On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 1:22 AM, Pete Forsyth <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:peteforsyth@gmail.com" target="_blank">peteforsyth@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div class="im">On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Andreas Kolbe <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:jayen466@gmail.com" target="_blank">jayen466@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 12:41 AM, Russavia <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:russavia.wikipedia@gmail.com" target="_blank">russavia.wikipedia@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>


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Would you like the board to adopt and amend a resolution based purely<br>
upon the opinions of editors who are members of this mailing list, or<br>
do you intend to open it up to discussion for the wider, including the<br>
Commons, community?</blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>Most definitely the former. Board resolutions are not meant to reflect community consensus, but guide it.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>It&#39;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&#39;s consideration.</div>
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</div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Well, I&#39;ll have a go then:</div><div><br></div><div>---o0o---</div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.333333015441895px;line-height:19.1875px">We feel that it is important and ethical to obtain subject consent for the use of such media <b>on Wikimedia sites</b>, in line with our special mission as an educational and free project. We feel that seeking consent from an image&#39;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.</span> </div>
<div><br></div><div>---o0o---</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div>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?</div>
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