"Erik Moeller" <erik_moeller(a)gmx.de> schrieb:
Andre-
It has been discussed before, I think I want to
go beyond discussion,
and get this thing rolling. I would like to start setting up a database
of public domain and copyleft images, using the Wikipedia technology.
As noted earlier, this should be done under the name "Wikimedia Commons",
and reside at
commons.wikimedia.org, to allow for other content than just
images, and to make it clear that that this is not just for Wikipedia, but
for all Wikimedia projects.
I don't like the name 'commons', and although I do agree that we want to
be broader than just images, in practice it will be 99% images - textual
material that might be put here should I think go to wikiquote (or if it's
longer wikisource) instead, so I think what is left apart from images are
sound bites and video footing. On the other hand I fully agree with you
that it should be connected to Wikimedia rather than wikipedia.
Andre Engels