[Commons-l] Commons != kindergarden

Sun Nov 12 19:59:21 UTC 2006

On 11/12/06, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> For the same reason anyone can edit. Our usual practice is to get the
> maximal contribution input then clean it up afterward, rather than try
> to limit it before the fact.

If a user uploads an image without information and we're unable to get
ahold of them we must delete it.  This is a pretty different situation
from a user who makes a few copyedits to the text of an article.

This substantial difference is demonstrated clearly by the relative
deletion rates of images and article on enwiki.   Images are deleted
at a much higher rate relative to new image uploading than articles
are relative to new article creation.

I welcome contributions from new users on commons... but I think it's
both unfair and masochistic to demand users who are currently
unwilling to undertake the burden of participating in a multilingual
project to make their uploads to commons.

It's so trivial to move a properly sourced/tagged image after the
fact, I just don't see why you are whining David.

I'd like to consider your views but considering your poor ratio of
commons contributions to mailinglist outspokenness right now
(http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/David_Gerard)
I'm having a difficult time seeing your messages as anything other
than a waste of my time.