Commons:Deletion requests/File:Chepstow-wassail butler.jpg
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This deletion discussion is now closed. Please do not make any edits to this archive. You can read the deletion policy or ask a question at the Village pump. If the circumstances surrounding this file have changed in a notable manner, you may re-nominate this file or ask for it to be undeleted.
Blackface! Really? 24.47.52.25 14:55, 2 December 2022 (UTC)
Keep No valid reason for deletion. Andy Dingley (talk) 16:00, 2 December 2022 (UTC)- Keep Any controversies in the folk custom are discussed on appropriate pages. It is not intrinsically racist as in other forms of blackface that are tied with stereotypes and even if it were, it would still be important to discuss in light with its potential issues, as in the 'Blackface' page, rather than pretend it doesn't exist. Ingwina (talk) 16:49, 2 December 2022 (UTC)
Speedy keep In use. Being offensive is no reason for deletion. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 18:27, 2 December 2022 (UTC)
- I agree that it is racist, offensive, and painful to view, and therefore second the nomination to remove this image. There are likely thousands of images (and hundreds in the public domain and/or stock images) that better characterise people partaking in the Wassail tradition in modern times. Note can be made in the body of the article that there are historical and contemporary records of people performing roles in blackface if it is so important to preserve this unfortunate fact. The photo is not especially representative of the topic and should be removed from the article. 66.208.251.125 23:15, 3 December 2022 (UTC)
- The photo is not especially representative of the topic and should be removed from the article. So remove it!
- (Currently in use at en:Wassail.) Brianjd (talk) 16:02, 4 December 2022 (UTC)
- Why is it racist? Are you familiar with the traditions of border morris, and how this has nothing to do with minstrelsy? Not, for that matter, that this would be any reason for deletion at Commons. Andy Dingley (talk) 21:06, 4 December 2022 (UTC)
Kept: no valid reason for deletion. --IronGargoyle (talk) 14:28, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
