Forum:Revisited:Personal images

This forum is picking up from where this one left off.

I originally opposed Cakemix (aka Ikin, aka Megan)'s proposal to block personal images from the wiki. However, I've now come to think she may be right - the wiki isn't an image hosting service.

The wiki is a source of information, not a place for posting the latest "lolcat" picture you found on Google Images. If you really want to show people this image, why can't you just upload it to Imageshack or Photobucket, or any number of image hosting sites out there? Then, you can post the link to the picture on your user page, blog or w/e. So, it would be something like: "I just found this really funny picture of Sarkozy, take a look: (Insert Imageshack/Photobucket picture's URL here)". People will still get to see the picture the same as if you uploaded it to the wiki.

So, what I propose is that we reconsider Megan's proposal to forbid any more personal images on the wiki. Please discuss below. Thanks, over and out. Sgt. S.S. 19:01, March 7, 2011 (UTC)