[WikiEN-l] Common sense exceptions to our copyright policy.

[Gregory Maxwell]

On 7/31/06, Michael Snow <wikipedia at earthlink.net> wrote:
> While I like that we're debating ways to encourage more
> copyright-compliant uploads, I'm not sure about this particular idea.
> Right now, when I happen across an article with a red link for an image,
> I know to remove it and/or look for a substitute. Do we want to make
> people wonder whether they should wait around in case there's an upload
> forthcoming?

That bring around another question... Why do we consider redlinks for
non yet created articles benificial while we conisder redlinks for not
yet created illustrations to be a problem that must be fixed? :)