Azure Fang
Oh no, he's here?
I agree, to a point. I’ve never agreed with the stance of keeping objectively inferior (such as censored in addition to censored, unless the censorship enhances or significantly changes the image) or otherwise unnecessary duplicates (such as alt. formats when one format is legitimately universally supported). This includes prior versions of “corrected” images, such as keeping >>501754 (nsfw, foalcon) in addition to >>527634 (nsfw, foalcon). However, when an artist explicitly desires to have these alternates, that should be honored.
That said, a distinction would need to be made: Where is the line drawn on “inferior”? What about sketches and sketch progress compared to the complete work? How do SFW vs. NSFW alternates differ in this regard when the differences sometimes amount to a single line or curve? And how is censored vs. uncensored significantly different from low-effort edits in terms of inferiority? Just some additional considerations.
That said, a distinction would need to be made: Where is the line drawn on “inferior”? What about sketches and sketch progress compared to the complete work? How do SFW vs. NSFW alternates differ in this regard when the differences sometimes amount to a single line or curve? And how is censored vs. uncensored significantly different from low-effort edits in terms of inferiority? Just some additional considerations.