That's a great idea. They might even do it... Cheers, Jovan Cormac
Bod Notbod wrote: > On the subject of Flickr, I have a proposal. > > I'd like to see an option given to Flickr users to check "license for > use on Wikipedia" which would be an easy way for people to > > a) make their pictures available to us and > > b) easier to find by Wikipedians. > > It could be argued that it should say "license for use on Wikimedia > Commons" but I don't think that would have the recognition factor that > Wikipedia has. > > Either way, Flickr could provide a "what's this?" link which would > take the Flickr user to a page with the relevant license details and > spell out what choosing the license means." > > I considered posting something like this on "Wikimedia Strategy" but > it really isn't a strategy. It's not a "five year plan" type of thing, > not least because it's something that Flickr would be doing rather > than the WMF. > > What do people think of this idea? Are there any problems with it? If > this gets general support I would be happy to approach Flickr myself > although I am a mere jobbing Wikipedian, so I have no reason to > believe that Flickr would take me very seriously. It would preferably > be taken up by someone with a higher profile. > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l