On 11/14/06, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 14/11/06, Magnus Manske magnusmanske@googlemail.com wrote:
I once wrote a function for the upload page where you upload a file by giving its URL. There were some security concerns about malicious servers, which I think I fixed, but then, as usual, nothing happened. Should still be in there, for anyone interested. Lemme see... ah yes; set $wgAllowCopyUploads=true in LocalSettings, and be done with it.
I shudder at the thought of this being enabled on Commons unless such uploads are somehow marked for particular urgent attention - it sounds like an even easier way to upload copyright violations. If such uploads are marked and auto-categorised, it might be manageable.
When I was working on this, it was suggested that it should automatically add the source URL to the image description (unless it is already given in there). It could also add "[[category:URL uploads]]" or the like. With the source URL given, it would actually be *easier* to find copyvios, as one knows exactly where it came from, unlike the current system.
(After all my whining on this list, I'm going to have to start looking for and tagging Commons copyvios myself and then applying for admin
Good luck with that. Myself, I'll stay with my tools and programming languages - they're much easier to decipher than copyright law ;-)
Magnus