I HAVE AN IDEA
I think this all stems from a bad user interface.
Currently, users have to click on the image to go see the image
description page. Many users do not know that. Proof: on OTRS we get
tons of people who assume that the only resolution they can get is the
thumbnail, and they ask for a larger version.
I can therefore understand that photographers want credits under the
picture, since most users don't even know that they can get the credits
by clicking.
Maybe MediaWiki should:
- extract credits from the image description and show them as a tooltip
over the image
- or put a discreet link underneath for the informations (the small
"enlarge this" icon we use at the right of the caption is NOT understood
by most people).