https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40349
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Bug #: 40349
Summary: Hide / display file contents on pages depending on
tags
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: File management
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
CC: [email protected], [email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
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Files which are copied from a copyrighted source are a continuing problem on
Wikipedia. At the moment, there is not a possibility to standard hide images
for which copyright status is unclear, or to exclude such images from certain
pages (or namespaces).
I would consider to include keywords as __NODISPLAY__ and __DISPLAY__ for
images, where the __NODISPLAY__ tag is standard for images, overridden with
__DISPLAY__ when the image is properly tagged for the correct copyright (either
by using the keyword, or by proper templates which transclude the keyword).
That would make images which are not carrying any text standard be not
displayed UNTIL they deliberately are properly tagged. It somewhat enforces
editors to go that extra step and do an attempt to properly tag images they
upload.
In combination with this, non-free material which can be used under fair-use
criteria could be tagged using __DISPLAYMAINSPACEONLY__, resulting in all
images with that tag to NOT display when they are in e.g. drafts in the
user-namespace, but 'magically' appear when they .
This could also already prepare for possibilities to tag images as 'offensive',
'sexual content', etc., where users can override the display of such images by
user settings, or so page-code can do something with such images, when a wiki
would consider to give that possibility.
Additional thought is to make the images display in edit-mode, so editors can
see how the page renders with the images, but that they do not display normally
(which again may be useful when working on userspace drafts).
Note that it needs to be taken into account that images may be hosted on
commons, but transcluded on e.g. foo.wikipedia, if foo.wikipedia wants images
properly tagged (and not-display when they are not properly tagged), whereas
bar.wikipedia may not care about the tagging and just display.
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