On 05/16/2011 12:40 PM, Chris McKenna wrote:
On Mon, 16 May 2011, Cary Bass wrote:
On 05/16/2011 12:17 PM, Tobias Oelgarte wrote:
In Japan it is a well known topic, in India i can't see any confusion about this image (it is on the mainpage) and Turkey decided to feature this image without any concern: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anime_Girl.svg
That is a non-argument. Firstly, the Main page on many Wikipedias defaults to the Main Page on Commons, because those Wikipedias trust Commons to make appropriate choices, which it has not, unfortunately, in this instance.
Actaully, I think it has made the absolutely right choice - to stick to it's founding principle of being not censored.
Firstly, there's no such founding principle of Commons, and secondly, "not censored" is not in Commons' mission, which is being addressed.
Our goal is not to shock and surprise the end user, and in doing so, we have to respect the end user, which is not well-reflected by the make-up of the general Commons community.
We best respect our end users by doing exactly what we say we will do - i.e. provide an uncensored repository of educational and educationally useful free media.
"Uncensored" is not in the mission of Commons, you're rather blatantly inserting it here. Creating a culture of surprise and shock is not fulfilling the mission.
And no, we absolutely do not "best respect" our end users by offending them.
Chris, I think you keep making the same argument over and over again and refusing to actually take in what anyone has said in response to you--your responses to me aren't actually responding to what I'm saying, as if I or anyone else is assaulting the right of Commons to host controversial or contentious images, which I am not doing.
Cary