offensive; it is clearly, however, unnecessarily explicit for its purposes here, and has been interpreted as offensive by some readers, who do not appear to have any agenda to push (i.e., the negative reaction expressed here is one any editor here should have expected). We need not use all of the photo if zooming in a bit will stop offending people, and we regularly do use zoomed and cropped images to more appropriately/clearly illustrate article subjects, biographical and otherwise. (PS: If anyone thinks I'm a censorship advocate, you'd be really sadly mistaken, since the Blue Ribbon Campaign for Online Free Speech was my project. Heh.) —  SMcCandlish    Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀ  Contribs. 10:18, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

RfC: Should explicit photo be used as-is, cropped or removed?
At issue is the interpretation of WP:NOTCENSORED. Above, two readers have expressed appropriateness, even offensiveness, concerns about the image, while an editor has suggested the image is permissible under WP policy, and another editor (filer of this Request for Comments) has challenged this assertion (with regard to this particular article and photo). —  SMcCandlish   Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀ  Contribs. 11:02, 11 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Crop and adjust caption accordingly: There is no reason for this or any other photo at this article to be explicit, as depiction of genitals does not in any way make the article more "informative, relevant, or accurate", while doing so is absolutely guaranteed to offend some readers and be considered inappropriate by a very large number of readers. In this case the utility of the explicitness is near-zero, while the cost of it is high. &#91;Note: I would argue the opposite for Public nudity and any article on an event of which the, or a major, point was public nudity, such as Bay to Breakers.&#93; The fact that the article subject was a nudist is of no policy or even basic logical relevance here; it is not essential that we show an illustration of Mark Twain writing simply because he was notable as a writer. In this particular case, I think issues of biographical sensitivity are also raised. While WP:BLP is not a concern here, the feelings of the subject's family should be considered. I would not want my son to be memorialized on one of the world's most popular websites for his testicles, and have that site distribute a photo of them. PS: Using a cropped segment of the image is covered by fair use just as much as using the entire image as-found. —  SMcCandlish    Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀ  Contribs. 11:02, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
 * The photo should definitely be kept unaltered in anyway. Concern over offending people's childish sensibilities is irrelevant. The only thing of importance is to provide the reader accurate information about the subject the article covers. This article happens to cover the subject matter of a nudist. That means providing the reader as much information about the subject in question as is known. In this particular case showing a picture of the person nude is of pivotal importance since it provides the reader with information that simply can't be ascertained from reading the article. Just as one can't know much of anything about Picasso's art without actually seeing his paintings. The matter is perfectly analogous.Chhe (talk) 01:40, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Comments from previously Uninvolved editors
What would clearly be the best compromise is to use an image that shows him naked but without displaying his genitals. While there is certainly an argument that it is valuable for a wikipedia article on someone who is a nudist to include a nude photograph of him, but i can see no argument that it is more informative if that photograph is very explicit in any way. The existing image used is not a free image anyway and there are multiple other images that would show him naked or nearly naked without explicitly showing hiss genitals and i would suggest replacement with one of those, perhaps this one? http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2006/05/21/NAKEDGUY.TMP&o=0 (followingWP:NFCI of course) Ajbpearce (talk) 02:00, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment: Wikipedia is not censored. This is an article about a person who spent a lot of time naked in public, and the image is of him doing exactly that. If a similar image can be found that shows him naked in public, but not displaying his genitals, that is fine. However, I don't think the image linked to by Ajbpearce is as good as the one currently in the article. Andrew Martinez is known more for being "the naked guy" who spent his time naked in Berkley, than he is for being arreste for being naked, or the first person to be charged for public nudity under the new city ordinace, or for being found not guilty for one of his arrests of public nudity. DigitalC (talk) 23:21, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Censorship is censorship. Leave the photo as is. Sdiver68 (talk) 00:21, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Remove or crop There is no reason to show his genetalia. Madman (talk) 04:36, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment I'd prefer that a picture be used that does not show his genitals, but I agree that a picture of him naked is most appropriate. The suggested image from Ajbpearce seems highly appropriate. It shows him naked AND being arrested. That seems to be the two things that he is best known for. Thepm (talk) 11:05, 27 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Remove or crop. Comment You people are like 5 year olds. "There's no reason to show this guy full-frontal naked." "Wikipedia is not censored, maaaaaan!" "Yeah, but it adds nothing to the article, doesn't illustrate anything other than that he was often naked, which is explained in the article, and there's no real reas--" "WIKIPEDIA IS NOT CENSORED, MAAAAAAAAAAN!" Crop out the dick or change the picture in recognition that we are assumedly adults here building a repository of knowledge and not just desperately trying to annoy other people. That's the thing about consensus reality. 198.7.245.75 (talk) 06:18, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I have no objection to cropping the photo to remove his package. I do have an objection to removing the only photo on the page simply because he's naked. Because Martinez is dead, there is no chance of getting another photo of him.  Horologium  (talk) 12:51, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Ok, there was never a complete conclusion to this discussion, but I'm going to remove the picture and replace it with this one http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2006/05/21/NAKEDGUY.TMP&o=0

which seemed to be the most supported option.Ajbpearce (talk) 11:19, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

Mental illness
why does the article say he "developed" mental illness after coming back from europe.. I mean hello... he jogged around the neighborhood naked and even had to get arrested for it.. gee someone miss that writing on the wall? Should the article be more npov.. I mean some would assume a grown man who jogs around the nieghborhood in the nude to be mentally ill.. maybe the article should say..at some point.. he developed a mental illness..as usually you dont just "become" crazy as for all we know he was nuts all along.. no pun intended -24.61.191.86 (talk) 23:46, 3 January 2009 (UTC)


 * I have reworded that section. He apparently suffered (undiagnosed) for quite some time before it was recognized that he was afflicted with schizophrenia.  Horologium  (talk) 03:27, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Burial site
The article states he was buried at Agnews Historical Cemetery in Santa Clara. That's highly unlikely. That Cemetery is a historical landmark listed on the U.S. NPS site,, and holds only the victims of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake from Agnews State Hospital. It's a tiny plot of land left more or less undisturbed from the time the Hospital was closed and sold to Sun Microsystems and land developers in 1997. The only cite for this is ; that site exists, but FAG is a user-edited site and not a reliable source. In fact, this entry is the only non-1906 death that FAG lists for this cemetery. See http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=1984683. I've searched elsewhere, and FAG and Wikipedia (or Wikipedia derivatives) are the only sources that say he's buried in this cemetery. Absent a reliable source, I'm removing this. TJRC (talk) 17:47, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Born in 1972 or 1973?
The table says '73 and the category says '72 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.240.205.104 (talk) 00:04, 4 August 2009 (UTC)


 * 1972. See http://www.andrewmartinez.info/Home.html and http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/31/magazine/31naked.t.html. TJRC (talk) 01:23, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Sexual harassment allegations
In the version of the story I have heard about this guy, the Berkley administration only enacted the campus ban on public nudity when female students alleged that the Naked Guy's behavior constituted sexual harassment. Is this true? Do any of the books or articles on the subject mention this aspect of the story? --2610:E0:A040:E0F5:BCBB:B636:8869:16D3 (talk) 02:04, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

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