[Commons-l] English Wikipedia needs some help.

Tue Dec 26 00:09:30 UTC 2006

On 25/12/06, the wub <thewub.wiki at googlemail.com> wrote:

> What we could really use is some kind of prominently linked page with an
> introduction to the whole idea of free content, and _why_ Wikimedia projects
> are free content. Bear in mind that for a vast number of users, Wikipedia
> will be the first free content project they have met. The en.wp article
> [[free content]] is often used for this purpose, but it isn't exactly ideal

In fact, it's really terrible ...

> and a page out the main namespace would certainly be better.
> [[Wikipedia:Copyrights]] gives a reasonable explanation of the rules, but
> does little to explain why they exist, and why they are a part of our
> mission.

Yes. We need one. I think the job just found you ;-D

- d.