ps. Michael deserves big thanks for his great work on this :-)

On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 6:55 PM, Michael Maggs <[email protected]> wrote:

> Users' views on the need for subject-consent for photographs of
> identifiable people vary hugely, from "why should we need consent
> anyway?" to "any photo that has no subject consent is obviously illegal
> and msut be deleted".  This divergence of views is causing uncertainty
> and inconsistent keep/delete decisions on Deletion Requests.  The
> uncertainty is harming not also Commons but also its Wiki "customers".
>
> I have made a proposal with a view to obtaining consensus for a middle
> ground, at
>
>
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Photographs_of_identifiable_people/Proposal
>
> More comments are needed on the talk page, especially - if I may be
> permitted to canvass mildy - from users who have views that are not at
> one end or the other of the spectrum.   Please don't just leave the
> discussion to those with very strong views.
>
> Michael
>
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