FYI, each and every edit on Commons has this text above the edit box: "...You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license."
pb ___________________ Philippe Beaudette Director, Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 415-839-6885, x 6643 phili...@wikimedia.org On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 9:16 AM, Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk>wrote: > On 22 January 2013 16:51, Richard Symonds > <richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > > > The CC family of licences, and Commons re-use guidelines, however, say > that > > you need to have attribution using a byline next to the image, in the > > fashion 'Horation Nelson/CC-BY-SA'. > > > > It appears that opinion is divided on whether a hyperlink is acceptable > as > > attribution, therefore I'm asking the experts: > > > > - Does anyone have any input on this? > > - Has this discussion been had before, if so, where? > > - Should Wikipedia, Commons and the various Wikimedia sites use the > full > > byline, or are we OK just using a hyperlink? > > > > Your thoughts much appreciated! > > Considering mixing my elephant (in corner) and worm (can of) metaphors... > > -- > Andy Mabbett > @pigsonthewing > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l