[WikiEN-l] A Solution to the Image Problem

[Nathaniel Sheetz]

On 3/22/06, Jesse W <jessw at netwood.net> wrote:
>
> On Mar 22, 2006, at 11:30 AM, Mark Wagner wrote:
> > Wikipedia's got a problem with images.  2000 of them are uploaded
> > every day, and most of them have inadequate source information, an
> > incorrect license tag, or an invalid fair-use claim.
>
> I think this is a little premature.  It is really important to remember
> that, with our current methods - *The Number Of Untagged Images Is
> Going Down*.  The images tagged as lacking source or license info no
> longer *have* a backlog(due to the change in CSD policy allowing them
> to be deleted, and the hard work of a number of Wikipedians), and the
> backlog of Un-tagged images *is going down*.  Not by much; about 300
> per day on average, but it *is going down*.
>
>
In that case, anyone want to help over at commons?  Don't worry, we've got
plenty of backlog to go around.

Nathaniel