On 11/12/11 9:46 AM, Jay Ashworth wrote:
I concur with WASs appraisal of the situation, and
agree that the policy
sounds like it needs to be formalized -- or if it already exists and was
merely flouted, that that situation needs to be cleared up.
I specifically concur that a complaint ought to be necessary.
Thank you.
I've done a bit of research today, and the formal complaint process
specifies "Sue Gardner, Designated Agent Wikimedia Foundation".
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:General_disclaimer
The deletion policy process is buried in the box at the bottom of
the "Disclaimer" page. You'd have to know to look for it.
Moreover, there is a "permissions-commons(a)wikimedia.org" (mentioned
nowhere in the deletion request itself nor deletion policy) for
granting permissions via the "Open-source Ticket Request System"
(OTRS). That has a many months backlog.
We've got to stop administrators pretending to (quoting Yann)
"protect the authors' interests." In this case, protecting the
photographer against the picture's owner. The administrators *MUST*
stop acting as self-appointed legal agents.
That way lies madness, and significant legal liability. It is not an
administrator's responsibility. If you take that position, the
Foundation could be liable for any failures to detect violations.