On 7/13/07, Todd Allen toddmallen@gmail.com wrote:
James Farrar wrote:
On 12/07/07, WikipediaEditor Durin wikidurin@gmail.com wrote:
As an example of the kinds of problems we face, have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Korea_Girl.jpg
Note the fair use rationale on this image. The uploader of this image believes this is sufficient.
Evidently, so did the person who created the template {{Non-free album cover}}... and everyone who hasn't since deleted it...
Boilerplate template != fair-use rationale.
The point is that the average uploader is not aware of the problem. As the upload form allows the user to proceed with only "{{Non-free album cover}}", it seems the fair-use crew are fighting a loosing battle.
Any effort to address fair use images needs to work with the average uploader to ensure that a fair use is provided soon after the point of upload. Hand-holding is definitely required; I have thrown my hands up in disgust trying to find the correct fair-use rationale template and how to use it successfully, so I feel sorry for Wikipedians who are not armed with a computing background to combat the dreaded fair-use bots.
Are there any "new image patrol" tools? [[Wikipedia:Job_Center]] mentions it but I cant find more details.
Is there a maintained list of recently uploaded images that need a rationale added? If so, humans could tackle the cause of the problem rather than bots trying to fix it six months later.
Is there a way to generate a list of all images that a user has uploaded? I expect that most people are begrudgingly fixing an image as the bot picks them out; it would be more efficient to give users a way to find and fix them all.
Another approach could be to use something like SuggestBot to hand a dozen cases to each human that has chosen to work on the problem.
-- John