[Wikimedia-l] Who invoked "principle of least surprise" for the image filter?

[Andreas Kolbe]

On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 6:46 PM, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:

> Many images on Wikipedia have been taken without the subject's genuine
> consent.  So surely that isn't the issue.



Many are transferred to Commons from Flickr without the uploader's consent
which, in the case of sexually explicit photos taken in a private location,
should always be sought before doing the transfer.

Unfortunately, that's another rule more honoured in the breach than in the
observance on Commons. (Note that even if the image doesn't show a face,
the Commons page always includes a link to the person's Flickr stream, thus
identifying them.)

Incidentally, a Commons copyright specialist is currently being banned for
nominating admins' copyright violations for deletion, even though the vast
majority of his deletions have always turned out to be correct ... the
administrators are feeling "harassed" by having their copyright violations
nominated and say he's doing it because he doesn't like them, and that it's
bad for community relations.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Administrators%27_noticeboard/User_problems/Pieter_Kuiper

You couldn't make this stuff up. Not unless you were William Golding, that
is.