On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:30:05 +0200, Daniel Schwen lists@schwen.de wrote:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/COM:PS "Private image collections and the like are generally not wanted. Wikimedia Commons is not a web host for e.g. private party photos,
Sorry, but I don't see how this applies to this specific case. Apart from the holocaust-denial connotation of these so called cartoons, the contest which they came out of was fairly well publicized in the media. So there is some encyclopedic relevance to it.
If they have encyclopedic content and they are needed* for delivering an encyclopedic message, that's it then. (Naturally, the images must be free and they mustn't break any US laws.) COM:PS applies to every file on Commons.
*I added "are needed" to the criteria because I would like Wikimedia to support responsible corporate citizenship, not just to obey the law.