[WikiEN-l] There are no pictures in Wikipedia any more

[geni]

On 28/09/2007, George Herbert <george.herbert at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/27/07, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
> > We do not tolerate unfree text to any significant extent. We do
> > tolerate a level of unfree media. Thus we put free media behind other
> > content.
>
> This is simply not true; we have significant (important informational
> content, useful) quotations from other works sprinkled liberally
> throughout the Encyclopedia.
>
> And this is a good thing.
>
> And this is entirely and unquestionably (by any reasonable person)
> legal under fair use.

Close on 50% of the images on en are non free. Text on the other hand?
A few percent maybe.



> > > Deleting images before they notice only results in churn and
> > > resentment.
> >
> > I can live with that.
>
> With all due respect, that's an extremely dangerous sentiment for
> anyone in the community.

Depends on how you handle the resentment.


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geni