[Commons-l] Making damn sure image attribution is very clear

[Bryan Tong Minh]

On 8/25/07, James Duncan Davidson <james at duncandavidson.com> wrote:
> 3) EXIF metadata should be preserved, even on resized images. Thumbnails can
> be recreated, so junking those isn't an issue. But stripping unrecoverable
> information, especially that which may contain author and license
> information, is a problem when the images are borrowed and used downstream.
> I wish I had a good way to strip just thumbnails, but I don't currently know
> of one. Flickr has the same practice as well, and it's annoying....
>
There has been some recent discussion on what exif data we should
include in thumbnails. It is for us technically possible and generally
people think it is a good idea. Unfortunately, some cameras add 25 KB
of exif data to a picture; which is about the size of a thumbnail
itself. The exif data has to be stripped before attached to the
thumbnail.

> I realize that I'm not a part of your community and that I'm injecting an
> outside viewpoint. And, as a third party, there's only so much I can do. But
> I'm more than happy to discuss these issues if it is helpful.
>
Outside views are greatly appreciated. As a Wikimedian you see things
troubled; whether you want to or not. I'm very glad that you have
taken the step to the mailing list.

>
> James Duncan Davidson
> james at duncandavidson.com
> +1 503 784 8747
>

Cheers,
Bryan