Perhaps a slightly gentler, more encouraging tone? Something along the lines of:
"Our goal is to make an encyclopedia of [[free content]], and uploading an unfree image of a building that someone else could photograph will do far more to harm our goal than it will move us closer to our goal. If you cannot buy a camera or borrow one, or talk a friend with one into contributing, then it is best to not upload an image at all rather than an unfree one. You can always contribute in other ways!"
-kc-
Gregory Maxwell wrote:
On 12/5/06, Bogdan Giusca liste@dapyx.com wrote: [a random user wrote]
I have looked for a free alternative of this image, without finding one. No luck on Flickr or Google. Short of forking out for a digital camera and going to take the image myself, I can't see how "a free image that provides substantially the same information might reasonably be found or created".
I'm not known for kind answers, but my response might be something along the lines of:
"If you're going to contribute, then yes we do expect you to buy a camera.. or at least borrow one, or talk a friend with one into contributing. If instead you'd rather not contribute, that is your decision... but if you're not going to contribute then please stop disputing our policy. Our goal is to make an encyclopedia of [[free content]], and uploading an unfree image of a building that anyone could photograph will do far more to harm our goal than it will move us closer to our goal." _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@Wikipedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l