2011/5/16 Andreas Kolbe <[email protected]> > There seems to be a worrying tendency to treat Commons as a gallery for > non-notable art. > > It's an educational project, not a vehicle for self-promotion. > > A. >
Actually, Wikipedia is the educational project, not Commons. Commons is a repository for media of all kind. There is nowhere the restriction that a file has to be educational. And as a girl (or more a long-grown woman) with no real interest in mangas my opinion is that the image has nice colours, is cleanly made and in general aesthetically pleasing. Only complaint: it is a bit kitschy. lg, Cecil > > --- On *Mon, 16/5/11, Ryan Kaldari <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Ryan Kaldari <[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, 14:04 > > > On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Chris McKenna > <[email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > > Am I alaone in completely failing to understand what the fuss is about? > The image is not pornographic, exploitative, illegal or otherwise > inapropriate for featured picture status. > > > The image is also not artistically, historically, or culturally > significant, unlike all the other examples you cited. The only reason it's > featured is because it's sexually arousing to anime fanboys who happen to > dominate the culture of Wikimedia Commons. I don't need to crawl into a > semantic rabbit-hole to defend this observation. I think its obvious to any > reasonable person. If the image would be embarrassing to pull up in front of > a classful of students, it shouldn't be on the Commons Main Page. > > Ryan Kaldari > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > > _______________________________________________ > Commons-l mailing list > [email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Commons-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l > >
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