[Commons-l] intelligence in flagging

Tue Jul 11 17:29:40 UTC 2006

Its not an issue of determining responsibility. Its an issue of efficiency, as it is
more efficient to read the image for information. 

S

--- Siebrand Mazeland <s.mazeland at xs4all.nl> wrote:

> On a more general note: in my opinion an uploader is ALWAYS responsible for
> correct and complete license and source information. It is not a duty for an
> admin to go and get it when either is missing, nor should the Commons admin
> chase al around the Wikimedia landscape to notify an uploader on his home
> wiki(s).
> 
> It is the responsibility of admins to ensure no policy violations occur, to
> notify users of possible violations and/or missing information and educate
> users where needed.
> 
> Requiring admins to follow each and every link in search for information
> regarding an image is definately not the way to go, in my opinion.
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Siebrand 
> 
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: commons-l-bounces at wikimedia.org
> [mailto:commons-l-bounces at wikimedia.org] Namens Platonides
> Verzonden: dinsdag 11 juli 2006 13:00
> Aan: commons-l at wikimedia.org
> Onderwerp: Re: [Commons-l] intelligence in flagging
> 
> 
> "stevertigo" wrote:
> > This presents itself as a problem as Ive noticed a certain automation, 
> > and sadly a lack of intelligence,
> 
> Yes, you're right. That image was automatically flagged as no-license by
> Orgullobot, so there's automation and bots are not very intelligent ;-)
> 
> The good notice is that nobody lost time flagging it, maybe it wasn't even
> check by a human before you arrived. The uploader got a message but didn't
> correct it.
> 
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