This one's been discussed ad nauseam already, and I think the community's discussions pretty unambiguously tend towards keep.
FMF On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 2:18 AM, Andre Engels <andreeng...@gmail.com> wrote: > My opinion on this is clear: Commons should welcome both photographs > and pictures. Whether a project shows a picture or a photograph should > be the project's decision, not that of Commons. Some may prefer one, > others the other. Sexuality is in scope on Wikimedia projects, so its > images are in scope at Commons. > > Andre > > On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 6:03 AM, private musings <thepmacco...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > g'day all, > > > > There's an interesting deletion discussion taking place here; > > > > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Sexuality_pearl_necklace_small.png > > > > concerning an image of a woman with sperm on her neck. To my mind it's > very > > doubtful that this is in fact a freely licensed image, but regardless of > my > > cynicism, the IP who nominated the image for deletion (the 5th time it's > > been nominated, and the 4th time was by me, in December) raised the > > possibility that we (both commons, wikipedia, and perhaps by extension > all > > wmf projects) might be better to opt for drawings rather than photographs > of > > sexual activity? > > > > I'm sure many are familiar with my view that the foundation is an acutely > > irresponsible host in this area (I'm not a fan, for example, of the > pictures > > taken of topless women on beaches without their permission which commons > > currently hosts) - but wonder what the feeling is out there in regard to > > freely licensed images of people having sex - we've currently got quite a > > few on commons, and it's likely to be a growth area. There's a dirty pun > in > > there somewhere, but I can't be bothered to make it...... > > > > cheers, > > > > Peter > > PM. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Commons-l mailing list > > common...@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l > > > > > > > > > -- > André Engels, andreeng...@gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
