[WikiEN-l] Used-with-permission images, a modest proposal

Tue Jul 5 22:54:44 UTC 2005

This is a reasonable solution though I would ALSO suggest that such a policy 
be accompanied by a disclaimer that (unless the actual copyright holder 
comes forth and denies approval and denies that the item is fair use) we 
prefer leaving the image in place to wholesale deletions done WITHOUT 
providing a suitable replacement picture.

Otherwise I can see any number of trolls on Wikipedia running around 
deleting pictures of their political opponents, or people they don't like, 
or girls they think are sluts, or any other nonsense and then claiming "it 
needed to go Wikipedia didn't have copyright approval" when called on their 
vandalism.

A. Nony Mouse

>
>That said, the problem is big enough that it would be unreasonable to
>try to make a full correction at this time. I think we just need to
>start with the position that we prefer works made by wikipedians and
>will replace works not made by wikipedians with works by wikipedians
>as such choices come along.

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