K. Peachey wrote:
Taking advantage of this thread. Take a look at http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search Can those images be moved to a server under our control (WMF, Toolserver...)?
Potentially, those systems they could be retrieving the search queries and ips of all visitors via the referer.
Originally, some of those images were hosted by WMF-FR but was stopped because it overloaded their server.
They should be hosted like a standard image with a FUR and then inculded via a interface message, then the servers should cache them so load shouldn't cause a issue. (although it might be wiser to ask someone better at mediawiki/wikipedia about that)
eswiki doesn't allow Fair Use images. It doesn't even allow loacl uploads. I could upload it at commons, but would be deleted in hours. Uploading at enwiki might be an option, but not a good one. English Wikipedia images are not there to serve other projects, and although they could survive more time would finally be deleted.
Another option would be the toolserver but: a) I don't have an account there (yet). b) I was afraid of producing too much load for the toolserver. Also, it might need a special provision, per Duesentrieb's email (that may need to be clarified at the rules page).