El_Grafo added a comment.
In T166094#8310375 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T166094#8310375>, @TheDJ wrote: > I have some other points that should be taken into consideration > > 1. Having a default alt tag, will increase the size of an img transclusion on pages, which seems something to keep an eye on. > 2. Review... In much the same way as default content from wikidata was a problem for en.wp, I suspect that default content for alt tags from Commons might be a problem for that community. It would be the first text content from Commons that by default becomes part of wp articles, sourced by search engines etc. There is a vandalism angle possible there, and they may argue that Commons' review processes are not setup to detect that, so that might become a conflict point. > 3. Per the law of levels of investment required to get something useful... This is likely only to benefit en.wp in any sort of substantial level. Other languages will stil mostly be left out. > 4. It could be a distinguishing feature to have multi lingual alt text of very popular media items. 2. is an important point. But this task here is about being able to //offer// alt texts on Commons. That's certainly not something to force down anyone's throat. Whether or not individual wikis actually want to use them, would be a decision best left up to them. And that decision should be made long after the community at Commons has had a chance to actually add some alt texts and figure out how to handle the system. 3. Yes, most texts would probably be in English, but that doesn't mean that only en.wikipedia would benefit (if they chose to use it). I'm sure other English language projects like en.wikivoyage could benefit just as well. Could use them on Commons itself, pipe them through InstantCommons, offer them to search engines, ... TASK DETAIL https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T166094 EMAIL PREFERENCES https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/settings/panel/emailpreferences/ To: El_Grafo Cc: TheDJ, Chidgk1, El_Grafo, Metamorforme42, SyntaxTerror, Nikki, DrMel, Sdkb, Base, FRomeo_WMF, Multichill, CBogen, Conny, putnik, KH32, Ainali, Michael, Abbe98, Pigsonthewing, Bugreporter, Tgr, Dvorapa, thiemowmde, Lydia_Pintscher, Izno, Whatamidoing-WMF, Aklapper, Astuthiodit_1, karapayneWMDE, bwang, Invadibot, Mooeena, GFontenelle_WMF, maantietaja, Y.ssk, Muchiri124, ItamarWMDE, Nintendofan885, Akuckartz, Nandana, JKSTNK, Lahi, Gq86, E1presidente, Ramsey-WMF, Cparle, SandraF_WMF, GoranSMilovanovic, QZanden, Orienteerix, Tramullas, Acer, LawExplorer, Flycatchr, Salgo60, Zppix, Silverfish, _jensen, rosalieper, Taiwania_Justo, Scott_WUaS, Susannaanas, Volker_E, Ixocactus, Wong128hk, Fuzheado, Jane023, Wikidata-bugs, matthiasmullie, aude, Daniel_Mietchen, Dinoguy1000, Ricordisamoa, Wesalius, Raymond, Steinsplitter, Mbch331, Jay8g
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