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

[Ben McIlwain]

On 6/28/06, Kat Walsh <mindspillage at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
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> Suggestions/thoughts/objections?

Let's do it.  Sounds like a great idea.  Copyvios are a big problem in
that it can put Wikipedia in legal trouble, and most of the copyvio
images are uploaded by new or inexperienced users who think that just
because something is already online they can upload it to another site
online.  This will help cut down on those problems and will really
take a load off the back of the poor people who tirelessly deal with
bad copyvio images.