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Commons photographers: next virtual meeting on April 13, 2024[edit]
Dear member of the Commons Photographers User Group,
I'm inviting you to our next virtual meeting on Saturday, April 13, 2024 at 9.00 UTC ( start time in your timezone (via zoneStamp!) (expected duration for 2 hrs). The primary agenda of this gathering will revolve around discussions regarding the Movement Charter. Your valuable input and participation in these discussions would be highly appreciated. If you're interested in attending, please sign up on this page: Virtual Meeting on April 13, 2024.
I hope you're having a great time taking photos and I'm looking forward to seeing you.
All the best, -- Suyash Dwivedi (talk) 10:35, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
enwiki discussion[edit]
FYI — Rhododendrites talk | 15:25, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
- @Rhododendrites I think so far your discussion just confirms to me that Wikipedians don't think they are a free content project. I think your initial post was a bit TLDR and unfair on Diliff. A genuine copyright troll creates the images with that licence in order to make money. There's no evidence at all that Diliff did that and I knew him when he was active creating the photos. Diliff was very generous with this knowledge and helped a lot of Commoners improve their photography. It also is unfair to describe this as a "business model" for Diliff (though it is for Pixy). In terms of teaching people a lesson, Diliff's view would appear to be that perhaps folk will learn to attribute CC images properly. We've created a monster in a way, with a licence that is written such that small mistakes can expose one to big bills, and Wikipedia frankly hasn't given a damn about attributing images the way we'd expect other sites to. Diliff's behaviour is a symptom of a mess Wikipedia created. -- Colin (talk) 19:30, 29 May 2024 (UTC)