[Wikinews-l] Pushing User page photo's from wikinews to commons

[Brianna Laugher]

User portraits are welcome at Commons, as long as they have source and
licensing info. "Self-portrait of [[wn:user:foo]]. {{self|cc-by-2.5}}"
is sufficient (for example). I suggest putting them in
[[Category:Wikimedians]].

regards,
Brianna
commons:User:pfctdayelise

On 26/01/07, Brian W <bawolff at gmail.com> wrote:
> Note: this is in reference to the english wikinews
>
>
> We have tons of personal photo's of users for userpages. most of them
> are not licensed freely, if licensed at all (some of them even claim
> they are ''fair use'' which is a total load of ...). I personally
> think that they shouldn't be on wikinews whatsoever (as they'd
> probably also be on the user's page at wikipedia, etc, and we
> currently have no policy's regarding them, so it'd just be easier to
> make them go somewhere that already has a policy), so I propose:
>
> *All new self photo's for user pages go on commons, and follow their
> policies ([[Commons:Criteria for
> inclusion#Wikimedia_Commons_is_a_common_central_media_repository_of_all_Wikimedia_projects]])
>
> *old ones can stay [at wikinews], we won't delete them for now if
> there inproperly licensed as the user clearly wants them here, or
> decide what to do with them later
>
> *any new one's have to be at commons, or they go into the black abyss
> of death and doom.
>
> note: I'm cc-ing this commons-l, as it concerns them, and I have no
> idea if they'll like it or not, so if they say no, its not happening.
> its also posted on the wc at wikinews.
>
>
> --[[user:bawolff|Bawolff]]
>
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