geni wrote: Does j. random luser tend to select the right "fair use" tag at upload time from the dropdown? We could quite simply add "Google maps/Google Earth" in there and have the appropriate template categorise the images for us... -- Alphax - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Alphax Contributor to Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia "We make the internet not suck" - Jimbo Wales Public key: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Alphax/OpenPGP

a) The people that would be categorising them would likely be people that could just delete them (or tag them for deletion) if they knew they weren't allowed. b) Creating a category for them makes it look like they are allowed, which will probably just increase their usage.

On 11/24/06, Steve Bennett <stevagewp(a)gmail.com> wrote: Some people will upload them without paying any attention to the category - as the category won't affect them, we can ignore them when considering the benefits of making the category. Other people will see the category and upload more images - that's the main affect the category will have, so that's what we need to consider.

A "satellite photos" (or "satellite and aerial photos") category would seem sensible to me.

Steve Bennett wrote: The question is, do we want to frustrate those whose intent is to be good citizens? Some will not bother to find the correct category, or will intentionally pick what they know to be an incorrect category. For those, the existence of a "correct" category will make little difference. Others, however, will seek the correct category, because they're trying to do what's right. For those people, seeing a category may lead them to believe that Google Earth snaps are ok. Under this proposal, we zap those people by deleting their contribution. This makes no sense, unless we're more interested in catching people than in encouraging proper behavior. To use an analogy, it would be like having a special lane on a highway, marked for "traffic in excess of speed limit". Then posting police to ticket anyone using that lane. -Rich