[Wikimedia-l] Let Commons do what it knows best and use Wikidata for it and the rest

2014-06-17 Thread Gerard Meijssen
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

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Let Commons do what it knows best and use Wikidata for it and the rest

2014-06-17 Thread David Gerard
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

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Let Commons do what it knows best and use Wikidata for it and the rest

2014-06-17 Thread geni
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

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Let Commons do what it knows best and use Wikidata for it and the rest

2014-06-17 Thread James Alexander
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