I don't know about others, but this discussion has generated more content than I can keep track of as a casual but interested observer. I suspect the same is true for others who aren't already involved in the issues at stake, which means you're not getting the perspectives of the community anymore.
Could somebody please point us to some blog posts or wiki pages or other forums (a Wave would be nice, if it comes with usernames ;-) to get an overview and participate more fully in the conversation? I think that might help make the discussion more productive.
Best wishes, Andy
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On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Bryan Tong Minhbryan.tongminh@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 3:22 PM, David Gerarddgerard@gmail.com wrote:
2009/6/15 Rama Neko ramaneko@gmail.com:
The "service project angle" worries me too. I have noticed that many articles of Wikipedia, the service project that makes it easier to find media in Commons by providing encyclopedic context to our content, utterly lack the proper links to our galleries and categories. Furthermore, I sometimes have the feeling that contributors of Wikipedia expect us to host all sorts of unacceptable media in return of the service that they provide; while we of course appreciate the service projects, this is a problem, particularly when these files are copyright violations. In the particular case of Pikiwiki, it would of course be very caricatural to say that all their images are copyvios. There are lots of out-of-scope party snapshots, too.
I'd hope this isn't a summary of the views of other Commons admins.
Anyone else? Or is the Commons admin community this insular and derisive?
- d.
I hope that this isn't the view of admins outside the Commons community.
Seriously with this kind of discussion we end up nowhere. Perhaps it would be more useful to actually get to the points of problem or just stop discussing at all.
Bryan
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