[WikiEN-l] Making damn sure image attribution is very clear

[David Gerard]

On 26/08/07, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 26/08/07, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 8/26/07, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell at gmail.com> wrote:

> > > The thought behind my proposal is that the universal copyright symbol
> > > is more likely to express the importance of the information behind the
> > > link. The hand icon signifies something that you can click on.

> > Red C notice will tend to be percived as hostile.

> It will convey the message "do not touch." CC-style icons would be
> much better, though there isn't an icon for GFDL, or indeed most
> non-CC licenses.


Though I must say, I really like Stephen Bain's use of an (i) symbol.
We should use that instead of the current two-boxes image in Monobook
- it much more directly says "click here for the information on this
image."


- d.