[WikiEN-l] Technical solution to bad fair use

[Rob]

On 7/31/06, Stan Shebs <shebs at apple.com> wrote:

> I'm still a little mystified by this claim. To date I've uploaded
> about 2,000 of my own photos, and I can't recall a single article
> where one of my photos has been replaced by a nonfree image. On
> the contrary, I see my pics showing up unexpectedly in additional
> articles. That's not to say replacement doesn't happen, no
> mechanism to notify if it did, but when I spot-check, I don't see
> anything going on. So where exactly is all this replacement with
> nonfree happening?

Unfortunately this is common on some articles, especially the pop
culture stuff.  In some articles the lead pic is different every week
with fans switching it out for their new favorite, in others I've seen
clear public domain pics replaced with fuzzy screenshots.