Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/MediaWiki talk:Licenses/en-withpermission

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellany page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was keep, as nobody supported deletion, and relevant arguments were given as to why the option should not be removed from the image upload dialog. Titoxd^{(?!? - cool stuff)} 02:30, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] MediaWiki talk:Licenses/en-withpermission

Delete MediaWiki:Licenses/en-withpermission:

This is dead end page (All images uploaded using this way will deleted), I think we should delete it or add more licenses. if deleted please delete MediaWiki:Uploadtext/en-withpermission OsamaK 10:56, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

• Are you nominating the talk page, or the main page? In the absence of the MediaWiki page, unfortunately, people might falsify licenses (e.g., specify GFDL-self when the image was actually found somewhere else on the internet), since there are no options that fit their situation. Perhaps replace {{nld}} and others with a more user-friendly template, e.g. {{licensing help requested}} (which does not exist, but could be created)? Gracenotes^T § 16:08, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
• I'm sure the nomination is meant to be to remove this option from the upload wizard. There was a discussion on this issue at WT:NONFREE#Non-commercial_use_only_images this past week. Several people there, including me, pointed out that without these options people are more likely to just pick a different, false reason from the upload form. It's not like the people who are currently uploading images that are "with permission" or "noncommercial use only" will just stop because the option disappears from the upload wizard. — Carl (CBM · talk) 17:21, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
• I'm not sure MFD is the right place to have this discussion. I wouldn't mind replacing that localization with a static page like Wikipedia:Upload/Unknown author or license, but we can't just delete it without an alternative. It all comes down to whether the static page is a deterrent, sending people to WP:MCQ, or if they simply make up a license when confronted with that. I think it probably is a deterrent in the case of no source (used now), but am very unsure about people who "know" they have permission. Those people often cannot be dissuaded. We simply can't only list options that are acceptable for inclusion. People will always pick one of the options, whether the accurate choice is there or not. - cohesion 22:28, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
• Relist nomimation botched, motivation missing.--Victor falk 13:42, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.