On Mon, 16 May 2011, Cary Bass wrote:
On 05/16/2011 12:17 PM, Tobias Oelgarte wrote:
In Japan it is a well known topic, in India i can't see any confusion about this image (it is on the mainpage) and Turkey decided to feature this image without any concern: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anime_Girl.svg
That is a non-argument. Firstly, the Main page on many Wikipedias defaults to the Main Page on Commons, because those Wikipedias trust Commons to make appropriate choices, which it has not, unfortunately, in this instance.
Actaully, I think it has made the absolutely right choice - to stick to it's founding principle of being not censored.
Our goal is not to shock and surprise the end user, and in doing so, we have to respect the end user, which is not well-reflected by the make-up of the general Commons community.
We best respect our end users by doing exactly what we say we will do - i.e. provide an uncensored repository of educational and educationally useful free media.
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