[Commons-l] Wikimedia Logos on Commons: Possible Solution

[David Gerard]

On 26/07/07, Eugene Zelenko <eugene.zelenko at gmail.com> wrote:

> Issue with Wikimedia logos violating Commons policies re-appeared
> again on Commons Village Pump.


Ignorance of the origin of Commons as a service project for other
Wikimedia projects.


> I think MediaWiki contain technical ability to solve this problem. As
> far as I remember SVN comments, new file storage class allow to
> support several shared file servers like Commons. So Wikimedia logos
> could be moved to dedicated server. Access to this server could be
> restricted for avoiding vandalism/unapproved logos changes (for
> example to stewards/board memebers).


Alternately, Commons users could acquaint themselves with the history
of the project.


- d.