On 23/08/07, Herby herbythyme@fmail.co.uk wrote:
To me this is a wider PR thing. When I was on en wp I knew next to nothing about commons. On this list recently we were equated with a "service" to Wikipedia.
Commons was created as a service project to avoid having the same image uploaded to multiple Wikipedias. Its function as a general free media repository for the public good came later.
Elsewhere (I forget again where) I mentioned that I changed an upload warning template on Meta that suggested uploading material to en wp. I really do not think that we (our function & us) are well understood and I think this is worth some thought.
The trouble is making sure both work well.
We really need the cross-wiki links to where images are used. That's what pisses people off - having stuff just vanish.
- d.