On 7/21/06, Mark Wagner <carnildo(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I agree. We've completely lost sight of the
original aims of Wikipedia.
Originally, Wikipedia was supposed to be free content and be an
encyclopedia. We're still reasonably close to being an encyclopedia,
but the idea of "free content" has been lost in the flood of hundreds
of thousands of non-free images. Most users wouldn't know a free
license if it bit them in the ass, and the only reason we've got a
million GFDL-licensed articles is because of a snippet of text nobody
ever bothers to read. I doubt so much as one editor in a hundred
actively wants their contributions to be freely licensed -- the other
99 just want their work to be on Wikipedia.
If I wanted my images to be freely licensed I would not be uploading
them under the GFDL.
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geni