Topic on Help talk:Extension:FileImporter

Hello,

there are many files in the de.wikipedia that are automaticly tagged with nocommons, because they should have individual review. That is important because the PD-tags are often not enough for Commons. But there aren't tags, which are enough for Commons, for many PD file, that we could import to Commons, on the de.wikipedia. For example: There are many PD-alt-100 images - images that are older than 100 years, where the author in unknown -, that are older than 120 years (for example de:Datei:''Marie'' Haug ∞ Carl Ferdinand Pistorius, Foto Neapel um 1862, Abzug auf Albuminpapier um 1862.jpg), so that we are able to import them to Commons with PD-old-assumed. But the FileImporter, doesn't allow to do anything, if there a NoCommons-tag. So I think, we should allow to use the FileImporter for File with NoCommons. The FileImporter should make a warning text to the NoCommons Tag, and the User must add the right Commons-tag, before he/she Import the File.

As far as the software is concerned, NoCommons means NoCommons. If these files need individual review, why not do this and remove the NoCommons template before moving a file to Commons?

Sorry, I didn't see the parameter "Commons" of the template de:Vorlage:Bild-PD-alt-100. Thank you.

Now I wanted to import the file de:Datei:''Marie'' Haug ∞ Carl Ferdinand Pistorius, Foto Neapel um 1862, Abzug auf Albuminpapier um 1862.jpg (150 years old and only a Foundation as author, so unknow author ==> allowed on Commons with PD-old-assumed). I removed the NoCommons tag with "Commons=ja". Then I read "The file cannot be imported, because it is not marked with one of the required licences.", yes is has not the license tag to import the file to Commons, but there is no license tag on the de.wp like PD-old-assumed, because we don't need it.

I suggest to bring this topic up at de:WP:DÜP or the corresponding discussion page on Wikimedia Commons. The current community consensus documented at Extension:FileImporter/Data/de.wikipedia#Bad 2 is to not allow transfers of files with a de:Template:Bild-PD-alt-100.

the use of nocommons on edge cases is a symptom of lack of trust among communities. it is a soft issue not a code issue. the communities need to work it out, and the tool will reflect that consensus.