[WikiEN-l] Re: yet another image lost for posterity

[Anthere]

Norvy wrote:
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Upload&wpDestFile=SablePlante.JPG
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>>yet another image deleted
>>*without any personal warning to the uploader
>>*even though it was uploaded before the tags ever existed...
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>>I find that pityful. Really pityful. Really really pityful.
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> To be fair, you were asked to tag them on December 16th, 2004.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Anthere/box#Image_tagging
> Seems like plenty of warning to me.
> --
> Norvy


see for example

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Anthere/box#Unverified_images

it says

Hi! Thanks for uploading the following image:
	▪ 	Image:DjeDje.jpg
	▪ 	Image:Dune.JPG
I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add 
one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use {{gfdl}} if you 
release it under the GNU Free Documentation License, {{fairuse}} if you 
claim fair use, etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let 
me know at my talk page where you got the images and I'll tag them for 
you. Thanks so much. [[User:Poccil|Peter O. (Talk, automation script)]] 
04:02, Dec 11, 2004 (UTC)
P.S. You can help tag other images at User:Yann/Untagged_Images. Thanks 
again.



Which perfectly made it possible to claim fair use at that time.
I put a few under fair use, at that time, which was clearly allowed.
And a year later, they are speedy deleted, without warning, for lack of 
compliance.
I had no reason to guess this change of policy, that makes fair use on 
user page now forbidden.

Sorry, is that FAIR ?

I do not think so.
I think what would be fair is that when *policy changes*, uploaders are 
individually told so.



Ant