[Commons-l] Direct copy to commons

Thu May 4 09:07:25 UTC 2006

> I plan on another script that looks for, say, 20 commons-compatible
> images on a wikipedia (or wikibooks) which are /not/ on commons yet.
> These should be displayed with thumbnail images, links, etc. There would
> be a checkbox in front of each, and the checked ones can be uploaded en
> block to the commons. Would that be desirable?

Uh... if it just says "these images have been tagged GFDL/PD/whatever,
do you want to transfer them to the Commons?" I would have to say no.
Transferring images is a good opportunity to re-examine the licenses
and sources provided for many images on local projects, which are
often quite suspect! Transferrers should be quite stringent in
requiring a source (that if online, is actually *checked*) and a
license justification - for non "(PD/GFDL/whatever)-self" items. For
self created items, some common sense is needed... low res items
should generally be treated with a great deal of suspicion.

Brianna