It is not a best practice but we should not fight against watermark. We should inform the uploader about free licence and the fact that one can remove the watermark and reupload another picture (please do not overwrite or engage in edit war for watermarks:p)
Sincerely, 2015-11-05 13:15 GMT+01:00 Rebecca O'Neill <[email protected]>: > Just as a note from the Irish team, when we contact the winner who has an > image with a watermark, we request that they upload one without. Generally > it is just that people don't understand that it is not best practice on > Commons, and it is just habit that photographers add them. > > On 5 November 2015 at 12:12, Nicu Buculei <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 12:49 PM, ecemaml @ es.wikipedia >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Just a quick watching of the available pictures promoted to the >> > international phase and some questions, comments, remarks... >> [...] >> > Pictures with watermarks: >> > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baldunngan.jpg >> >> Note that the respective watermark falls under "discouraged", not >> "unacceptable": https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Watermarks >> >> >> >> -- >> nicu :: http://photoblog.nicubunu.ro/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments >> http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org >> > > > > -- > PhD candidate at the University of Hull - Media & Memory Research > Initiative <http://www2.hull.ac.uk/fass/mamri.aspx> > > <http://www2.hull.ac.uk/fass/drama,-music-and-screen/screen/digital-media-research.aspx> > Deputy Chairperson of Wikimedia Community Ireland > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ireland_Community> > Blogs rebecca-oneill.com and The Restless Curator > <http://restlesscurator.rebecca-oneill.com/> > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org > -- Pierre-Selim
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