Commons talk:Project scope/Evidence
Community consensus for policy[edit]
I see that this document was created as a sub-page of Project scope in 2009. Was a there a community consensus to turn the essay into policy? It can be observed that the "policy" elements are duplicated from the parent document and it is not convention to turn essays that quote existing policies into more policies automatically. I raise the question as we have a common goal to keep Commons policies simple to understand and to keep our bureaucracy to a minimum. Thanks --Fæ (talk) 09:59, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
- Can you please link to the essay? Is it used as an explanation for these project/scope policies? Rybkovich (talk) 17:45, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
Consent[edit]
While I collect signed consent for all the identifiable images I take I do not and will not share these consents publicly or with fellow volunteers. I had a Wikipedian launch a legal attack against me a number of years ago on this issue as they claimed I did not have appropriate consent (they were not the subject of the photos or even knew the subjects of the photos). I shared the consents with my College of Physicians and Surgeons and the case was dismissed.
I therefore find this "policy" concerning. We do not want to be forcing people to associate pictures with real names. I have had people email me asking if the subjects of some of my images were there relatives when they were not. There are simply people who look the same. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 10:17, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
Proof of anonymity/unknown authorship[edit]
I had a recent discussion where an editor argued that for Template:Anonymous-EU or such, this policy dictates we have to find a a source that clearly states the author is anonymous or unknown, or we have to assume otherwise. Since find a source that clearly states that for many public domain images based on anonymity assumption is often very hard, this line of reasoning would endanger many images. Still, in light of Commons:Project scope/Precautionary principle... what do people think? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 04:20, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
