Hoi,
There is an essential difference between the Commons data and the
Wikisource data. The Commons data has as a restriction that the
content needs to be potentially usefull for one of the Wikimedia
projects.
Images and sounds uploaded to Commons are directly usable in all the
projects. There is no such facility for Wikisource.
When we remove this requirement for usefullness in the projects there
is no longer any restriction for uploading material. We already have
problems with bodyparts on public view. Currently we do not suffer
from fools who upload megabytes of XXX material.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 4/26/05, Daniel Mayer <maveric149(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
--- Erik Moeller <erik_moeller(a)gmx.de> wrote:
However, your case underscores my standing
argument that Wikisource and
Wikimedia Commons should be merged, since they both serve very similar
purposes (repositories of free content), and transformations like yours
would be natural in a single repository.
Exactly. Commons should be the resource for all shared media. Text is a major
form of media.
-- mav
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