2011/7/22 Lodewijk lodewijk@effeietsanders.org:
Hi Susana, we indeed discussed this in Berlin as well. In the Netherlands we had some images overly edited ( for example http://www.flickr.com/photos/drutenonline/5040086616/in/pool-1516413@N22/%C2.... We decided in Berlin that we would leave it up to the jury, assuming that this specific issue would be covered sufficiently by the "useful on Wikipedia" jury instruction. It might be indeed a good idea to suggest to always also submit the original. Of course editing and then submitting is only allowed if the photo is own work, and editing other people's work would not result in a valid new submission.
This picture is typical example of HDR - in case of HDR - there is no single original... HDR-s are made as a mix of set of shots of one picture. HDR is quite often a very usefull as a documentary - especially for night shots and poor light conditions. I think for such a cases the jury might decide if the the picture is OK - or it is over-edited... Just general requirement for good-quality pictures in Commons could be used: