Well some people do, but it is when they get trolled by other contributors and/or overzealous Admin comes along and deletes the file. They quickly lose interest, in turn telling other people not to bother.
I just had another lot of photographs tagged by a troll, in which an Admin deletes ( https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=File:Rachel_Priest_after_the_Sydney_Thunder_vs_Adelaide_Strikers_WBBL_game_at_Robertson_Oval.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=File:Abandoned_farm_house_in_Hillgrove_01.jpg). These have been on Commons for two + years, using the same camera gear I have used over the years. If it is enough for me to give up on the project, it would be the same for any other user but for a newbie it is something that would make me run for the hills (depart quickly as possible)! On Sun, May 17, 2020 at 1:07 PM Benjamin Ikuta <benjaminik...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Anecdotally, it seems people sometimes don't upload their photos to > Commons because they don't realize that the scope of Commons is much > broader than that of Wikipedia. > > Has there been, or should there be, any research into this, or why people > don't contribute more broadly? > > ~Benjamin > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> -- Robert Myers Secretary - Wikimedia Australia M: +61 400 670 288 robert.my...@wikimedia.org.au http://www.wikimedia.org.au Wikimedia Australia Inc. is an independent charitable organisation which supports the efforts of the Wikimedia Foundation in Australia. We welcome your support by membership or donations to keep the Wikimedia mission alive. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
