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:::I'm not sure what policy is here, but I'd like to see an image on every single page whose Title is that of a person. Page on Pres Bush? put a photo. Page on Pope Benedict? Put a photo. Page on Charlemagne? Put a painting. Page on Constantine? Put a painting. Page on St. Peter? Put a statue. Page on Moses? Put a skecth. Whatever kind of image is readily available and most verifiable should be used. The museums (and the internet) are full of pictures of Mehummud! I wrote this above: We are visual creatures. We are creatures who identify with one another by faces, expressions, countenance. We are creatures who wish to either identify with a face --- or even recoil from it. We are creatures who like (nay, need!) to put a face to a name. It is ridiculous to us in the West to have calligraphy or symbols represent a person - how did that work for the artist formerly known as Prince? We need pictuers! I need to imagine his face when I read about Muhommed (or anyone, for that matter).[[User:DocEss|DocEss]] 16:28, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
::::um, I beg to differ, it is not "ridiculous to us in the west", and we don't put random sketches even on [[Moses]]. The image has to represent a notable artistic tradition. Shia Persia ''is'' such a tradition. If there were no Persian/Shia images, we would '''''not''''' just put up with South Park's Muhammad instead. [[User:Dbachmann|dab]] <small>[[User_talk:Dbachmann|('''ᛏ''')]]</small> 16:38, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
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