--- On Mon, 16/5/11, Fred Bauder <fredbaud(a)fairpoint.net> wrote:
From: Fred Bauder <fredbaud(a)fairpoint.net>
Subject: Re: [Commons-l] Fwd: [Gendergap] Photo of the Day on Wikimedia Commons
To: "Wikimedia Commons Discussion List" <commons-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Date: Monday, 16 May, 2011, 14:46
The image is derivative, see
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/wiki/File:1672_G%C3%A9rard_d…
but its theme of editorial freedom is culturally
significant, at least to
the Wikimedia movement.
Fred,
I am not sure I follow you correctly here, so do tell me if I misunderstood.
You are (perhaps ironically) suggesting that Niabot's original manga-style
artwork encapsulates a value that's important to the Wikimedia movement.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:On_the_edge_-_free_world_version.jpg
If so, how about featuring an undiscovered garage band's post-punk song
celebrating, say, freedom from censorship, on the Commons main page? Would we
do this, as an educational illustration of the post-punk/protest
song/garage band cultures?
Is it the purpose of the Commons main page to inform the world at large
about the musical and artistic talent within the Wikimedia community?
I thought our mission was providing educational material on such things as
have *already* attracted the attention of educators.
Andreas