On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 8:19 AM, Lodewijk <lodew...@effeietsanders.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > With all the Wikimedia events it is a problem that keeps coming back: > whether participants do or do not want to be photographed. Often we get to > a very crude binary result: either everything is allowed, or nothing at > all. And still most people seem to violate that simply. > > Hence, I was thinking whether a more personal and photo specific option > would be available - allowing people to veto certain pictures before they > get 'really' published. After all, Commons doesn't allow deletion simply > because you dont like the quality or dont want to become public in that > position. > > Would it be an option to create a staging area, where people can upload > their event photos of Wikimedia events, and where people can simply veto > their own pictures? The vetoing doesnt have to be water tight, but rather > easy. A password to enter the staging area for that specific event could be > given to the participants where they can check the photos and veto them. > Then we can proceed with 'no veto = published' and mass upload the > non-vetoed photos after a while to Wikimedia Commons. > > If we can develop this centrally (and make it available to all Wikimedia > events) or install something on Wikimedia servers that already does this, > that would save a lot of event organizers headaches. Any feedback, anyone > who would be willing and able to pick this up? > >
This is a really good idea, Lodewijk! Keeping track of who does and doesn't want their photos up on Commons (and which photos they want) can be quite a hassle. -Sage _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
