RE: [WikiEN-l] Our Pokémon gallery

Fri Jan 27 21:29:53 UTC 2006

> From: wikien-l-bounces at Wikipedia.org 
> [mailto:wikien-l-bounces at Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Haukur 
> Þorgeirsson

> > Look at this yummy gallery of 200 copyrighted images:
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Pok%C3%A9mon_images
> 
> And I know this isn't anything new, we've been talking about 
> this problem for a long time. So is anyone working on a 
> technical solution?
> 
> I mean, it's not like these galleries are hidden to the 
> reader or even hard to find. Go to [[Pikachu]], click on the 
> image and then click on [[Pokémon images]] - a very natural 
> thing to do.
> 
> Better still - do a straight Google search for "Pokémon 
> images". Our gallery is the second hit. I repeat - if you're 
> searching for Pokémon images on Google you'll find that 
> Wikipedia has a very nice gallery of them.
> 
> We're seeing revert wars and blocks over fair use images on 
> user pages. I assert that our fair use galleries are a bigger problem.

I can't see this instance as a major problem, even though it goes well
beyond fair use. It is essentially free advertising for the copyright holder
and they are not likely to complain.

Besides, anyone deleting them is going to get their name on the shitlist of
all the Pokemon fen.

Peter (Skyring)