On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 3:39 PM, Kevin Gorman <kgorman(a)gmail.com> wrote:
David: I haven't seen anyone assert that the image
in question isn't a
violation of the principle of least astonishment. I've seen several people
suggest the image was acceptable for other reasons. If you can articulate
a reasonable (i.e., not full of snark and one that indicates you've read at
least most of the ongoing discussion) argument that putting the image in
question on Commons frontpage (and the frontpage of numerous other projects
in the process,) is not a violation of the principle of least astonishment,
I'd love to hear it. Especially if you craft your argument to recognize
the fact that the image was both displayed on projects that didn't speak
any of the languages it was captioned in, and given that most Wikimedia
viewers can't actually play our video formats. I guess you could argue
that the resolution only says that the board "supports" the POLA rather
than requires it, but that's a rather weak argument for putting a grainy
black and white stack of dead corpses linking to a video many can't play
that's only captioned in a handful of langauges on the frontpage of a
project that serves projects in 287 different languages.
I think David was reacting to your bold assertion that the next time you
determine Commons has violated a Board resolution, drastic action would be
taken. This suggests some certainty on your part that the Board and
stewards agree with your judgment. I haven't seen evidence of that. You can
certainly advocate that action be taken, but dire warnings of certain
consequences seem a bit beyond your authority to issue.