Well, let me make that suggestion then. I would like
to remove all
pictures for which:
1. no author or source is known, and
2. there is no good reason to believe they are public domain
From my own sample, which unfortunately did not get posted on the list
yet (I sent it from another email address, and it is waiting moderator
approval because it is from a non-subscribed address), I think that
this might include as many as 20% of our current images.
If so, then I'm wrong and will immediately change my position. If 20%
of our images are from questionable sources, we are in a bad position
and need to correct it quickly. Given the large number of images that
have no provenance information, perhaps we should rearrange the
image-upload process to require uploaders to click through a "where
did you get this image" page before they enter the file name. Of
course that won't force anyone to enter anything, but it will make it
more obvious that they should.
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Sean Barrett | When nine hundred years old you reach,
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