On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Brion Vibber wrote:
> El 5/14/09 3:16 PM, private musings escribió:
>> - Commons currently hosts many pictures, taken in a public place, without
>> the apparent permission of the subject...
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>> highly unlikely to me to be genuinely released under a fre
El 5/14/09 3:16 PM, private musings escribió:
> - Commons currently hosts many pictures, taken in a public place, without
> the apparent permission of the subject, of various folk in various states
> of
> undress (think topless women at the beach as the best example) - I think
> th
fair enough, Pedro - I certainly don't want any weight, in terms of
argument, placed on my opinion that this matters - I'd much rather stick to
the substantive issues of the matter at hand it's more about discussing
wether or not it's a problem that wmf hosts pic.s of topless chicks on the
beac
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 6:06 PM, private musings wrote:
> Re : Pedro - heh... I take your point - doesn't mean we shouldn't talk
> about
> the merits of the point at hand, though, no? If there's an improvement to
> be
> made, that's gonna be a good thing regardless of the opinion that it's also
>
Re : Masti - I agree with your position that if the license seems suspect,
and the contributor can't (or won't) provide something a bit more, then the
image should be deleted - that's not the consensus on commons however, for
what that's worth - these doubts have been raised, and the image remains.
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 5:16 PM, private musings wrote:
>
> I believe that this is an example of principle overriding pragmatism in a
> way that has great potential to cause the project harm - both in reputation
> and utility. If you're reading this and are a bit confuddled about the
> parameters
Re : This having been discussed, and my opinions being vigorously shot down
- well yes, both you and Mike are largely correct - which to my mind is
actually cause for concern for the sensibly minded - it's also my opinion
that there's many such folk out there - many of whom choose not to get
involv
This one's been discussed ad nauseam already, and I think the community's
discussions pretty unambiguously tend towards keep.
FMF
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 2:18 AM, Andre Engels wrote:
> My opinion on this is clear: Commons should welcome both photographs
> and pictures. Whether a project shows
My opinion on this is clear: Commons should welcome both photographs
and pictures. Whether a project shows a picture or a photograph should
be the project's decision, not that of Commons. Some may prefer one,
others the other. Sexuality is in scope on Wikimedia projects, so its
images are in scope
