Its a balancing we need the images but we also the goodwill that the removal of images creates, what we dont need are court battles or media battles with high profile people the loss of a couple of images every now and then shouldnt be a big deal thats the way I treated such requests when I was on OTRS. I'd review the image its usage and then decide if there was a critical necessity for the image if there wasnt I'd delete it. When the image is sourced through flickr like sources that doesnt stop another person copying it back to Commons at a later date anyway.
On 8 April 2012 20:01, Maarten Dammers maarten@mdammers.nl wrote:
Hi Ryan,
Op 6-4-2012 2:22, Ryan Kaldari schreef:
This is generally a straightforward decision per Commons:Photographs of identifiable people. If the photos were taken in a private place, consent is required. If the photos were taken in a public place, consent is not required (with exceptions for some countries). What was the justification for not following the Photographs of identifiable people guideline?
That probaby has to do with the fact that some people tried to (ab)use this rule to get images deleted they didn't like. Say I take http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Foundation_SOPA_Boiler_Room.... If I would want to get rid of that picture I just say we don't have consent documented. For this picture we're probably able to get that afterwards because we know these people, but for most picture this is an easy way to get images deleted which you don't like.
Maarten
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