[Foundation-l] Proposal: Commons Force

[Jovan Cormac]

That's a great idea. They might even do it...

Cheers,
Jovan Cormac


Bod Notbod wrote:
> On the subject of Flickr, I have a proposal.
>
> I'd like to see an option given to Flickr users to check "license for
> use on Wikipedia" which would be an easy way for people to
>
> a) make their pictures available to us and
>
> b) easier to find by Wikipedians.
>
> It could be argued that it should say "license for use on Wikimedia
> Commons" but I don't think that would have the recognition factor that
> Wikipedia has.
>
> Either way, Flickr could provide a "what's this?" link which would
> take the Flickr user to a page with the relevant license details and
> spell out what choosing the license means."
>
> I considered posting something like this on "Wikimedia Strategy" but
> it really isn't a strategy. It's not a "five year plan" type of thing,
> not least because it's something that Flickr would be doing rather
> than the WMF.
>
> What do people think of this idea? Are there any problems with it? If
> this gets general support I would be happy to approach Flickr myself
> although I am a mere jobbing Wikipedian, so I have no reason to
> believe that Flickr would take me very seriously. It would preferably
> be taken up by someone with a higher profile.
>
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