[Wikipedia-l] Require confirmed email address to upload images?

[Oliver Coddington]

I suppose it does open up the question of having to have an e-mail address
to just simply register an account, as opposed to just having to have one to
upload images. Especially when there was a debate going on about reusing
accounts which have been inactive, if one had to register with a valid
e-mail address then a warning e-mail could be sent out to inactive accounts,
for example. Of course that does go against the nature of Wikipedia
slightly, in some people's views. However, it is something worth considering
as the rate of new users keeps on increasing.

Oliver

On 6/28/06, Will Sceptre Noble <tintower at tintower.tk> wrote:
>
> And it'd cut down on most of the fair-use with no rationale and images
> like
> that. (of course, there may be some serial offenders even after that)
>
> On 6/28/06, Brad Patrick <bradp.wmf at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I completely agree.  Anonymity is not equal to the right to be
> > uncontactable
> > everafter.
> >
> > On 6/28/06, Kat Walsh <mindspillage at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > One of the big problems with checking and tagging images is that we
> > > often cannot contact the uploaders -- they register an account, maybe
> > > only to upload, and then they never log in again, never check their
> > > talk page, didn't provide an email address, and you have no way to
> > > contact them.
> > >
> > > A lot of images are deleted because we simply have no way to contact
> > > the uploader who didn't provide a source or a license to ask them what
> > > the correct information is.
> > >
> > > I think it would be a big step forward to require a confirmed email
> > > address in order to upload images. It's a not a large hurdle for
> > > contributors, no minimum time or edit count -- just that we must be
> > > able to contact you, and then if we cannot, we're sure it's not just
> > > because you haven't been checking your talk page.
> > >
> > > This would also make it far easier for reusers of our media to contact
> > > the contributors to confirm! Wikimedia gets many requests to reprint
> > > photos and often we have to say that we simply do not know how to get
> > > in touch with the copyright holder -- someone who last edited a year
> > > ago is not likely to check a talk page.
> > >
> > > I hear it said that this would be an easy feature to implement.
> > >
> > > Suggestions/thoughts/objections?
> > >
> > > -Kat
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