[WikiEN-l] NYT: Wikipedia May Be a Font of Facts, but It’s a Desert for Photos

[Carcharoth]

On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Magnus
Manske<magnusmanske at googlemail.com> wrote:

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> * If I were to mail an image to OTRS, stating what it is, when and
> where it was taken, stating the author, and the license, would it go
> through to Commons?

You should wait for an answer from people who know more about this,
but my initial response would be "depends on the license". Most people
fail when they try and work out which license they want to submit a
picture under. Clear explanations of the licenses and descriptions of
common situations, or the advice to e-mail and *ask* about which
license should be chosen, would be better than people picking the
wrong one and getting chewed up and spat out by the system.

You would also likely need more than just "author". You would need to
prove that you were the author, or had permission from the author (in
many cases, they will want permission from the author, unless the
author is dead or something). You will also need to show that the
author holds the copyright, and not someone else.

The rest of the stuff is standard.

> How long would this take?

Time to go through? Dunno. You could try and find out.

> If 500 people were to mail in 2 pictures each day like this, would the system cope?

Would the system cope? Dunno. Best not to test this one! :-)

Hopefully OTRS and Commons have some stats on this.

Carcharoth