Greg,
Dunno if this is a solution looking for a problem, but surely we could run a sweep once a (day/week/month) to see which free images have fallen out of use, see if they've been replaced by another free image or not, and perhaps revert or add the image back in if at all possible (I know it would need a fair bit of code).
Nick
On 24/09/2007, Gregory Maxwell gmaxwell@gmail.com wrote:
On 9/24/07, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
I know what you're saying, but really, is it that hard to find a picture of Matt LeBlanc? We're not hurting any readers by not having a photograph.
We've got a photo of Matt LeBlanc
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Matt_leblanc_1995_emmy_awards.jpg
But Wikipedia doesn't display it... Images bit-rotting out of articles for various reasons (including replacement with non-free images) is a real problem.
Every month or two I sweep all my uploads to see which are still in use, every time I've done it I manage to find several that have fallen out due to vandalism or replacement with non-free images (or both: people often 'fix' unillustrated articles with non-free images).
Editorial judgement is one thing, but submitting photos seems like such a waste when they end up lost so easily.
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