Thanks for bringing this out. This is very informative, I've just encountered the same inquiry.

Roel
Wiki Loves Monuments Philippines

On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 11:14 PM, Yaroslav M. Blanter <putevod@mccme.ru> wrote:
Sometimes, unknowingly, watermarks like time stamps are default in
Camera, and the uploader may choose to upload the cropped version.
This issue is situational and all should not be ignored. 


I personally always post-process all of my photos before uploading, including cropping, perspective correction, and brightness/contrast correction. No jury ever had problems with this post-processing, and I hope no reasonable jury will ever have.

Cheers
Yaroslav



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