The image is derivative, see
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/wiki/File:1672_G%C3%A9rard_de...
but its theme of editorial freedom is culturally significant, at least to the Wikimedia movement.
Fred
The image is also not artistically, historically, or culturally significant, unlike all the other examples you cited. The only reason it's featured is because it's sexually arousing to anime fanboys who happen to dominate the culture of Wikimedia Commons. I don't need to crawl into a semantic rabbit-hole to defend this observation. I think its obvious to any reasonable person. If the image would be embarrassing to pull up in front of a classful of students, it shouldn't be on the Commons Main Page.
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