[Commons-l] Principles of organisation - who do we serve?

Tue Nov 14 10:20:30 UTC 2006

Erik Moeller wrote:
> On 11/13/06, Brianna Laugher <brianna.laugher at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thanks, Brion. Specifically, could we require that new registered
>> users must have a confirmed email address before uploading? With talk
>> page email notifications as default setting.
> 
> I oppose this on Commons, for the reasons I have given in this thread
> when this was previously brought up:
> http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2006-June/044555.html

Commons != Wikipedia. Commons is a special case. We've got Enotif
enabled, we have globally visible media. I don't think that the
arguments made in a thread on a list for a different project, 4-5 months
ago, are equally valid when applied to Commons at this point in time.

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