On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Platonides <[email protected]> wrote:
> eswiki doesn't allow Fair Use images. It doesn't even allow loacl uploads.
> I could upload it at commons, but would be deleted in hours. Uploading
> at enwiki might be an option, but not a good one. English Wikipedia
> images are not there to serve other projects, and although they could
> survive more time would finally be deleted.
>
> Another option would be the toolserver but:
> a) I don't have an account there (yet).
> b) I was afraid of producing too much load for the toolserver.
> Also, it might need a special provision, per Duesentrieb's email (that
> may need to be clarified at the rules page).

It makes absolutely no sense for ES wiki to forbid a particular kind
of image but then allow it to be inlined unless its some file the WMF
couldn't legally host (and also wouldn't forbid as a part of the WP
content).

One of the main purposes in restricting non-free materials is to keep
the content of the WP freely available… from the prospective of a user
of Wikipedia a remotely loaded inline image is equivalent to a locally
hosted image, except that the remotely loaded image violates their
privacy.

If ES wouldn't permit the upload for this purpose then they ought not
permit the inline injection.

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