I'd like to request the removal of this graphic image of sexual torture (an uncensored image of a hooded prisoner being forced to masturbate), or have it replaced by the widely available censored version please. I was reading about Lynndie England and there is no notice of the graphic nature of this uncensored image that is contained on it and other pages. I understand that the image is under fair-use, but I don't think there is any need for this type of material on wikipedia, and I have never found other graphic material of this nature on here before. I don't know if I have completed this process correctly, but I spent 40 minutes going through the Wikipedia image deletion policy and this is the best I can do. Hope you can take this down/change it for the censored version, thank you. FrothyD (talk) 17:11, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment the image isn't hosted on en.wikipedia but on wikimedia commons, where it's considered public domain, so there is no restriction on it's use. As the image hasn't been through a deletion debate on en wikipedia, DRV isn't the venue you want. Realistically you are talking about an editorial decision as to if the image is appropriate to the article or not, you can have that discussion on the artiles talk page. If that's getting you no where then there are other venues of dispute resolution. However I don't think you'll get very far - it's fairly well established that wikipedia is not censored "...However, some articles may include images, text or links, which some people may find objectionable, when these materials are relevant to the content. Discussion of potentially objectionable content should not focus on its offensiveness but on whether it is an appropriate image, text or link.". This has been debated many times and I find it unlikely that you'll manage to prevail. Similarly the concept of putting warnings on is also not something wikipedia does - see no disclaimers in articles --86.5.93.42 (talk) 17:50, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Out of scope Whether or not to use this image isn't within Deletion Review's scope. The proper place would be the talk page of the article or articles where it's used. As the IP above correctly points out though, such a discussion would be likely futile, as WP:NOTCENSORED is a very firmly established precedent agaimst such things. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind23:37, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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