Now, let's think a bit. In order to upload a file, you need to be a
registered user. I don't think that many people that are not put off by
having to register will be put off by supply an email address which is
not published and having to validate it. However, what's the situation
with accounts that provided an email address which has never been
verified because it was supplied before validation started and the user
didn't bother afterwards? At least of it.wikipedia there are hundreds of
images that were uploaded say in 2004 when copyright requirements were
less strict (as soon as a realistic licence tag was there the image
could stay, even without any indication of the author)? Quite a few of
these images were uploaded by users that haven't been active since, but
the email address they provided is still existing, probably. And I tink
this feature is even more useful for Commons, where even active
wikimedians normally only occasionally upload some file, therefore not
reading their talk page that often - well, single login would help even
more...
Cruccone
mboverload wrote:
The best idea I've heard in awhile.
On 6/28/06, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>On 6/28/06, Brianna Laugher <brianna.laugher(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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>>As for requiring email address... eh. They are typically just as
>>throwaway as a wiki account. I have no problem with the current method
>>of deleting with extreme prejudice. By deleting such images WP is not
>>missing much.
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>The practice of deleting with extreme prejudice is the best tool we
>have today on enwiki. It is, at least somewhat, effective. However
>deletion creates a lot of opportunity for tension in the community,
>there are a lot of people who would like to keep their favorite image
>at any cost, at least any cost short of them figuring out the
>copyright status themselves...
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