Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/October 31, 2011

I cannot believe this is a featured article. It is the most obscene and revolting article I have ever come across on wikipedia. Whereas the article may be well written, the topic is abhorrent. What a sick and twisted mind one must have to write such a story. I wish I could go back in time and -not- have gone to wikipedia today. I believe Wiki has dropped the ball on this one. Thumbs down, wikipedia. Vince (talk) 01:06, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yea I agree with this view. The front page of Wikipedia should have some considerations on what is morally acceptable and on what might be a bad impression of Wikipedia to others. Especially with the many people who visit the front page of Wikipedia every day, there is a significant number of them who are NOT MATURE audiences as the movie is intended to be for. - M0rphzone (talk) 05:32, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Image should be removed. Entirely innappropriate for front page. JFitch (talk) 02:25, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

If I remember right it's also against the rules since it's a fair use image. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CatholicW (talk • contribs) 03:01, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No, it was approved through WP:OTRS. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 04:07, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed the image. People can click through to view the images if they would like, but people coming here out of the blue have no choice but to view it. (note re. possible bias: I originally opposed this article at TFA/R but have since reconsidered that; it's extremely well-written and we do not discriminate against article topics based solely on our personal tastes and preferences) Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 04:07, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Vince. This TFA was a bad idea. The right thing to do would be to pick another TFA having something, anything to do with Halloween (the current topic does not). However since this TFA went through a vote there's no face-saving, policy based way to do the right thing. So we're stuck with a nazi-inspired story about 3 people's anuses on the world's preeminent encyclopedia's front page. FAIL. Abe Froman (talk) 04:28, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]