geni wrote:
On 24/09/2007, Steve Summit scs@eskimo.com wrote:
You know, the number of Wikipedia articles with pictures in them is really plummeting.
No it isn't. Total number of media files on en is currently 758,221.
Thank you for a pedantic, literal answer which misses the point. I knew someone would.
I just went from [[Talia Shire]] to [[Joey Tribbiani]] to [[Matt LeBlanc]] and noticed that there were no pictures in any of them.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Matt_leblanc_1995_emmy_awards.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Matthew_Perry_by_David_Shankbone.jpg
Splendid! Thank you. I will see about using those.
I'm afraid I know the answer, but would there be any way of reversing the various death-to-all-but-the-most-rampantly-free-images trends?
Yes. Is there a way that would widely be considered ethical? No.
Define "widely".
Considered ethical by a vocal few who have the stamina to impose their views everywhere? Certainly not. By a majority of Wikipedia editors? I don't know. By publicists who would love to have high-quality (if copyrighted) images disseminated widely? Certainly yes. By a majority of our readers? Certainly yes.