On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 15:02 +0000, Steve Block wrote:
Sorry, that's rather unfair of me. It's just I can't remember much debate on this, and it feels like if it is presented as a requirement woithout any discussion, it will kick up a bit of dust. I for one would be more than happy to support it in a discussion, but having it imposed makes me bristle. Apologies.
Its not imposed, and there are probably only several hundred images tagged so far. But no one has objected. Jimbo hath decreed that the fair use image situation is a mess and must become organised and justifiable. As fair use law is about the usage not the image its the usage that has to be justified, so its just a label to say which usage(s) are under consideration, so there is something to discuss. They could be autogenerated from the current (article space) links, the manual process is just to allow some review (although a seperate review process was proposed that I think is better).
[[WP:FU]] is where things get discussed. I find it all too depressing now. Does anyone know if any of the mirrors have produced anything to scrub wikipedia of non free images (including the Image: links)?
Justinc