[WikiEN-l] Deletion before discussion

Philip Welch wikipedia at philwelch.net
Fri May 19 03:56:40 UTC 2006


On May 18, 2006, at 10:00 AM, 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.

I don't see why contributors can't give us this minor concession :)

-- 
Philip L. Welch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Philwelch






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