On 7/31/06, Michael Snow
<wikipedia(a)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? :)
A perceptive cultural observation. Although I would add that red links
prompting the creation of articles are not necessarily always beneficial
- it depends on how good the judgment is of the editor who made the link.
--Michael Snow