On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Alex Brollo <alex.brollo(a)gmail.com> wrote:
As a "hotlinker" (far from a very active
one), thanks for your comments, as
I told you I use hotlinkg mainly into "volatile" communication tools like
forums and not into websites. It would be great if an informative box would
be added to File: page, containing a brief mention to general Mediawiki
politics about hotlinking and the html code for a correct hotlinking, if
really needed.
As Gregory indicated already, EXIF data is not a really good way to
add attribution metadata to files.
However, i think some way to make it easier for people to add images
to their pages using some kind of easy tool on the File: page itself,
akin to the YouTube embed code is a pretty good idea. Maybe some kind
of iframe or Javascript gadget would be nice, that could also be used
for attribution and indicating that more media are available on
Commons.
-- Hay