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

Wed Jun 28 19:36:24 UTC 2006

Yes, count me in.

----- Исходное сообщение ----- 
От: "Francis Tyers" <spectre at ivixor.net>
Кому: <wikipedia-l at Wikimedia.org>
Отправлено: 28 июня 2006 г. 22:24
Тема: Re: [Wikipedia-l] Require confirmed email address to upload images?

> 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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