On 14/05/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG guy.chapman@spamcop.net wrote:
On Mon, 14 May 2007 07:41:10 +0200, Florence Devouard Anthere9@yahoo.com wrote:
But my question - as an innocent - the only choice I am given on the template is to replace or change the license. There is already a rationale to keep it. There is no link to the place where the issue is discussed (I suppose it is not). The message is from a bot. Where am I suppose to discuss and with who, to have it kept ? What can I do to avoid automatic deletion ? It seems there is no clear venue where to argue in favor of keeping this little memory of a pillar.
A good point, but I think this is a time to ignore all rules. One possibility is to replace the tag with an images for deletion tag, and then we summon the cabal to snowball keep it. Another possibility is to point to the original upload, which was by the user, and take that as evidence of permission as we do with emails to the OTRS permissions queue.
There are no shortage of images on enwp which are marked with something like:
"The uploader did not specify a copyright status, but it appears likely and plausible that they were the author and intended to release this material under the GFDL"
{{GFDL-presumed}}, perhaps? Not sure.
Obviously it requires common sense, and some thought about the context and content of the image, but it's a legitimate decision to make, especially in contexts such as this (where we *know* the uploader was a community member, we *know* they knew and understood our copyright situation...)