[WikiEN-l] A Solution to the Image Problem

[The Cunctator]

On 3/22/06, Mark Wagner <carnildo at gmail.com> wrote:
> Wikipedia's got a problem with images.  2000 of them are uploaded
> every day, and most of them have inadequate source information, an
> incorrect license tag, or an invalid fair-use claim.
>
> A quick and easy way to reduce the flood of images would be to remove
> the link to Special:Upload from the sidebar, and instead point the
> "upload file" link to [[Wikipedia:Image use policy]].  If users have
> to hunt around for a bit for the actual upload link (and hopefully
> read some of the page), they're less likely to upload every image they
> can find on Google Image Search.

Making the upload file link a little less obvious is a brilliant and
reasonable soft-security method for reducing unwanted images.

Making arbitrary cut-offs for new users (or users without a homepage)
is a hard-security method that seems unnecessary.