--- Justin Cormack <justin(a)specialbusservice.com>
wrote:
Wikipedia unfortunately has tens of thousands of non
free
images, which we tolerate rather more than we
should. The
fair use categories are alas dumping grounds for
copyright
violations.
Yes it is. But having the ability to check before
deleting is elementary logic. His behaviour is such
that he is also almost certainly deleting perfectly
valid images, all because he couldn't be bothered to
do some careful checking before deleting. The people
who have complained about his behaviour aren't vandals
sneaking in copyrighted images, but people who have a
history of being careful to follow the rules as they
existed at the time. If he simply checked with people
he could establish whether the images are clear
copyright violations or simply miscategorised images.
He however has a history on this issue of ignoring
everyone else, not bothering to check, and just making
blanket deletions. That is not the way to work with
people.
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