On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 4:35 PM, Andrew Whitworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 10:22 AM, David Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I don't think it's helpful or useful to classify images that aren't >> currently being used in an article somewhere as second class, or more >> readily deletable. There are, I think it safe to say, TONS of images on >> Commons that aren't being used anywhere. So what if we have male nudes far >> in excess of what would ever need to be used in one article? The point of >> commons isn't as a hosting substitute for Wikipedia's article, it is as a >> repository of free images. For most purposes, people will only need one >> image out of a group, but offering a variety from which they can choose can >> only be beneficial. >> >> If the free-ness of an image can be reasonably disputed, fine, go ahead and >> delete it, but don't start setting up separate standards for deletion based >> on an image's use. > > It's also worth considering hypothetical books at Wikibooks or courses > at Wikversity that teach the art of nude portraits, for which a large > wealth of such images would be needed as examples. A simple search on > Amazon for "nude photography" returns many such books [1]. Just > because the nudity-related articles on Wikipedia can't use all of > these types of images doesn't mean that they are useless to our > projects. > > Obviously non-free images are a different topic entirely, and if these > images are unacceptable for other reasons then they should be handled > accordingly. However, deleting an image just because it is not > currently used at Wikipedia is awfully short-sighted.
I may imagine free books and manuals about sex, too. Sexual education is a part of modern education, as well as it is very important issue in development of personality; actually, much more important than quantum mechanics. Besides the illustration of sexual positions, such books should include illustrations of pornography, too, because this is the important part of contemporary sexuality. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
