On 8/13/07, GerardM gerard.meijssen@gmail.com wrote:
Improving of the 'quality' of pictures is not in and of itself something that is not without controversy. There have been fierce fights in the past over exactly this subject and there are a great many people that do not upload to Commons as a result.
I'm glad someone has tackled the issue of "do we actually want this integration". I think that problems *could* arise, but there is a huge amount of value in being able to quickly tweak images. You're really talking about a question of etiquette, rather than a problem of technology there. Don't forget that it's also trivial to undo any undesired changes to an image, if necessary.
Could I suggest the use of some sort of template or text that indicates how the uploader of the image feels about the image being edited and replaced:
"The uploader of this image requests that you do NOT edit and replace it. If you wish to modify it, please save the copy under a new name."
Giving the possibility to overwrite existing pictures to everyone is
imho NOT a good idea.
They already have that.
Steve