[Foundation-l] Possible solution for image filter - magical flying unicorn pony that s***s rainbows

[Bjoern Hoehrmann]

* Tobias Oelgarte wrote:
>> The poll asked whether there should be formalized restrictions beyond
>> the existing ones (only good articles can be proposed). Voters decided
>> against that and to keep the status quo instead where it is decided on
>> a case-by-case basis which articles to feature on the main page without
>> additional formalized selection criteria that would disqualify certain
>> articles. Put differently, they decided that if someone disagress that
>> a certain article should not be featured, they cannot point to policy
>> to support their argument.
>>
>That isn't true. Since the policy states that all terms are treated 
>equal (NPOV) there is only a discussion if the date might be suitable 
>(topics with correlation to a certain date get precedence). Otherwise it 
>is decided if the quality (actuality and so on) is suitable for AotD, 
>since there might be a lot of time between the last nomination for good 
>articles and the versions might differ strongly due to recent changes. 
>If a topic is offensive or not does not play any role. Only quality 
>matters. This rule existed from the beginning and it did not change.

What I meant to say is: "if someone disagrees with featuring a certain
article, they cannot point to policy that restricts which subjects can
be featured to support their argument" as there is none and editors de-
cided against introducing any.
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