Primal opened this issue on Oct 23, 2006 · 732 posts
SK2Design posted Tue, 24 October 2006 at 11:18 AM
For what it's worth, I'm putting forth my opinion, though first, I'd like to address jevans69's post.
I'm afraid I fail to see where the 'schoolyard mentality' is applicable to this site. This is not a private site, and the reason the 'bills get paid' is due to customers purchasing from the Market Place. It's the artists and paying customers who do pay the bills. With that being the case, it would seem to me that if anyone has a right to make suggestions in how the site is run, at least to some degree, it's the ones keeping the site in business. If you want to use the 'bat, ball and backyard' analogy, then by rights, those items are shared by those the site makes their money from, namely, the merchant's sales. If the site was forking out all the money from their own pocket to keep this site running, that would be an entirely different story.
Having said that, I do understand the need for rules on any site, however, the one word which, in my opinion is definitive when it comes to passing judgement on artwork, and what is or isn't appropriate, is 'subjective.' There are going to be images which can be considered blatant by the vast majority of the site and its members. There are those images however, where it appears a select few make a ruling, regardless if a majority disagrees. I've seen morphs created for Victoria 3 which, in my opinion, make her appear younger than 18. Does that make my opinion right or wrong, or is it a general understanding that V3 'has' to be 18 or over?
With Aiko, just how old is this cartoon character? I put forth that question in a very serious manner. I don't think she fits in with the MilBaby, the MilChildren, or the MilTeens. Further, I think The Girl fits in the same basic category as Aiko because she's a cartoon character.
I put forth the suggestion that the TOS include clearly defined statements regarding these two characters. Either there's absolutely no nudity, or there can be. Leave no room for error, and take the burden off the artists in trying to 'guess' at what might be okay to post. This 'yes', 'no', 'maybe' issue is cumberson, at the very least, and as it's been proven, not only puts the burden of guesswork on the artists (only to have them sometimes shot down later), but also breeds animosity to the point of where we've already lost a number of artists with others in the process of making arrangements to leave.
In closing, I'd like to thank you, Stacey, since you plan to take steps to discuss this with other members of the team. Thank you. I may pull Aiko and The Girl off the dusty shelf yet.