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

[Ray Saintonge]

Oldak Quill wrote:

>On 22/07/06, Mark Wagner <carnildo at gmail.com> wrote:
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>
>>[[Category:Promotional images]]
>>
>>By 22:00 UTC tomorrow, I expect you to have checked every image on the
>>first page of that category.  For the images that did not actually
>>come from a [[press kit]], I expect you to remove the license tag from
>>the image, retag it as {{subst:nld}}, and explain to the uploader why
>>their image is not really a promotional image.  If the image also
>>doesn't have proper source information, add the {{subst:nsd}} tag as
>>well, and explain why images need source information.  You don't need
>>to remove the images from articles using them, since OrphanBot will
>>get around to it in a few days, but you do need to watchlist all the
>>images to make sure nobody puts an incorrect license tag on before the
>>image is deleted.
>>
>>Congratulations, you will have reduced the total number of improper
>>{{promophoto}} claims by 0.1%!
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>>
>We could always go the German way and prevent all non-copyleft images.
>
>PS. I just wanted to check I was accurate in making this statement. I
>decided Coca Cola would be a good article to use to check
>(http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca_Cola) as they are presumably unable
>to display the logo. They do show the logo in the form of photographs
>of the side of lorries showing the logo and practically nothing else.
>Surely such a photo can't be claimed to be copyleft?
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>
I would be very surprised if the Coca-Cola Company has ever complained 
about the use of its logo in any informative material.  They're smart 
enough to know that showing the logo is good advertising for them.

Ec