[Commons-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Racism in Commons

[Samuli Lintula]

On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:30:05 +0200, Daniel Schwen <lists at schwen.de> wrote:

>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/COM:PS
>> "Private image collections and the like are generally not wanted.
>> Wikimedia Commons is not a web host for e.g. private party photos,
>
> Sorry, but I don't see how this applies to this specific case. Apart  
> from the
> holocaust-denial connotation of these so called cartoons, the contest  
> which
> they came out of was fairly well publicized in the media. So there is  
> some
> encyclopedic relevance to it.

If they have encyclopedic content and they are needed* for delivering an  
encyclopedic message, that's it then. (Naturally, the images must be free  
and they mustn't break any US laws.) COM:PS applies to every file on  
Commons.

*I added "are needed" to the criteria because I would like Wikimedia to  
support responsible corporate citizenship, not just to obey the law.

-- 
Ystävällisin terveisin,
Samuli Lintula