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Tech:Copy image descriptions from shared
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Moved from en:Wikitravel:Feature requests by Evan
MediaWiki has a feature to import image descriptions from a Commons into the language versions. It might be nice to use this feature so you don't have to click through to find image descriptions. However, this will require some fancy work on the caching system to make sure it either doesn't cache Image: pages for shared images, or if the Image: page changes on shared:, it clears the cache for all language versions for that page. --Evan 17:42, 6 July 2006 (EDT)
- I get the en:MediaWiki:Sharedupload-box as intended, but not the information from Shared. In order to get the information, including the image description, I have to press the shared:Image:Sharedupload link in the box. I'd like the image information to show up, without having to take one step further. Riggwelter 05:36, 10 July 2006 (EDT)
[edit] Legal issues
I certainly don't think it's necessary that the descriptions be copied to language versions in order to fulfill our duties under the CC & GFDL licenses, but it's possible that image authors might see it differently, when they realize that their photo credit is buried two clicks deep. Finishing this tech request would put us on sounder legal footing. --Peter Talk 21:51, 23 September 2009 (EDT)
