[Foundation-l] foundation-l Digest, Vol 61, Issue 44

[Anthony]

On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 2:16 AM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>wrote:

> 2009/4/30 Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org>:
> > On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at 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.