Incidentally, that little piece of original art is also the picture of the
day on several Wikipedias' main pages; among them the Russian and Bulgarian
Wikipedias.
The image itself has been nominated for deletion in Commons by User:AndreasPraefcke, as
out of scope.
A.
--- On Mon, 16/5/11, Andreas Kolbe <jayen466(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Andreas Kolbe <jayen466(a)yahoo.com>
Subject: [Foundation-l] Commons as an art gallery?
To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List"
<foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>rg>, "Wikimedia Commons Discussion List"
<commons-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>rg>, "Increasing female participation in Wikimedia
projects" <gendergap(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Date: Monday, 16 May, 2011, 16:40
There is a long thread on the Commons
and Gendergap lists about today's
featured image on Commons:
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/commons-l/2011-May/
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2011-May/
It's an original piece of art by a Wikimedian, "in the
style of" erotic
manga:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:On_the_edge_-_free_world_version.jpg
The picture was removed from the main page by a WMF staff
member, acting as
an ordinary editor, and then restored a few hours later by
a Commons admin.
Aspects of the image that have been discussed include the
fact that
* it has no noteworthy artistic value
* it is used to showcase a Wikimedian's artwork on the
project main page
* it lacks educational value, being the work of a
non-notable Wikimedian
* it makes the Foundation look puerile
* it might turn off serious educators
* it might turn off older people
* it might turn off schools
* it might turn off women
* it might turn off institutions owning valuable content
from donating to the Foundation
* it is the victim of cultural fascism directed against
manga/anime
* it is the victim of prudery
* it is the victim of censorship
* not showing the image on the mian page would undermine
the Foundation's mission
etc. etc.
This is really a Foundation topic though. Are projects'
main pages there to
showcase Wikimedians' fine art? If yes, then why do we not
have songs by
unsigned garage bands "in the style of ..." as featured
media of the day?
Should the Foundation establish guidelines on what type of
content to feature
on project main pages?
Crossposted to Foundation-l, Commons-l and Gendergap.
Andreas
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