[Commons-l] Direct transfer of properly licensed images from wikipedias to commons?

[Brianna Laugher]

On 16/10/2007, Magnus Manske <magnusmanske at googlemail.com> wrote:
> CommonsHelper does have the functionality to do direct uploads via the
> aforementioned bot account, however, that has been deactivated since
> forever, due to concerns.
>
> I would like to propose the reactivation of that feature. Concernes
> about unsuitable uploads through the bot account are superflous, IMHO,
> since images are screened thrice this way:
> 1. On the wikipedia where the image was originally uploaded
> 2. By the CommonsHelper (e.g. it will reject "fair use" images from en)
> 3. On commons, by the usual suspects :-)
>
> Which is two levels of screening more than direct uploads to commons,
> which were, last time I checked, enabled ;-)

That's some dubious counting :P

Could CH use a bot similar to the Flickr upload bot? I am really
impressed by its method (although it is a little counterintuitive the
first time). That way there is a solid record of who the transferrer
is... which is the sticking point to allowing "anonymous" transfers,
for me.

cheers,
Brianna

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