Since when is the German Wikipedia under the domain of German jurisdiction? The German Wikipedia is an international project hosted in the United States. Am I missing something here?
Ryan Kaldari On 9/16/11 3:48 AM, Tobias Oelgarte wrote: > That is an legal issue. We do that to comply with the law, since that > image isn't in public domain under German jurisdiction. This has nothing > to do with hiding perfectly legal content. Additionally an optional > filter would not help to make it legal. Filter or no filter wouldn't > change a thing. > > Two different topics, one wrong assumption. > > Tobias > > Am 16.09.2011 12:39, schrieb emijrp: >> Hi all; >> >> There are more issues with images in German Wikipedia. >> >> It is funny how German Wikipedia doesn't allow images[1] (image added by >> me[2] in de:, and later removed by other[3]) because they follow the most >> restrictive copyright law from Germany, Austria and Switzerland[note 1], but >> they are now against giving people the choice to hide images. >> >> I think that we can do a nice move here. We can enable image filter in >> German Wikipedia for all those who don't want to see >> copyrighted-images-for-German-law, meanwhile allowing other people to see >> all Commons splendour. Using the image filter to improve the rights of >> readers of German Wikipedia. Very cool, right? ; ) >> >> Regards, >> emijrp >> >> [1] >> http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bildrechte#Wikipedia_richtet_sich_nach_DACH-Recht >> [2] http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alexander_Knox&oldid=81377280 >> [3] http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Knox >> >> [note 1] I heard there are German speaking users outside Europe, right? I >> heard too that, from Germany, you can follow interwiki and see that images >> in other Wikipedias, right? So, what is the sense of that policy? Are not >> the servers in USA? >> >> 2011/9/16 Tobias Oelgarte<[email protected]> >> >>> Dear readers >>> >>> Yesterday, on September 15th 2011, the German Wikipedia closed the poll >>> (Meinungsbild) "Einführung persönlicher Bildfilter". [1] It asked the >>> question if the personal image filter can be introduced or if it should >>> not be introduced. >>> >>> A strong majority of 86% percent voted to not allow the personal image >>> filter [2] , despite the fact that the board already decided to >>> introduce the feature. >>> >>> The questions are: >>> * Will the board or the WMF proceed with the introduction of the >>> personal image filter against the will of it's second largest community? >>> * If the WMF/board does not care about the first question. Will it >>> affect the way the personal image filter will be implemented? For >>> example: Not for all projects. A different implementation as suggested >>> inside the "image filter referendum". >>> * Will there be an attempt to follow this example and to question other >>> communities the same question? >>> >>> Greetings from >>> Tobias Oelgarte >>> >>> [1] >>> >>> http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meinungsbilder/Einf%C3%BChrung_pers%C3%B6nlicher_Bildfilter >>> [2] >>> >>> http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meinungsbilder/Einf%C3%BChrung_pers%C3%B6nlicher_Bildfilter#Auswertung >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> foundation-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> foundation-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >> > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
