On 30/06/07, Angela beesley@gmail.com wrote:
Wikia has an image tagging feature that sounds a lot like what you're describing. See http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Image:Leiadeathstar.jpg for an example.
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It's very much in beta right now, but if anyone would find it a useful addition to Commons, we're happy to make that available under the GPL.
My, that's wonderful! I'd love to see that as part of MediaWiki generally, and I'm sure Commons could find a use for it.
(I am sorely tempted to try to sell this to my boss, who's looking for something maintainable as an annotable photo archive... must make a note of it. Please pass my praise to whoever's coding it!)