On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Mike Godwin <mnemo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I just had a thought -- what if it were possible for a user to > categorically > > block views of any images that are not linked to in any project's article > > pages? Presumably, those Commons images that are found in articles are > > relevant and appropriately encyclopedic (speaking generally -- I also > assume > > there are some exceptions). > > A good number of the deleted images were in use... so I don't quite > know about that, but lets assume it to be true. > What is the issue that you're trying to solve? I thought the issue was with images which aren't (or, at least, shouldn't be) used on any project. Yes, Jimbo confused the issue by deleting some images which were (and/or should be) used in Wikipedia, but I thought we were pretty much all in agreement that this was a mistake. > Images that were just "dumped" to Commons > > without being associated with any particular article would still be > > available to those who were looking for them -- perhaps to complement a > > particular article that needs illustration -- but the umpteenth > superfluous > > porn shot (or unconnected Muhammed image) would be invisible to those who > > chose this option. > > > > Obviously, this notion is too cute to actually be helpful, but I thought > I'd > > share it. > > It has an enormously cute strawman answer: If you don't want to see > images which aren't used inline in another wiki, don't look at commons > at all! By definition any image in use in a Wikipedia is available > outside of commons. :) > Well, yeah, exactly. How the issue got moved from non-educational porn to educational yet offensive images, I really don't know. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l