[Wikipedia-l] Egregiously missing option in Upload dialog

[Samuel Klein]

Timwi -

That is indeed pretty egregious.  I use that dialog all the time, but
usually upload my own images and so didn't really attend to whether
the other options are complete.

I agree that this should be fixed, and filed a bug:
  https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20648

(I thought there would be one already but couldn't find it; please dup
it if necessary)

SJ

On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Timwi <timwi at gmx.net> wrote:
>
> Hi.
>
> A friend of mine just tried to upload an image to Wikipedia which was
> given to him by another friend.
>
> Unfortunately the Upload page only provides the options:
>
> * made by someone else for use on Wikipedia only
> * made by someone else for non-commercial use only
>
> and both of these options lead to a speedy-deletion warning. The most
> OBVIOUS options are missing:
>
> * made by someone else and licenced as (whatever free/open licence)
> * made by someone else and placed in the public domain
>
> Because of this, he is forced to use a lower-quality image or no image
> at all (or to lie by claiming to be the author of the work).
>
> I think this should be fixed as soon as possible so that normal,
> reasonable people can upload normal, reasonable images.
>
> Very frustrated,
> Timwi
>
>
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