[WikiEN-l] Deletion before discussion

[Rob Church]

On 18/05/06, Rob <gamaliel8 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/17/06, Philip Welch <wikipedia at philwelch.net> wrote:
> > On May 17, 2006, at 4:52 PM, Rob wrote:
> >
> > > If I ever wanted to put a pic of myself or my kids on WP, I wouldn't
> > > want to release it under a free (or free-ish) license so every troll I
> > > block for vandalism could put my family on their webpage.  Of course,
> > > they can already do that, but not legally, for what it's worth.
> >
> > Sounds like putting a pic of yourself on Wikipedia is not for you.
>
> No, it's not, and I won't be doing it regardless of what the policy
> is.  But I think contributors who wish to add pictures of themselves
> and their family to their userspace should be allowed to do so without
> giving up the rights to those photos.   I don't see why we can't give
> contributors this minor concession.

It's still all political. You're publishing something. If someone
wishes to steal and deface it, they will do.

The licence at the bottom of the page applies to everything.


Rob Church