Stan Shebs wrote: These pictures have nothing to do with me. I have my own pictures waiting for the big decision. What I want to know is when are we going to have Wikicommons. What is the point of there being personal galleries ? What is the point of having these pictures on my hard drive ? Does it help someone who is looking for some pictures ? The question is, what is to be done, what timeframe until there is a WikiCommons ? Thanks, GerardM

Stan Shebs wrote: The whole discussion is moot. The Commons is active, people can upload digital content to a special purpose repository. http://commons.wikipedia.org At this moment it is a start-up. Everything is being organised, functionality like storing pictures in Commons and using them in the projects is still absent. But the great thing is, our orphans now have a place to go. This does not mean that we will not delete pictures on nl: low quality pictures (particularly those minimized pictures of a higher quality picture will deserve their place in the bit-graveyard.. So, have a look at Commons. It is as Wiki as everything. So let's have fun and make it a great resource. PS and those personal galleries, they will eventually be better appreciated on Commons as all wiki communities will have them there as a resource. :) Thanks, Gerard