[WikiEN-l] Non-commercial only and By Permission Only Images to be deleted

[Erik Moeller]

Gregory Maxwell:

> The vast majority of the images we have taken from stock exchange are
> mediocre images of everyday objects

Have you performed a survey? SXC is a community project just like 
Wikimedia. Besides everyday objects, it includes photos from all around 
the world, e.g.:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Orthodox_monk_in_curch%2C_Romania.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Conquistador%27s_monument_in_Lisbon.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Alhambra_Grenade_mlkfj.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Autumn_on_lake%2C_Cottonwood%2C_Arizona.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Ataturk%27s_Mausoleum_in_Ankara_%28tr%29.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Taj_Mahal_1_by_alexfurr.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Medina_tower_in_Sousse%2C_Tunisia.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Andes_Mountain_by_Apile.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Mekong_by_skawimp.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Truli_houses_in_Alberobello%2C_Italy._Unesco.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Temple_of_Komombo_in_the_late_afternoon_sun.jpg

If you can manage to take equivalent photos of all these locations in 
one afternoon, I'll be seriously impressed.

In its terms and marketing, SXC is clearly intended as a free (as in 
speech) content repository. As a community, we have decided that the 
most sensible policy is to follow the *usage terms stated on the image 
description pages*.

I agree with you that, if a photographer states contradictory terms in 
their profile, we should generally get in touch with them and clarify 
the situation. But photos which are unambiguously flagged as "no usage 
restrictions" are perfectly fine. There's no grey area here. It's not 
our job to proactively make sure that users have not mistakenly made 
their material available as free content.

However, SXC photos should *not* be labeled public domain. If you see 
them tagged as such, please change it to {{CopyrightedFreeUse}}.

Erik