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

[Steve Bennett]

On 8/1/06, 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?

FWIW, what I tend to do is use the "preview" button to show the
redlink, and click that. Not so much for images, though. Also, if by
chance I make a redlink by accident, I tend to fix it with a redirect
rather than changing the source.

Steve