--- On Mon, 16/5/11, Fred Bauder <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Fred Bauder <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Commons-l] Fwd: [Gendergap] Photo of the Day on Wikimedia > Commons > To: "Wikimedia Commons Discussion List" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, 16 May, 2011, 14:46 > The image is derivative, see > > https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/wiki/File:1672_G%C3%A9rard_de_Lairesse_-_Allegory_of_the_Freedom_of_Trade.jpg > > but its theme of editorial freedom is culturally > significant, at least to > the Wikimedia movement.
Fred, I am not sure I follow you correctly here, so do tell me if I misunderstood. You are (perhaps ironically) suggesting that Niabot's original manga-style artwork encapsulates a value that's important to the Wikimedia movement. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:On_the_edge_-_free_world_version.jpg If so, how about featuring an undiscovered garage band's post-punk song celebrating, say, freedom from censorship, on the Commons main page? Would we do this, as an educational illustration of the post-punk/protest song/garage band cultures? Is it the purpose of the Commons main page to inform the world at large about the musical and artistic talent within the Wikimedia community? I thought our mission was providing educational material on such things as have *already* attracted the attention of educators. Andreas _______________________________________________ Commons-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l
