On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 5:05 PM, Platonides<Platonides(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Gregory Maxwell wrote:
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.
That's a reasonable point. It's a matter of discussion for the
community, though.
I agree that those remotely loaded images are undesirable. But the
inline images at the search page are conceptually different from those
at articles. The images at the search page "belong" to the skin.
Not to mention that uploading into a wiki where they shouldn't otherwise
be allowed, will inevitably lead to someone trying to use them on articles.
Bad image list is your friend.