Hoi,
This problem is not new. It is not as if the Commons community is not aware
of this perception. The perception that there might be a situation where
someone is sued is not necessary shared by lawyers. They have to make a
living as well so they will sue when they are paid to do so.
When people complain that Commonists go to far in what they do and their
only defence is "you are demotivating me" than that is exactly what needs
to be done. They need to be demotivated to go berserk with their misguided
interpretation of copyright. When some hotheads leave the building, it
will lower the temperature and we can start to talk.
Commons is not the only project that serves the whole of our communities.
Wikidata is another. I regularly find images for people that are not moved
to Commons because Commons is not trusted. Now that pisses me off terribly
and it sours my appreciation of Commons. As it is, Commons is not trusted
and not discussing this only puts this discussion further back with even
more ill feelings and even less appreciation for the people who do good
work at Commons. They are ultimately the people who suffer the most.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 12 December 2014 at 07:56, Pipo Le Clown <pleclown(a)gmail.com> wrote:
As you said, the first issue of Commons is
"demotivating contributors". And
this thread is actually doing a good job at it...
STOP the Commons bashing. Stop calling Commons contributors "anal
retentive" or "fussy neckbeards".
I'm an european. In Europe, one does not call another "nazi", as Americans
do. It's insulting. Do you see people coming to Wikimedia-l when an
american contributor calls someone a nazi (because they do) ?
No. There are places on projects to deal with those kind of situations
(even if they do not work properly imo).
As there are places on Commons to discuss about the scope, the way we
should handle copyright, etc. Nobody is preventing you to go to this places
and start a discussion, share your thoughts and your wishes.
To be clear: Wikimedia is not only ENWP. Other wikipedias and projects are
using Commons every day. But the drama always come from ENWP...
On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 12:47 AM, Steven Walling <steven.walling(a)gmail.com
wrote:
> On Thu Dec 11 2014 at 12:40:09 PM Pipo Le Clown <pleclown(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I'm on the road every two
weekends, and processing pictures the rest of
> the
> > time on my free time. I've provided around 8000 pictures to Commons,
and
> helped to have pictures for articles like
Cristiano Ronaldo, Roy
Hogdson
> or
> > Greig Laidlaw...
>
> > Just to read that I'm a
fascist and an "anal retentive" because someone
> > proposed a fucking picture of KitKat for deletion ? It was not even
> > deleted, the discussion is still going on. And even if it was, the
right
place to
go would have been COM:UDR, with a strong rationale, where
people
> would have discuss it in a civilised manner. Not in this echo
chamber...
>
> > So yes, one could say that
the thread "was accusatory from the start,
and
> > quickly went to vicious". One could also say that this is a fucking
> > disgrace.
>
> > Pleclown
>
> To be crystal clear: I didn't link to the DR or mention
the nominator
> because I don't actually care much about the individual instance.
> Commons is going to do what it's going to do, and whomever nominated it
or
comments in support of deletion is just doing
what the policies of
Commons
> is telling them to do.
> The problem is a general one with the
goals of Commons, what the
community
focuses (and doesn't focus on), as I said. I
think it should be clear
that
the purpose of discussing it on Wikimedia-l as
opposed to Commons is talk
about whether Commons is doing a good job of serving as the media
repository for other projects. Not about whether the nominator was
correct
> in this individual case or something like that.
>
> > On Thu, Dec 11, 2014
at 7:51 PM, Austin Hair <adhair(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Okay, guys, let's
all take a step back and remember [[WP:Civility]].
> > > (Yeah, I know that's a Wikipedia pillar, but can't we all at
least
get
> > > on board with that one?)
> >
> > > The tone of this
thread was accusatory from the start, and quickly
> > > went to vicious. Maybe everyone can try it again with a bit of AGF.
> >
> > > Austin
> >
> >
> > > On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 7:30 PM, James Alexander
<
jamesofur(a)gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 10:14 AM, Fæ <faewik(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> P.S. Stephen, you are young and handsome, in fact rather dishy to
my
> > >> ageing eyes. Good for you.
Keep in mind that your fellow
volunteers
> > > >> might not have been born so lucky, and that being young and
pretty
> all
> > > >> too soon passes into memory, sigh.
> > > >>
> > >
> > > > Fæ,
this is not acceptable for the list (or for that matter on
wiki).
> > > Stephen's neckbeard comment
certainly wasn't helpful either but
it's
> no
> > > > excuse.
> > >
> > > > James
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