[Foundation-l] 86% of german users disagree with the introduction of the personal image filter

Liesel koehler-liesel73 at gmx.de
Fri Sep 16 10:57:52 UTC 2011


Your stupid!

Am 16.09.2011 12:39, schrieb emijrp:
> Hi all;
> 
> There are more issues with images in German Wikipedia.
> 
> It is funny how German Wikipedia doesn't allow images[1] (image added by
> me[2] in de:, and later removed by other[3]) because they follow the most
> restrictive copyright law from Germany, Austria and Switzerland[note 1], but
> they are now against giving people the choice to hide images.
> 
> I think that we can do a nice move here. We can enable image filter in
> German Wikipedia for all those who don't want to see
> copyrighted-images-for-German-law, meanwhile allowing other people to see
> all Commons splendour. Using the image filter to improve the rights of
> readers of German Wikipedia. Very cool, right? ; )
> 
> Regards,
> emijrp
> 
> [1]
> http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bildrechte#Wikipedia_richtet_sich_nach_DACH-Recht
> [2] http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alexander_Knox&oldid=81377280
> [3] http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Knox
> 
> [note 1] I heard there are German speaking users outside Europe, right? I
> heard too that, from Germany, you can follow interwiki and see that images
> in other Wikipedias, right? So, what is the sense of that policy? Are not
> the servers in USA?
> 
> 2011/9/16 Tobias Oelgarte <tobias.oelgarte at googlemail.com>
> 
>> Dear readers
>>
>> Yesterday, on September 15th 2011, the German Wikipedia closed the poll
>> (Meinungsbild) "Einführung persönlicher Bildfilter". [1] It asked the
>> question if the personal image filter can be introduced or if it should
>> not be introduced.
>>
>> A strong majority of 86% percent voted to not allow the personal image
>> filter [2] , despite the fact that the board already decided to
>> introduce the feature.
>>
>> The questions are:
>> * Will the board or the WMF proceed with the introduction of the
>> personal image filter against the will of it's second largest community?
>> * If the WMF/board does not care about the first question. Will it
>> affect the way the personal image filter will be implemented? For
>> example: Not for all projects. A different implementation as suggested
>> inside the "image filter referendum".
>> * Will there be an attempt to follow this example and to question other
>> communities the same question?
>>
>> Greetings from
>> Tobias Oelgarte
>>
>> [1]
>>
>> http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meinungsbilder/Einf%C3%BChrung_pers%C3%B6nlicher_Bildfilter
>> [2]
>>
>> http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meinungsbilder/Einf%C3%BChrung_pers%C3%B6nlicher_Bildfilter#Auswertung
>>
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