--- On Tue, 17/5/11, Chris McKenna cmckenna@sucs.org wrote:
From: Chris McKenna cmckenna@sucs.org
As a separate thread of discussion from my last message, I note that despite all the outrage yesterday from some quarters that we were featuring works by non-notable Wikimedians on the front page that we are doing exactly the same today.
Before anyone claims that this is not an artistic work, you should note that it contains sufficient originality to be eligible for copyright protection and that the Wikimedia Foundation sets a much higher threshold for this than some (many?) national legislatures (including the United Kingdom). In my view the skilled works of a Wikimedian should be considered equal to the skilled works of another, regardless of field or genera, when both are awarded the same status (in this case feautued status) according to the same process.
The images from today and yesterday are:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Turbo_imperialis_01.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:On_the_edge_-_free_world_version.jpg
If you are unwilling to recognise the difference in terms of educational vs. artistic content, nothing I say is likely to make any difference. Frankly, it's not even worth discussing.
Andreas