"This is horrifyingly bad proposal which would reverse one of the healthiest trends in the history of Wikipedia at the very moment when major successes are being had every single day. We should NOT rely on promotional images under unclear license conditions for a number of reasons. First, we are powerful enough now to demand, and get, freely licensed promotional images. This proposal undermines our credibility in making such demands. Second, we undercut all the flickr-types who are very very happily trying to create freely licensed alternatives. Many photographers report that it is a lot of fun to see an article improve from no picture, to *their* picture (freely licensed), and disheartening when people whine about not being able to use the professional photo, licensing be damned.
I very very strongly oppose this proposal.--Jimbo Wales 21:33, 23 December 2006 (UTC)"
what i don't understand is why he hasn't just veto'd it already, its quite within his power to do so.