On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 16:15:11 +0100, Magnus Manske <magnus.manske(a)web.de> wrote:
Neither is the GFDL or the author list on any
wikipedia article. You'll
have to click a link (GFDL or "history", respectively).
Those who care about license information will find the link. Those who
don't care wouldn't be helped with the text in plain sight either.
Sure, but the situation with the commons _is_ different. You have to
follow _two_ links to find the GFDL: one to the image page on the
Commons, and another to find the link. The real problem, however, is
that the license information is not even _mentioned_ on the
language-specific page. For example, see:
http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild:Liliuokalani_of_Hawaii.jpg
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild:Liliuokalani_of_Hawaii.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild:Liliuokalani_of_Hawaii.jpg
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild:Liliuokalani_of_Hawaii.jpg
As well, the image page on the Commons is likely to be in English,
which makes it difficult for non-English speakers. The obvious
solution is to translate the license information on each of the
language-specific pages from whatever is used on the Commons to the
given language. But an automated solution would be preferable:
perhaps a template which depends somehow on variables set by
user-specific language settings.
Steve