On 5/3/06, Steve Bennett stevage@gmail.com wrote:
Or perhaps I'm missing something - is there any reason I should ever want to upload something to EN, other than fair use?
Any number of practical considerations, especially when we're dealing with newer users:
1. Most en: contributors don't have a Commons account; until single login is actually implemented, having to sign up for a new account will just be an annoyance. 1.a. Even if users _do_ sign up to Commons, they are unlikely to check their talk pages there on a regular basis, which would make contacting them far more difficult. 2. Images uploaded to Commons with what turns out to be an unsuitable license are likely to be deleted out of hand, with no notification to the user; such images on en: can be retagged as fair use if needed. 3. Conversely, Commons does not (at present) have the infrastructure in place to deal with the flood of new uploads we see on en:, making it more likely that non-free images will slip through the cracks.
Having a more streamlined process for migrating free images to Commons would be better, in my opinion; but even that might not be possible with the increasingly stringent demands being placed on image tagging.
Kirill Lokshin