On 16 May 2011 03:53, Aaron Adrignola <aaron.adrignola(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Commons is not censored.
However most projects are mature enough to establish quiet lists of
featured content that will not make it to the main page.
It's a beautiful scene and it would be expected
that the an imaginary tribal member would not have the American
sensitivities to toplessness.
An imaginary tribal member who's skin and hair colour are almost
exclusively limited to northern latitudes where such clothing would be
considered impractical. I'm sorry but I think the national geographic
secured exclusive rights to that argument some years ago.
There is not in any case any need to bring purely american standards into this.
Some images may offend. Some articles may
offend. We're not going to compromise our core values just to try to close
a "gap" that some feel is such a big issue, if it even exists.
1)It does exist. Denial is not a helpful response
2)not putting certain images on the main page doesn't impact our
values on way or the other.
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geni