Hoi,
- Many people no longer trust Commons to store their media files. People
are more certain that their files will remain available when they upload
media files to their own project.
- Many media files exist on many projects waiting for transfer to
Commons. It does not happen and
On 17 June 2014 20:53, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com wrote:
The opportunity exist to have all this data in one multimedia Wikidata.
It would mean that when a Commons admin decides for his reasons that a file
is no longer available, that a local admin can address his reasons and
On 17 June 2014 21:06, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:
I predict this will be unacceptable to Commons admins. The reasons
advanced will be legal fears. (The actual reasons will be loss of
power for Commons admins banned on a pile of other projects.)
Not all of us are banned on other
I believe they are generally supposed to be listed at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Non-free_content which looks relatively up
to date, though it does not look like the resolution actually requires it.
James Alexander
Legal and Community Advocacy
Wikimedia Foundation
(415) 839-6885 x6716