2014-06-21 2:27 GMT+05:30 Daniel Schwen <[email protected]>: > 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.
Commons is here to serve Wikipedia projects, not to antagonize them, like it is the case. I think users of the Hebrew Wikipedia has the right to know and to say what they think about what affects them. Yann > 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 _______________________________________________ Commons-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l
