[Commons-l] Suggestion for improvement

[Bryan Tong Minh]

On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 1:43 AM, Platonides <Platonides at gmail.com> wrote:
> Timwi wrote:
[...]
>> Problem #3 (and this is the main reason I'm posting this): Commons
>> didn't let him replace the image because his account was "too new".
>>
>> This is completely unacceptable. I am not convinced that this detracts
>> absolutely any vandals or other malicious users, and it only serves to
>> prevent honest/legitimate contributions. This restriction results in a
>> net loss, not gain, of useful contribution to Commons.
>>
>> Thanks for listening!
>> Timwi
>
> New users often want to *upload new files*, not modify current images.
> They are also often the most clueless, so not letting them change
> existing images until autoconfirmed is a good idea.
> Specially because that avoids vandals creating new accounts on commons
> and replacing with penis images the ones on article X.
>
> Moreover, the configuration on all WMF sites -not just commons- is to
> only allow reuploading images to autoconfirmed users (unless you were
> the original uploader).
>
>
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