On 13/11/11 02:19, William Allen Simpson wrote: > On 11/12/11 6:50 PM, Platonides wrote: >>> 5) We probably could use some kind of comparison utility to help >>> confirm/deny a photo or article is derived from another source. >>> >> That's not a problem in this case, as the photo /was/ in facebook. The >> problem was identifying the prior one. >> > No, a *similar* (smaller) photo was on facebook. But the reference in > commons wasn't to the photo, it was merely her own facebook page. That > triggered something in the script/search that Yann used.
Which could be a javascript link to a bigger version. > I'm sure he didn't find the similar photo, as it was no longer > visible. He'd have had to search back 63 wall photos (I just > checked). It took me over 10 minutes to find, and I knew it was > there somewhere. I'm just evaluating that comparison utility you proposed. Please elaborate with meticulously detail how that would work, not just "some kind of". > Yet we know he didn't spend 10 minutes, because he posted several > deletion pages per minute: AGF he could have been led there from a google images search, or compiled before creating. You're probably right, but Yann actions being wrong don't relate on how that "tool of some kind" should work. _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
