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

[Anthere]

Sam Korn wrote:
> On 11/28/05, Anthere <Anthere9 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>>I think you should not play on words if you were fair.
>>
>>A year ago, fair use was authorized, with no mention if it was
>>authorized in the encyclopedic content or in the user page.
>>Amongst the two untaggued pages listed above, one was a picture of my
>>daughter and labelled as such. It was clearly not meant for encyclopedic
>>space.
>>
>>Besides, see the message just below as well :
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Anthere/box#Image_tagging
>>
>>It says
>>
>>
>>
>>P.P.S. I hope all is well with you, and that you are enjoying your
>>labors with Angela and Jimbo. :)
>>
>>Looking here, I'd like to add that the following images need tags:
>>        ▪       Image:Acacia.JPG
>>        ▪       Image:Dessication.JPG
>>        ▪       Image:SablePlante.JPG
>>        ▪       Image:Hoggar.JPG
>>        ▪       Image:Hoggar2.JPG
>>        ▪       Image:Hoggar5.JPG
>>        ▪       Image:Oasis.JPG
>>        ▪       Image:Sahara3.JPG
>>        ▪       Image:Sahara5.JPG
>>Any more tags would be a great help. Thanks!
>>--[[User:Ricky81682|Ricky81682 (talk)]] 08:11, Dec 16, 2004 (UTC)
>>
>>
>>
>>Does that look like an automated message ? The P.P.S. ?
>>
>>
>>
>>Look, I find the general behavior which consist in saying to an editor
>>"you are allowed to do that", then a year later, to rudely delete work
>>without warning, upon the reason it is no more allowed now to do that, a
>>bit difficult to admit.
>>
>>But I find the behavior which consist one year later to deny that what
>>was done a year before, was authorized at that time, much more difficult
>>to admit. Fair use was authorized a year ago. Period.
> 
> 
> I think what you are arguing is something different to quite a lot of
> others.  They are saying why the policy was necessary.  Your complaint
> is actually that you weren't warned.  I don't think anyone would
> disagree that you should have been notified before the deletions took
> place.
> 
> --
> Sam

Thanks, you are absolutely correct Sam.
Yes, what bugs me is the change of policy and no-warning.

I have no problem with adopting a much stronger policy against fair use 
myself. I think it will empoverish the project, but protect it greatly, 
as there has been a lot of abuse on this tag use.

Ant