In my opinion there are 2 basic problems with images:
1. Image copyright and various Wikimedia policies are very complicated. Most
people have no understanding of them or don't even know they exist.
2. (A lesser problem), people who just upload pictures of themselves for the
heck of it, with or without malicious intent. This includes vandals and
people who want a free webhost.
I'm an admin on en:wp and have done a fair share of image cleanup. But even
after reading the image policy pages multiple times, I still feel like I
only have maybe a 40% grasp on all the concepts. I don't think we can or
should make image policy "simpler" (for legal or whatever other
reasons), and I don't have any quick answers. We just have to remain
vigilant and fix the problems as they arise. That said, if anyone has ideas
I'm all ears. The image delete backlogs are always huge.
Erica
User:Fang Aili on various Wikimedia
On 11/14/06, Birgitte SB <birgitte_sb(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
Is it 90%? I haven't seen anyone actually define what
the problem is on foundation-l at least. Is it images
with no info, or false info? Or is just that the new
users aren't using Commons category system unrelated
to copyright? I tried to read the Commons-l archive
to catch up, but I am still unclear on what scope of
the problem is. Does anyone actually have numbers?
Without really knowing the situation, I would say that
I believe all communities struggle to keep up on these
things. Everyone has backlogs they are working
through and these things happen in cycles. One month
you make great progress, another month things are
overwhelming and ground is lost. Perhaps threatening
drastic action is a good way to draw attention and
hopefully solutions when the situation gets
particularly bad. However I think it would really be
useful to talk about the real numbers in this
situation. How much worse is it than what others are
dealing with?
Birgitte SB