RE: [Wikipedia-l] Galleries on Wikipedia vs. galleries on WikimediaCommons

I would like to see each wikipedia be able to view what's in the Wiki-Commons from within their own wiki, but in their own language, and when they upload a picture, they upload to the commons, not the wiki, thereby saving server space. So, if I log into the German wiki, I can edit a description of the picture, and from English, Dutch, etc., I can do the same thing, and it all describes the same picture, not multiple copies of the same picture. James -----Original Message----- From: wikipedia-l-bounces(a)Wikimedia.org [mailto:wikipedia-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Stan Shebs Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 5:32 AM To: wikipedia-l(a)Wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] Galleries on Wikipedia vs. galleries on WikimediaCommons Erik Moeller wrote: I think it's worth suggesting that people take a look, but the commons is not really ready for primetime; while there's been a lot of energetic image dumping, not so much effort has gone into organization or cross-reference support. My experience so far has been to be confronted with piles of random uploads of monster pictures, sort of like some horrible museum where if you express interest in something, the docent grabs you and shoves you up against the painting, and you have to walk back and forth with your nose to the wall in order to view it. :-) It also seems that there is not a consensus as to whether the commons is a bare repository for editors to draw upon, versus something that you want to send readers to. It would be unfortunate to move a gallery there and then have somebody delete it because "that's not what the commons is for." Stan _______________________________________________ Wikipedia-l mailing list Wikipedia-l(a)Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l