I don't see notices sent to users on commons to vote on he.wp user topic bans or policies. So, really, classifying this as a war misrepresents the unilateral nature of the he.wp uprising against URAA compliance.
On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 2:52 PM, Yann Forget <[email protected]> wrote: > Suite of the drama. > > A request for a topic ban against LGA, who made these deletion > requests, was started by Hanay, a user from the Hebrew Wikipedia. > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Administrators%27_noticeboard/User_problems#User:LGA > > Now she is blocked for one week for "canvassing", because she informed > the Hebrew Wikipedia of the request. > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Blocks_and_protections#Block_of_Hanay_for_cross-wiki_canvassing > > This affair is going to degenerate in a full war between Commons and > some Wikipedias, if a solution is not found. > > Regards, > > Yann > > 2014-06-17 5:05 GMT+05:30 Yann Forget <[email protected]>: >> Hi, >> >> Some Commons contributors like to ask impossible requirements, and >> threaten to delete files if these are not met. We have now a case of >> famous pictures from the government of Israel and Israel Defense >> Forces. >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Matanya#Files_and_pages_that_were_deleted_by_User:Fastily_that_I_am_aware_of_them >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Beba_Idelson_Ada_Maimon1952.jpg >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Abba_Hushi_1956.jpg >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Aharon_Meskin_-_Ben_Gurion_-_Israel_Prize1960.jpg >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Avraham_Shlonsky_1952.jpg >> >> These are famous and valuable pictures, including two featured >> pictures on the Hebrew Wikipedia. These files have already been >> deleted and restored 3 times. When the URAA issue was not convincing >> enough, a new reson for deletion was advanced: that publication >> details were not given. Anyone with 2 bits of common sense can >> understand that these famous pictures were published soon after they >> were taken. There is no reasonable doubt about that. In addition, >> publication is not a requirement for being in the public domain in >> Israel. >> >> After I restored these images, I was threatem by LGA, who is a >> delete-only account: >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Administrators%27_noticeboard/User_problems#User:Yann >> There, more contributors argue on this issue. >> >> By asking absurb requirements about publication details, these >> contributors threaten the project as a whole. If insisting, it will >> lead people to upload pictures like these locally instead of Commons. >> Then the idea of a central repository for all Wikimedia projects is >> gone. >> >> Instead of looking for a reason to destroy these files, they should >> try to find a reason to keep them. >> >> Regards, >> >> Yann > > _______________________________________________ > Commons-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l _______________________________________________ Commons-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l
