[Wikipedia-l] Wiki-images?

[Constans, Camille (C.C.)]

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>"Constans, Camille (C.C.)" <cconsta4 at ford.com> schrieb:
>> I like this idea, but it doesnt exist yet elsewhere ? It's true that
>> a wiki system would be nice.
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>Well, I have not found anything quite like it. As said, the 
>closest thing 
>would be the GIMP Image Archive (http://gimp-savvy.com/PHOTO-ARCHIVE/),
>but that one has only specific sources (NASA, NOAA, USDA and 
>FWS). I would
>like to give users the possibility to add images they found 
>elsewhere (as
>long as they're PD or Copyleft). It also suffers the 
>disadvantage of not
>having downloaded a context with the image, because of which 
>it is often
>not clear to the volunteer describing the picture what is 
>actually on it.
>
>A second similarity would be Google's image source, but there 
>one cannot
>choose to get only images that are PD or Copyleft, but has to 
>wade through
>masses of copyrighted images to see whether there is one that one is
>allowed to use.
> 
>> But if a picture has nothing to do, how will you choose to keep or 
>> delete it ? Will we use the same system as wikipedia for 
>pages deletion ?
>
>That's a policy decision that is to be taken, but should not influence
>whether and how this is done otherwise. My own opinion would 
>be that 'unused
>image' should not be a reason for deletion (on the other hand, 
>unused images
>on Wikipedia might well be transwikied), but that one might 
>set up a system
>to delete images that do not seem useful for Wikipedia or 
>similar projects -
>Here I think in the first place of "yet another image of a..."-cases.
>

I see no pb to create a new one, but we'll have to create a new one for each language, no ?
And idea would be to upload pictures, and having the possibility to write in diffferent language about this picture.

Jimmy, what do you think about this new wiki like project ?