# Talk:M. C. Escher

I read the comment above about non-free images and reverted edits with a knowing "sagging of the shoulders", having lived through it myself. I'm glad the two editors involved seemed to come out on speaking terms. My observation here is for Wikipedia at large. It stems from me coming to the Escher article to see some images, after reading about him elsewhere. Not an image to be seen. All quiet in here.

Question: What is an encyclopaedia that can't carry pictures of the work of visual artists? Answer: Nothing.
In this case, @User:Thumperward should be allowed to add in a few pictures, by working the system, for instance, using them to compare to other artists that preceded Escher, etc. @User:Chiswick Chap should apologise for doing wholesale reverts without contacting Thumperward, and help him navigate the copyright policy.

The real fix though, is the Wikipedia Foundation changing the way they are. The notion of anyone being able to edit is good. The notion that volunteers must do everything is bad. Wikipedia needs full time staff editors to help resolve these issues, and senior leadership that can deal with issues like copyright at source that are destroying the experience.
For instance, leadership could put a policy in place of having paid editors contact the estates or agents of visual artists, and getting permission to use images of their work in Wikipedia. This is how publishers make art books. What artist wouldn't want to have their work in Wikipedia?

Wikipedia's mission is to  "Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge." Except visual images of all the artists who have not been dead for 70 years. That is an epic fail, that only Jimmy Wales can come back and fix, or the current Executive Director.
2605:8D80:4C1:3ED4:9567:5E26:CAD0:FB38 (talk) 21:40, 17 June 2025 (UTC)

Well, thanks. We volunteers do our best, within the rules. Talk pages are purely for discussing individual articles and are "not forums", per policy; comments like this one on policy matters should be on policy talk pages, not here. Chiswick Chap (talk) 23:23, 17 June 2025 (UTC)

M.C Escher weas tributed in the old flash game "Adventure Quest Worlds" back in 2008 with a character and an entire saga embracing his artstyle, math references and "Escherion" himself as the main antagonist. Source: http://aqwwiki.wikidot.com/escherion-monster-1 Gristle8368 (talk) 22:49, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

@Gristle8368, we can't use a wiki as a source. But if you find any reliable sources that discuss it, you can suggest it here for inclusion. Schazjmd (talk) 22:58, 1 November 2025 (UTC)