Timwi -
That is indeed pretty egregious. I use that dialog all the time, but usually upload my own images and so didn't really attend to whether the other options are complete.
I agree that this should be fixed, and filed a bug: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20648
(I thought there would be one already but couldn't find it; please dup it if necessary)
SJ
On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Timwi timwi@gmx.net wrote:
Hi.
A friend of mine just tried to upload an image to Wikipedia which was given to him by another friend.
Unfortunately the Upload page only provides the options:
- made by someone else for use on Wikipedia only
- made by someone else for non-commercial use only
and both of these options lead to a speedy-deletion warning. The most OBVIOUS options are missing:
- made by someone else and licenced as (whatever free/open licence)
- made by someone else and placed in the public domain
Because of this, he is forced to use a lower-quality image or no image at all (or to lie by claiming to be the author of the work).
I think this should be fixed as soon as possible so that normal, reasonable people can upload normal, reasonable images.
Very frustrated, Timwi
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