On 6/15/08, Simetrical Simetrical+wikilist@gmail.com wrote:
Better yet, wait a couple of months and they can sign up on Wikipedia and get an account on Commons automatically, when unification is automatic at account creation.
Forgive me for the stupid question, but I am curious why this is not already in effect, and what exactly will happen in "a couple of months" to make this possible if it is not currently so.
Assuming that freely-licensed images should always be uploaded to Commons anyway, which isn't a terrible assumption...
This is an excellent assumption.
this restriction only reduces people's ability to upload fair-use images (and, of course, copyvios).
Well obviously copyvio can be uploaded anywhere if one is a skillful liar. The difference is that commons admins are expected to understand image policy and take it seriously, so uploads which violate policy are more likely to be deleted.
—C.W.