I think that's too strict in some ways; it depends. If we're talking about commons, certainly. If we're talking about wikipedia, I'd prefer a necessity test. In other words, would a non-sexual image do a worse job at illustrating the article? If so, include a sexual image. If not, don't.

On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 8:38 PM, Andreas Kolbe <jayen466@yahoo.com> wrote:
--- On Thu, 17/2/11, Ryan Kaldari <rkaldari@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Yep, try http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:People_using_vacuum_cleaners

So do we all agree that the Principle of Least Astonishment needs to be encoded into some kind of policy or guideline? In other words, images with a sexual context should only appear in articles/categories that also have a sexual context. Otherwise, Wikipedia naturally tends towards an editorial policy dictated by 20-year-old single white males who see no problem with keeping pictures of naked women in every corner of Wikipedia and Commons.

                               
Yes.



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