[WikiEN-l] Uploading images should be a privilige, not a right

[geni]

On 7/21/06, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
> Suggestion: Make the default level of privilege "you can upload into
> the waiting bin". Then privileged users can retrieve from the waiting
> bin and make them publicly accessible, or delete them, at their
> discretion. Periodically purge files that have been sitting there more
> than a month or two.
>
> The privilege to make files publicly accessible should be granted
> liberally, but revoked when needed, perhaps on a "3 strikes" basis.
>
> Steve

One heck of a workload there. Probably a better option would be just
as new users can't move pages they should not  be able to upload
images. Once they have stuck around a bit it is probably worth
educating them about our image copyright rules.

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geni