Anthanasius opened this issue on Jul 25, 2009 · 43 posts
ahudson posted Tue, 28 July 2009 at 4:46 AM
Bringing the subject back to what the original poster was pointing out, images shouldn't be posted without being tagged for nudity if they do contain nudity. So that's really the end of that.
I guess the discussion has just drifted into a) what is nudity on a 3D graphics forum and b) how prudish some people can be - being offended by viewing apparently nude images.
The answer to a) can be really difficult to answer. Images can be extremely lifelike these days, especially if postworked. Even toon images can be graphic and maybe offend some people.
When it boils down to it, I guess, there are all types, in all cultures that can view these galleries and as such some system must be in place to avoid people accidentally falling foul of workplace rules, religious rules or even authorityes rules in the culture in which they live.
I feel Rendo's system of tagging is too limited though Nudity, Violence & Language are extremely broad terms. There should be graduated levels of each, possibly two or three levels.
The depiction of a nipple hardly merits nudity warnings but with the existing system it is flagged as nudity. Something more explicit needs a greater warning and graphic nudity needs a more extreme level of warning.
I feel that the fact there are discussions like this one, brought about by relatively minor issues such as the initial poster's query, highlights a problem with the advisory tagging system as it stands.
Renderosity need to review the system, make it more flexible and bring it more in to line with prevailing attitudes.