https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19773
Summary: Default source field for 'self-created' images should
mention user name,
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Normal
Component: Images and files
AssignedTo: wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org
ReportedBy: w...@gfarlie.demon.co.uk
I'm filing this here, but would appreciate it being referred if needed.
On English Wikipedia, the default source entry for self-created images appears
to be something
like 'I made this image entirly' myself, when the {{tl|information}} box for an
image is filled out
(possibly by [[Special:Upload]].)
However, self created images under a free-licence get moved to Wikimedia
Commons,
and in the transfer process, the link between the original uploader (in the
meta data)
and the 'I' in the original gets broken...
This may lead to some confusion on the part of people finding the image at
Commons.
Would it be possible to adjust [[Special:Upload]] or the relevant portions of
Media-wiki
to use something like ' {{User Name}} is the sole creator of this image' ?
This is less
ambiguous and won't be a link that gets broken when images are moved to
Commons.
Whilst this issue has arisen with English Wikipedia -> Commons it may be a
potential
issue with other cross wiki-image transfers.
The alternate to this, would be to longer term look into possibly , having much
closer Commons
integration in a Media Wiki extension, deprecating the current generation of
bot assisted transfer
tools.
User:Sfan00_IMG
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