On 19 Sep 2009, at 21:47, Ray Saintonge wrote: > Credit to "Wikipedia" is about as much as you can realistically > expect. > For the many who don't even realize that they can edit themselves > Wikipedia is only one monolithic entity. The thought process that > distinguishes individual Wikipedia contributors from the monolith only > begins when they become aware of their own ability to edit.
This may be true for text, but it isn't true in the case of media files. I've uploaded a number of photographs taken by myself to Commons, and they've been appropriately credited mostly as I've requested (i.e. to my name) in various non-Wiki places. As long as the requested attribution is clear on the image page (possible caveat: and is required by the license), then most reputable places will attribute correctly. There are always some notable repeat offenders, which can be taken to task, and the odd mistake/someone not knowing better. But on the whole, people do read the attribution section of the information boxes. Mike _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
