To try and help with categorizing images used specifically for documentation (and which are specifically for extensions) - and to help explain their importance to admins before they delete - I've created a couple of headers: - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:MediaWiki_extension_file - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:MediaWiki_documentation_file
Counterparts on MW.org: - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template:Extension_file - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template:Documentation_file
I have not yet begun to tag files - but will be doing so in the coming weeks as I get around to reviewing extensions for compatibility and working through the unknown files, etc.
I also tend to agree that we should be better about MW.org image licensing, which may mean deleting some images if they're clear copyright violations. I also think we'll need to start using the fair-use rationales more. We have a number of files that are technically screenshots of copyright protected websites or software (which I believe may apply with or without their logo appearing - but I'm by no means a copyright lawyer). Forbidding them altogether seems like a poor solution as they often provide very helpful visual aides and their usage is totally legal with a proper fair-use rationale statement.
Also started an early draft of a proposed image policy for MW.org to help clarify all of this once there's consensus on the listserv. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Image_policy
Feedback? -greg aka varnent
On Jan 3, 2012, at 5:49 PM, K. Peachey wrote:
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 12:26 AM, Antoine Musso hashar+wmf@free.fr wrote:
Just consider that those files have been created by their uploader and that they granted a license for use on mediawiki.org
I'm pretty sure we can't assume anything with licensing, The uploader must state the license they want it to be under.
Whatever you do, please do not migrate to commons, or we will surely loose materials in the process due to their licensing strictness.
Their licensing shouldn't be any more strict than any other project, If they are rejecting files for bad licensing, We probably should be as well since we all should be using the same interruption by the foundation.
Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l