User talk:Matt57/Pictures of Muhammad and Wikipedia policies

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[edit] Printing Images of Muhammad: A minority tradition?

Itaqallah and ALM have suggested that since printing of Muhammad's images has not been a common affair, therefore Wikipedia too should not print the images otherwise it will be a violation of UNDUE. Images have been printed all over the World now and this is not likely to change now:

Countries where one or more of the images were published in some form
Countries where one or more of the images were published in some form

Printing of images is no longer a minority tradition and so UNDUE does not apply.

"Notable artists who have drawn Muhammed without incident include Giovanni da Modena, William Blake, Gustave Doré, and Salvador Dalí". ([1])

--Matt57 (talk•contribs) 18:56, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Recentism

Itaqallah, Recenticm is an essay which all editors dont agree with. Its not a policy (WP:NOTPOLICY): This is an essay. It is not a policy or guideline; it merely reflects some opinions of its authors.. The other two which encourage the publication of Muhammad's images are policies though.--Matt57 (talk•contribs) 13:29, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

you don't seem to appreciate that the essay is apparently supposed to outline the policy/guideline arguments presented by editors, because you are purging material simply because you don't agree with it. ITAQALLAH 13:43, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
You have attempted to present Recentism as a policy. Please see WP:NOTPOLICY. And since this is my userspace, yes, I'm able to own it, according to the discussion on ALM's page. --Matt57 (talk•contribs) 14:15, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Typical" readers

I generally agree with you, but I disagree that Muslim Wikipedia readers are somehow "atypical". Don't confuse "typical" with "majority". --P3d0 16:30, 11 July 2007 (UTC)