Quote - With Aiko and Hiro - well, you remember a few months ago when the MP decided to classify all Aiko characters as children? And the resultant uproar... So the admins reviewed the decision and ruled that we would call 'em individually. With that in mind, I can't realistically see us putting a blanket "nude aiko ban" in the galleries.

Yes, but the problem seems to be lack of consistency.

There are some very cute but  very young-looking nude Aikos in the MP,  yet other Aikos in the gallery that look older are being removed and the artist warned.

That's the problem. It just doesn't make sense.

It was  stated that  the policy in the MP came about because of PayPal threatening to remove their payment method from this site (I doubt they would have done that because it's bad business practice to cut off their customers. It costs them money in their pocket) unless the nudity policy was changed in the MP.

So now based on that, it would seem that the policy in the MP should be more strict than that of the gallery  because earlier in this thread it was stated that the policy for the MP is  NOT the same as for the gallery and the policy from the MP does NOT extend to the gallery.

It seems to me that the problem is a matter of "too many cooks".  Right now it seems that every site staff person has their hand in this pot and because of that the decisions are have been mixed.

I think what you need to form an official committee who will be the sole ones acting as judges on images both in the MP and in the gallery.  It could be 3 people (odd number so that there are no ties), with 1 person as a backup if one of the other 3 are not available.  All decisions regarding figure age would be determined by those 3 individuals and no one else.  If one of them is sick or on vacation or unable to be present, then the 4th person, the backup would be consulted.

If a very young looking nude Aiko is allowed in the MP, and the stricter policy of nudity in the MP has no bearing on the Gallery, then there is no reason for the Aikos that appear older than those in the gallery to be pulled.

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