On 16/10/2007, Magnus Manske magnusmanske@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:
- On the wikipedia where the image was originally uploaded
- By the CommonsHelper (e.g. it will reject "fair use" images from en)
- 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