[Foundation-l] Image filter

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
With all due respect, there are plenty of images that do not particularly
add to the sum of all wisdom. There are plenty of images in that category
that do not add anything at all to what is already there.

Commons has as its motto: "a database of
12,349,098<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics>
 freely usable<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Reusing_content_outside_Wikimedia>
media
files to which anyone can
contribute<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Welcome>
."
This is valid however it needs a lot of work before it is the database of
freely usable media files where you can actually find what you are looking
for. Add to this the real hesitation people have to advertise it as the
quality repository it more or less is because of problematic imagery it
includes and you have a situation where you have to ask yourself: What is
Commons there for.

   - it is the repository for images used on the WMF projects
   - it is a repository of images that is made optimally available to all
   seekers

I am sure that there can be an option that allows you or someone else to
see "everything", good luck with that. I am equally sure that because of
there not being the filters we have discussed all too often many people
will continue to refrain from using Commons.

The question you have to ask yourself, where is the value in Commons when
we do not optimise it as much as possible so that it will be the repository
of choice of freely licensed imagery.
Thanks,
     GerardM

On 9 March 2012 11:24, Möller, Carsten <c.moeller at wmco.de> wrote:

> The ugly content censors are raising their heads again.
>
> Just stop it and dont spend any more funds on this.
>
> I understand between the lines that it was stopped in order to protect the
> fundraiser from unwanted discussions in the public.
>
> Give as a clear message, that Wikipedia/Wikimedia will never assist in
> hiding knowledge.
>
> Carsten Möller
> Hamburg Germany
>
>
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 1:00 AM, phoebe ayers
> > <phoebe.wiki at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Hi MZ and all --
> > >
> > > Project development was put on hold over the winter in favor of more
> > > pressing priorities, with the agreement of the Board. There is
> > > currently an open proposal on the table for the Board to vote on
> > > whether to continue with our original request for an image hiding
> > > feature; and the ED will take direction from the Board on
> > the matter.
> > > We have put that vote off however due to the more time-sensitive and
> > > generally all-consuming financial discussions of the past couple of
> > > months. I haven't reported on it one way or the other because the
> > > timeline for a revote hasn't yet been set.
> > >
>
>
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