On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 1:22 AM, Pete Forsyth <peteforsyth(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Andreas Kolbe
<jayen466(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 12:41 AM, Russavia
<russavia.wikipedia(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
Would you like the board to adopt and amend a
resolution based purely
upon the opinions of editors who are members of this mailing list, or
do you intend to open it up to discussion for the wider, including the
Commons, community?
Most definitely the former. Board resolutions are not meant to reflect
community consensus, but guide it.
It's not that clear-cut. Again, I think the TOU rewrite is a good example
of how the community and the board can make progress together effectively.
A great deal of wisdom and passion resides in the global community that has
brought Wikimedia to the point it is at today, alongside more frustrating
elements. But in this case, I would say something initiated on this list
(by one part of the community) and improved upon by others, in other
venues, would be a great way to draft a proposed resolution for the board's
consideration.
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Well, I'll have a go then:
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We feel that it is important and ethical to obtain subject consent for the
use of such media *on Wikimedia sites*, in line with our special mission as
an educational and free project. We feel that seeking consent from an
image's subject is especially important in light of the proliferation of
uploaded photographs from other sources, such as Flickr, where provenance
is difficult to trace and subject consent difficult to verify.
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Would you feel that is sufficient? This would make it clearer that editors
are expected to obtain subject consent before uploading images taken in
private situations to Wikimedia websites.
Do you agree with the principle? Or do you think editors should continue to
upload images taken in a private place or situation to Wikimedia sites
without the knowledge and consent of the people depicted?