On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 2:16 AM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
2009/4/30 Anthony <wikimail(a)inbox.org>rg>:
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Thomas Dalton
<thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com
wrote:
Should
commons allow images which are biased?
Can an image be biased out of context?
Can text?
I suppose not - the same principles apply to Wikisource as apply to
Commons.
Commons allows original works. Wikisource does not. The same principle
ought to apply, but the same application of that principle cannot.
It is the
usage of the images
that may or may not be biased, the images
themselves are inherently
neutral.
It's not clear to me what that is supposed to mean, but from my
understanding of what you're saying I think I have to disagree. I would
say
that
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Racistcampaignposter1.jpg
,
the image in itself, is biased, but that the
context at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Racistcampaignposter1.jpg renders it
neutral.
There isn't really any context there, though. Just a few details about
the source and the licensing.
The very title of the page is enough of a context, in my opinion. I'm not
sure what you mean by "really any" context, but there clearly is some
context.