On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 12:02 AM, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen <cimonav...@gmail.com > wrote:
> Marcus Buck wrote: > > Amory Meltzer hett schreven: > > > >> This is nuts. Literally, nothing has changed. Stuff on Wikimedia > >> sites needs to be either educational or aimed at furthering the goals > >> of the project and the foundation. We don't host articles about my > >> her breasts or his penis, and we don't need to host images of them > >> either. Arguing otherwise is just looking for a webhost. > >> > >> > > The thing that has changed is the fact that this was decided by the > > community, by admins who have earned their rights in a community vote, > > and according to policies. Take e.g. > > < > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:F%C3%A9licien_Rops_-_Sainte-Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se.png > >. > > That image is a 19th century artwork, a drawing, from an important > > artist. It was uploaded to Commons in 2006 and never questioned. But > > Jimbo didn't file a deletion request, he didn't even put a speedy > > delete. He just deleted it with a generic message given as reason. Two > > times the deletion was reverted by longstanding Commons admins who > > wanted to uphold Commons policy about deletions and two times Jimbo > > deleted it again, with the same generic reason. At the moment the file > > is again undeleted by a third Commons admin. (Jimbo is not online at the > > moment to overturn that decision.) > > > > I think this is a really obvious example how Jimbo breaks policies and > > why large parts of the Commons community are upset. > Interestingly enough, the same caricatyrist still retains > on teh commons another work (for the moment at least), > which possibly many would find nearly as offensive, but > is likely just about the perfectest metaphor for what is > currently happening on Wikimedia Commons... > > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:F%C3%A9licien_Rops_-_La_tentation_de_Saint_Antoine.jpg > And what would that be? I expect someone will be adding article content explaining the historical significance of each of these works. If it's so horrible that they be deleted, it shouldn't be tough to add a paragraph or two which make it obvious why. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
