On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Ryan Kaldari <rkaldari@wikimedia.org> wrote:

1. It makes it easy for anyone to import hundreds of images from Flickr (via Photoset importing), which could mean a big increase in Flickr-washing problems (i.e. unintentional copyvios).

2. The feature still has some bugs (https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43450) and no one is actively maintaining it at the moment (although hopefully the new Multimedia team will be assuming that responsibility).

Neither of these things seem like legit blockers at all.

You can make the same exact arguments against letting anyone upload anything. Bad shit happens sometimes with malicious uploads, but we assume good faith. Also, there are bugs, but that has nothing to do with whether non-admins want to/should be able to upload from Flickr. When it works, this tool is amazingly helpful, and should be more widely available.