Re: [Commons-l] [Wikitech-l] Flattening a wikimedia category

2010-02-08 Thread bawolff
In response to all the category intersection/flattening stuff It's amazing how different this conversation sounds when you compare the wikitech-l one vs the commons-l one. -bawolff ___ Commons-l mailing list Commons-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Commons-l] [Wikitech-l] Flattening a wikimedia category

2010-02-08 Thread Michael Peel
Yes, it's rather confusing... ;-) Perhaps someone subscribed to both lists could summarize what this conversation is about, and what has come out of it so far? Mike On 8 Feb 2010, at 20:39, bawolff wrote: In response to all the category intersection/flattening stuff It's amazing how

Re: [Commons-l] [WikiEN-l] Images that are PD in their country of origin

2010-02-08 Thread Michael Peel
On 8 Feb 2010, at 23:05, Ken Arromdee wrote: This is also a particular problem with pictures of living people, since we've been told that since it's *possible* to take another picture of a living person, all non-free images of living people are prohibited. The official way of

[Commons-l] Imgur: Stolen Content and Social Media ’s Double Standard

2010-02-08 Thread Gregory Maxwell
This isn't a long or comprehensive essay, by any means, but I thought it was interesting counter example to the careful work done on commons: http://www.brentcsutoras.com/2010/02/08/imgur-stolen-content-social-medias-double-standard/ ___ Commons-l