This illustrates the whole problem with this area, finding a middle ground.
Although many of our potential readers might object to these images they are
unobjectionable. That should not rule out sensible limits on offensive
images. But we seem on Votes for Deletion to be running into some problems.
I think one of the problems is a lack of feedback from consumers which
affects those who take an extreme position. In the real world there are
costs associated with exceeding reasonable bounds.
Fred
From: "Tony Sidaway"
<minorityreport(a)bluebottle.com>
Reply-To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l(a)Wikipedia.org>
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 15:38:39 -0000 (GMT)
To: <wikien-l(a)Wikipedia.org>
Subject: [WikiEN-l] NPOV and category-based image filtering
We are supposed to do so in a manner consistent with the neutral point of
view. Deciding that Leonardo's Vitruvian Man or Ann Druyan's drawing for
the Voyager plaque should not be displayed on the page seems to me to be
inescapably bound to the point of view that drawings of naked humans are
unacceptable.