On 22/02/2008, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
On 22/02/2008, Ian Woollard ian.woollard@gmail.com wrote:
I personally think that this should be done. Even if it doesn't solve the problem entirely, it will help,
- It wont. and 2)censorship in not an area that this project exists to help in.
it's proportionate and consistent with the sources for that article, as well as the goals and policies of the wikipedia.
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Feel free to check the references from the [[Muhammad]] article itself, I did and was unable to find any images at all (except for the references from the images, but I firmly believe that those were found by begging the question and searching *for* images).
Here's what you get from a google on "Muhammad" (and ignoring articles on Muhammad Alli and other off-topic links)
*[http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.w... Wikipedia] - ignored, since not a source *[http://muhammad.net/j/index.php Prophet Muhammad] - no image *[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Muhammad.html Jewish Virtual library - Muhammad] - no image *[http://i-cias.com/e.o/muhammad.htm Looxlexia Encyclopedia Muhammad] - one veiled image (encyclopedia, not a valid source...) *[http://www.jamaat.org/islam/Muhammad.html Islam - Meaning and Message - Muhammad] - no image *[http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ISLAM/MUHAM.HTM Islam - Muhammad messenger of God] - no image *[http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/med/rodinson.html Maxime Rodinson. Muhammad.] - no image *[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9105853/Muhammad Encyclopedia Brittanica - Muhammad] - one veiled image (encyclopedia) *[http://www.pbs.org/muhammad/ PBS - Muhammad legacy of a prophet] - no image *[http://debate.org.uk/topics/theo/muhammad.htm Muhammad Apologetic Paper (Joseph Smith) - May 1995] - no image *[http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/prophet/ About the Prophet Muhammad] - no image *[http://atheism.about.com/library/FAQs/islam/blfaq_islam_muhammad.htm Agnosticism / Atheism Islam FAQ Who Was Muhammad?] - no image *[http://www.theprophetmuhammad.org/ The prophet Mohammad.org] - no image *[http://www.fatwa-online.com/aboutislaam/0020224_04.htm Who is Muhammad?] - no image *[http://www.amazon.com/Muhammad-Life-Based-Earliest-Sources/dp/0892811706 Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources (Paperback)]- no image (although one of the books icons had an image that might be gold silhouette) *[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7242258.stm Danish Muhammad cartoon reprinted] - no image *[http://www.prophetofislam.com/ Muhammad a-z] no image *[http://www.muhammadspeaks.com/] - no image ...
(I checked a few dozen more at random, found nothing, got bored)
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geni