2009/9/16 Hay (Husky) <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:huskyr@gmail.com">huskyr@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Because it&#39;s not the server of the website that loads this url, but<br>
the users browser it is a bit difficult to see if an image is actually<br>
hotlinked, although it can be prevented.<br>
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-- Hay<br>
</font></blockquote></div><br>What about adding/editing some basic EXIF data (author,licence) into uploaded Commons files that support them, like jpg? They can be deleted by a malicius user into downloads, but they will be saved when hotlinked. I don&#39;t know if any EXIF managing is currently done on Commons files; IMHO it could be useful, for a number of reasons, and not only for hotlinking. <br>
<br>As a &quot;hotlinker&quot; (far from a very active one), thanks for your comments, as I told you I use hotlinkg mainly into &quot;volatile&quot; communication tools like forums and not into websites. It would be great if an informative box would be added to File: page, containing a brief mention to general Mediawiki politics about hotlinking and  the html code for a correct hotlinking, if really needed. <br>
<br>Alex<br>