On 11/23/06, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 23/11/06, geni <geniice(a)gmail.com> wrote:
That would depend on what exactly commons wants
to be. En wikipedia
has ~300K free images hosted localy so in some ways commons is already
not performing that function.
I would call that a local interface problem rather than a conscious
avoidance of Commons.
I always upload free images directly to Commons, but when you click
"Upload file", [[Special:Upload]] says you should "consider"
uploading
it to Commons. Uploading to en: is just lots easier unless you know
your way around Wikimedia.
And when you click on the link to upload to Commons, it tells you you
need a login there too. "What, *another* login? I'll just upload to
en:, it's much easier." SUL! SUL!
I think commons should be somewhat grateful for this fact. It means
the images from EN have been somewhat filtered.
The en one has been criticised for its "angry fruit salad" look.
It also fails to include the image details template that commons seems
to use as standard.
I wonder if anyone is up to translating the harsh text
of the second
example into enough languages ... certainly into Spanish.
Russian already exists:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Uploadtext/ru
En upload also includes more licence selection traps (I should add
some more at some point for invalid fair use stuff) than commons
something commons might want to look into
--
geni