On 11/16/06, Brianna Laugher brianna.laugher@gmail.com wrote:
Hello,
It has been floated a few times that new users should have to go through a copyright or licensing quiz before uploading material to the Commons. If there was widespread community support to implement such a thing, would the developers be willing to code such a quiz into either Special:Createaccount or Special:Upload (for first time uploaders)?
The type of quiz I mean is here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pfctdayelise/Licensing_quiz
Nice. And then what? Does a single wrong answer mean I can't upload to the commons, ever? Or can I retry the question (in which case even monkeys could pass it;-)?
If it's not a requirement but a "fun suggestion", it could go to an external web site (toolserver!), which would avoid putting a quiz mode into MediaWiki ;-)
OTOH, that could be a cool extension. Think determining something based on a series on yes-no decisions - this is how you can identify plants (using a book) or the car that matches you best (a German newspaper does that every odd year or so). It could work with specially prepared wiki pages. Oh, if I only had more time to code...
Magnus