The image is derivative, see https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/wiki/File:1672_G%C3%A9rard_de_Lairesse_-_Allegory_of_the_Freedom_of_Trade.jpg
but its theme of editorial freedom is culturally significant, at least to the Wikimedia movement. Fred > The image is also not artistically, historically, or culturally > significant, > unlike all the other examples you cited. The only reason it's featured is > because it's sexually arousing to anime fanboys who happen to dominate > the > culture of Wikimedia Commons. I don't need to crawl into a semantic > rabbit-hole to defend this observation. I think its obvious to any > reasonable person. If the image would be embarrassing to pull up in front > of > a classful of students, it shouldn't be on the Commons Main Page. > > Ryan Kaldari > _______________________________________________ > Commons-l mailing list > Commons-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l > _______________________________________________ Commons-l mailing list Commons-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l
