On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 5:05 PM, Platonides<[email protected]> wrote: > Gregory Maxwell wrote: >> 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. > > That's a reasonable point. It's a matter of discussion for the > community, though. > I agree that those remotely loaded images are undesirable. But the > inline images at the search page are conceptually different from those > at articles. The images at the search page "belong" to the skin. > Not to mention that uploading into a wiki where they shouldn't otherwise > be allowed, will inevitably lead to someone trying to use them on articles.
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