User talk:BostonMA/ImageDisputeSummary

'''This page is a sandbox page. Please do not edit it without permission'''

The dispute over depictions of Muhammad in the Muhammad article have been summarized as follows:
 * the major sides of the issue:
 * Encyclopedic depictions of Muhammad should be included in the article. Removal on the basis of relevance or notability may be discussed on a per-image basis.
 * Depictions of Muhammad should not be included in the article since they are offensive to many Muslims who read Wikipedia, and the depictions may be made available in a separate article (such as Depictions of Muhammad).

I think that in order to arrive at a solution to the conflict we need to understand what the conflict is about. I believe that the desciption of the dispute does not accurate present the two major sides.

Bullet one states that "Removal on the basis of relevance or notability may be discussed on a per-image-basis". The author of this summary has stated that "informativeness" is implicity in encyclopedicity, and hence bullet point one should read "Removal on the basis of lack of relevance, notability or lack of informativeness may be discussed on a per-image basis.

However, in practice, when discussion was attempted regarding a particular image (i.e. Images:maome.jpg, informativeness, those in favor of the image didd not discuss the specifics of the issue, but rather, argued for why the such specifics were not important.

For approximately one year, thhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:BostonMA/ImageDisputeSummary&action=edite Muhammad article contained the miraj image

On Sept. 2, 2006, this edit added a large image of Muhammad to the article, with the disgusting caption:
 * "Picture of the mythological paedophile and prophet Muhammad or Mohammed also Pig faced cunt, affectionately known as Mo."

The edit was reverted, reinserted, reverted again, reinserted again, once again reverted, once again reinserted, removed again in a now familiar story. The following day, a similar war occured with an image that is now deleted.

Recentism

and