On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Platonides Platonides@gmail.com wrote:
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).
It makes absolutely no sense for ES wiki to forbid a particular kind of image but then allow it to be inlined unless its some file the WMF couldn't legally host (and also wouldn't forbid as a part of the WP content).
One of the main purposes in restricting non-free materials is to keep the content of the WP freely available… from the prospective of a user of Wikipedia a remotely loaded inline image is equivalent to a locally hosted image, except that the remotely loaded image violates their privacy.
If ES wouldn't permit the upload for this purpose then they ought not permit the inline injection.