[Commons-l] My Photo Was Reused (God or Bad News?)

[Guillaume Paumier]

Hello,

On 7/7/07, Ayelie <ayelie.at.large at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> We need to make it easier for people to contact the owners of the images,
> as people seem to like to do that before using them - I was contacted for
> two instances, and both times they seemed to want to double check things
> like how to credit me or, in the case of the one used on the site, I
> licensed a thumbnail as PD for them so they could use it as an icon without
> worrying about attribution for such a teensy thing. Some people do figure
> out that there's an "E-mail this user" link when you visit the
> uploader/author's userpage, but most people are just going to look at the
> image page. It is easy, of course, for people to simply add their personal
> info to the information page; but a lot of people don't think to or can't be
> bothered.
>
> Ideas:
> 1. Enable a user preference where user's e-mail addresses are added to the
> sidebar or to the image description page on images they upload
> 2. Have an option (checkbox on upload page) when "uploading own work" to
> have your e-mail address added to the page, either via sidebar link or next
> to the author name in the {{information}} template
> 3. Have users fill a "public info" section in preferences, which is then
> shown on all image pages as a separate section; much like the "upload
> history" section.
>
> Problems with said ideas:
> 1. All images uploaded, including moved images from other projects and
> old/PD images, etc., would have the option; not always a problem, but users
> may be contacted about images they didn't create or that were moved
> 2. None I can see, this is probably the best option.. though not everyone
> uses the "upload own work" form
> 3. Same problem as idea 1
>
> To fix these issues we could add an option to every individual image to
> "add contact information"; and there could be an option to add information
> from another project, if the author included such info in the description
> page.
>

For visitors, it is not even easy to understand they need to click on
usernames to get more information about the author / uploader. The best
thing to do is to add the credit requirements and email address directly on
description pages. I usually use a template (saved in a subpage of mine) to
give this information.

-- 
Guillaume Paumier
[[m:User:guillom]]
"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have
imagined." Henry David Thoreau
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