[WikiEN-l] overzealous image deletion?

[Justin Cormack]

On 3 Dec 2006, at 20:25, Matthew Brown wrote:

> On 12/3/06, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 12/3/06, Steve Summit <scs at eskimo.com> wrote:
>>> Also, if someone could let me know where this new policy has been
>>> discussed, I'd appreciate it, so that I can register my (belated)
>>> opinion on it.
>>
>> Isn't new exactly people have just finaly decided to inforce the
>> policies we have had for a long time.
>
> Hmm, not exactly.  People have decided to interpret the policies we've
> had for a long time in a way that was not previously accepted.

No, it has been accepted but not enforced. It has always been agreed  
that
we dont accept fair use images when we can have free ones. We are a free
encyclopaedia - thats the whole idea.

Justinc