[Wikipedia-l] Require confirmed email address to upload images?

Wed Jun 28 19:24:03 UTC 2006

Great idea. 

Fran

On Wed, 2006-06-28 at 20:21 +0100, Will "Sceptre" Noble wrote:
> And it'd cut down on most of the fair-use with no rationale and images like
> that. (of course, there may be some serial offenders even after that)
> 
> On 6/28/06, Brad Patrick <bradp.wmf at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I completely agree.  Anonymity is not equal to the right to be
> > uncontactable
> > everafter.
> >
> > On 6/28/06, Kat Walsh <mindspillage at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > One of the big problems with checking and tagging images is that we
> > > often cannot contact the uploaders -- they register an account, maybe
> > > only to upload, and then they never log in again, never check their
> > > talk page, didn't provide an email address, and you have no way to
> > > contact them.
> > >
> > > A lot of images are deleted because we simply have no way to contact
> > > the uploader who didn't provide a source or a license to ask them what
> > > the correct information is.
> > >
> > > I think it would be a big step forward to require a confirmed email
> > > address in order to upload images. It's a not a large hurdle for
> > > contributors, no minimum time or edit count -- just that we must be
> > > able to contact you, and then if we cannot, we're sure it's not just
> > > because you haven't been checking your talk page.
> > >
> > > This would also make it far easier for reusers of our media to contact
> > > the contributors to confirm! Wikimedia gets many requests to reprint
> > > photos and often we have to say that we simply do not know how to get
> > > in touch with the copyright holder -- someone who last edited a year
> > > ago is not likely to check a talk page.
> > >
> > > I hear it said that this would be an easy feature to implement.
> > >
> > > Suggestions/thoughts/objections?
> > >
> > > -Kat
> > >
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