Incidentally, that little piece of original art is also the picture of the day on several Wikipedias' main pages; among them the Russian and Bulgarian Wikipedias.
The image itself has been nominated for deletion in Commons by User:AndreasPraefcke, as out of scope. A. --- On Mon, 16/5/11, Andreas Kolbe <jayen...@yahoo.com> wrote: > From: Andreas Kolbe <jayen...@yahoo.com> > Subject: [Foundation-l] Commons as an art gallery? > To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" <foundatio...@lists.wikimedia.org>, > "Wikimedia Commons Discussion List" <common...@lists.wikimedia.org>, > "Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects" > <gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org> > Date: Monday, 16 May, 2011, 16:40 > There is a long thread on the Commons > and Gendergap lists about today's > featured image on Commons: > > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/commons-l/2011-May/ > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2011-May/ > > It's an original piece of art by a Wikimedian, "in the > style of" erotic > manga: > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:On_the_edge_-_free_world_version.jpg > > The picture was removed from the main page by a WMF staff > member, acting as > an ordinary editor, and then restored a few hours later by > a Commons admin. > > Aspects of the image that have been discussed include the > fact that > > * it has no noteworthy artistic value > > * it is used to showcase a Wikimedian's artwork on the > project main page > > * it lacks educational value, being the work of a > non-notable Wikimedian > > * it makes the Foundation look puerile > > * it might turn off serious educators > > * it might turn off older people > > * it might turn off schools > > * it might turn off women > > * it might turn off institutions owning valuable content > from donating to the Foundation > > * it is the victim of cultural fascism directed against > manga/anime > > * it is the victim of prudery > > * it is the victim of censorship > > * not showing the image on the mian page would undermine > the Foundation's mission > > etc. etc. > > This is really a Foundation topic though. Are projects' > main pages there to > showcase Wikimedians' fine art? If yes, then why do we not > have songs by > unsigned garage bands "in the style of ..." as featured > media of the day? > > Should the Foundation establish guidelines on what type of > content to feature > on project main pages? > > Crossposted to Foundation-l, Commons-l and Gendergap. > > Andreas > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundatio...@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap