[WikiEN-l] Deleting the Lolicon picture

[Steve Bennett]

On 4/7/06, BJörn Lindqvist <bjourne at gmail.com> wrote:
> Something I feel have been missed is Sam Korn's original assertion
> that "[The image deletion] process is demonstrably broken" because
> this image was not deleted by it. I believe the process is not broken
> at all, but that Sam's approach to it was wrong. If he had stuck with
> the 100% demonstrably true facts; 1. the image is not free, 2. there
> is a free replacement, then I believe the image could have been
> deleted without much fuss. But when you use emotional arguments ("This
> image is extremely harmful to Wikipedia..."), expect a filibuster.

Some of us feel that even if the image had been free, it still should
never have been included in Wikipedia. Concentrating on its copyright
status is ignoring the real debate, rather than deciding once and for
all how to deal with images that would be perceived by the public to
be child porn.

Steve