[WikiEN-l] We need to recognize that advocating is a basic right

Fri May 5 14:57:32 UTC 2006

On 5/5/06, Rob Church <robchur at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 05/05/06, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 5/5/06, Craig Whitford <craigwhitford1 at emailaccount.com> wrote:
> > > I've heard about the Request for comment from the United States Congress.
> > > It's true, Wikipedia is used as a PR/spin machine.
> > > I've also noticed Commons is being used to upload PR pictures too, for spin purposes.
> > >
> > > Craig
> > >
> >
> > A PR photo is better than nothing.
>
> "PR photo" implies non-free licencing, which means that it's not
> acceptable on Commons, our free media repo. So in this case, and in
> others, no image *is* better.
>
>
> Rob Church

I assumed that people were releasing them under a free lisence (it
might be a logical course of action for politicians although not so
much for celebrities).

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geni