On 23/08/07, Herby <herbythyme(a)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.