Magnus,
Thank you for the support :) You also got things right, we weren't going to add the licenses next to pictures, we're thinking about more handy ways of attaching them to the books.
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 7:08 AM, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijssen@gmail.com wrote:
Hoi, I already asked for other licenses, that received a willing enough answer. Question yourself though what it means from a "green" point of view; how much paper, ink and energy will be wasted as a result.
Not much, in the grand scheme of things. Consider how much energy we can save by turning off the Wikimedia servers and the computers of those using it! Now there's a worthy goal - let's declare war on the server farm! ;-)
I, for one, like that they offer ebook reader format, as I own one. It's not environmentally friendly either, but it's cool! ;-)
The issue I have is with adding license information to pictures. When this is to be done, it means that with the pictures license information has to be added with the picuteres. This will disturb the looks of pages. This is not acceptable; I will inform people that this tool is not acceptable as a result as I indicated in my post.
Ah, OK. I didn't get that. But they are not adding any image license at the moment, right? So, did they say the licenses will go next to the images? I was thinking more along the lines of an appendix with image licenses, authors, etc. that refer back to the page(s) in the document. Maybe with a little thumbnail. Or am I missing something?
As to my emotions, I am not enraged, I am bemused that people do not consider practical implications. I am totally happy when people act stupidly, it is their right, sometimes I am even willing to point this out.
Again, calling people stupid, especially if you want something from them, is neither helpful nor nice. Please stop that. Thanks so much.
So consider this a public service:)
It is usually considered trolling. I don't think that is your intention here, though.
To point out one other common fallacy; MediaWiki is not only used for Wikipedia not even within the Wikimedia Foundation.
I don't think anyone disputed that. If someone writes a tool that /could/ be used for all MediaWikis but only supports Wikipedia in the first iteration, that's OK. It is certainly /not/ a reason to insult people.
Magnus
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Regards,
Robert