"Commons is meant to be a collection of freely-licensed media, not a dumping ground for all media that happens to be free."
What's the difference? FMF On 1/29/09, Marcus Buck <[email protected]> wrote: > > Two comments: > > Thomas Dalton hett schreven: > > Topless sunbathing is a legitimate topic for discussion and it > > usefully illustrate by such a photo. So that rates pretty highly on > > "utility". I think it rates pretty low of "potential for harm" since > > the subjects aren't identified and they chose to sunbathe topless on a > > public beach. A photo where we have the subjects' permissions would be > > better, but I don't see how we could be sure of that (any kind of > > posing would ruin the photo - it would turn it from topless sunbathing > > to glamour modelling, a completely different topic). So I think this > > photo is appropriate. > > > The subjects aren't identified, but they are identifiable. They indeed > chose to sunbathe topless on a public beach, but being naked is a very > context-sensitive thing. A public beach is public, but it is still > unlikely, that you will be seen by people you know. That's very > different from being on the internets. > > > It also rates > > low on "potential for harm" since it is almost impossible to identify > > the subject (it rates slightly higher due to being accidental, albeit > > reckless, rather than intentional as the sunbathing was, but that is > > overruled by the fact that you can't identify the subject). > "almost impossible to identify"... If I would know that girl, I would > recognize her. You don't need to see a face to recognize somebody you > know. This image is indeed harmless, it's just a little flick of slip. > Embarassing, but not the "humiliating" kind of embarassing, but more the > "oops" kind. But we have other ones on our projects, that are more harmful. > > Marcus Buck > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
