Folks are terrible at agreeing what "significant" means, including some immovable admins who regularly read it as "any".
Go for it. Fae https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/LGBT+ http://telegram.me/wmlgbt On 30 Jul 2017 04:08, "Gnangarra" <[email protected]> wrote: > I light of discussion elsewhere I think we should revisit the > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Project_ > scope/Precautionary_principle > > The policy states "where there is *significant* doubt about the freedom > of a particular file, it should be deleted" yet when it comes to > nominating a file "it may be" is sufficient to delete an image to "I have a > reason to believe its not free because....." there should more onus on the > nominator at the very least show that there is a reason for doubt > > > We already have this principle with URAA nominated images "Files > nominated for deletion due to the URAA should be evaluated carefully, as > should be their copyright status under US and local laws. *A mere * > *allegation** that the URAA applies to a file cannot be the sole reason > for deletion*. If the end result of copyright evaluation is that there is > significant doubt about the freedom of a file under US or local law, the > file must be deleted in line with the precautionary principle > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Commons:Project_scope/Precautionary_principle> > ." > > I think a change from the current > > - Also, arguments that amount to "we can get away with it", such as > the following, are against Commons' aims: > > to > > - A mere allegation that the precautionary principle applies is > insufficient, likewise arguments that amount to "we can get away with > it", such as the following, are against Commons' aims: > > -- > Gnangarra > > > _______________________________________________ > Commons-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l > >
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