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Whatever the case, we're certainly noticing a clear [[chilling effect]] here. --[[User:Kim Bruning|Kim Bruning]] 02:45, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
== Block review requested ==
Since the issue has come up elsewhere ([[WP:AN/I#Reverting_problem_tagging]]) I would like to solicit comments on my recent block by [[User:Jossi]]. Details here: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/3RR&diff=prev&oldid=129054148]
This was about tagging [[:Image:DerSturmer_stand.jpg]] as unsourced. The first edit was to tag it unsourced [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Image:DerSturmer_stand.jpg&diff=128657401&oldid=123569341], and then a revert war spun out with several participants about tagging it as {{tl|PUIdisputed}}. I see [[WP:PUI]] as different in character from {{tl|nsd}} - it serves to attract more eyes to a questionable image and offers the chance to find a suitable replacement if one is needed.
Nazi-era events are abundantly documented, and there is images available from archives all over the world. The Library of Congress, the Holocaust Museum and the German Historical Museum all have images online and offer further reading as well. It's crucial to document the provenance of an image. A recent example is [[:Image:OctopusNAS1.jpg]], which was uploaded as an example of a generic antisemitic cartoon but on closer example turned out to be attacking Churchill as the head of the supposed world-wide Zionist conspiracy.
I prefer to think that much of the material culled from websites was added in the early days of Wikipedia, when there was higher priority on generating content. Now that the project has matured it is important to vet what it uploaded - it makes us more credible.
Accusations of antisemitism are way off the mark, below the beld, and they won't help to clean out the huge backlog of unsourced imagery. [[User:Dr Zak|Dr Zak]] 03:05, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
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