The resolution wording is: > > ---o0o--- > > We feel that it is important and ethical to obtain subject consent for the > use of such media, in line with our special mission as an educational and > free project. We feel that seeking consent from an image's subject is > especially important in light of the proliferation of uploaded photographs > from other sources, such as Flickr, where provenance is difficult to trace > and subject consent difficult to verify. > > ---o0o--- > > I don't see anything ambiguous about that. >
I find it highly ambiguous, and while I tend to agree with you that probably the majority of nude images on Commons should be deleted due to lack of explicit and verifiable declarations of consent, I do not feel the wording quoted above would be helpful in persuading others of that. (In addition, the absence of a clearly documented process for obtaining and expressing consent doesn't help. Again, something that anybody can do, very little technical knowledge required.) "Consent" is a verb that is only useful in its transitive form. It is meaningless to say "the subject consents." Consents *to what*? "...for the use of such media" is not specific. Also, "we feel" is not language that lends itself to strong project-specific policies. -Pete [[User:Peteforsyth]]
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