Re: [WikiEN-l] [<>: A photo on Wikipedia]

My first impression was that this required an RTFM response, but when I look at the picture I realize that it's a fair use picture. The question isn't silly anymore. Although I'm on the end of the spectrum that supports using fair use material, I believe that the person who contributes fair use material still has a responsibility to cite his sources. That in turn depends on knowing what it means to cite sources. The contributor probably felt that mentioning Joey de Vera was enough, but I think he fell short. Citing a source means adding enough information to allow the downstream user with adequate resources to verify the facts and to exercise his own due dilligence. Our Polish user evidently wants to do this. The picture in question was taken in 1986 in the Philippines. A person who is skilled at searching the web may be able to track this down, but even for him that could be hours of work It is not the responsibility of the community as a whole to do one person's homework. The contributor in this case, Seav, remains active on Philippine related topics; perhaps the problem should be put in his lap Ec Jimmy Wales wrote: _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)Wikipedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l