Forum:The problem with images...

As I'm sure our active editors have noticed, I would say at least 99% of images uploaded by anons and new editors are not uploaded "properly". That is, they don't use or, at the very least, provide some other form of attribution. While I had long thought this was due to ignorant editors ignoring the various messages at Special:Upload, a new theory has recently come to my attention. There is another way to upload images available to those who use the default Wikia skin, the "Photo" button on the "Add features and media" portion of the editing sidebar. Unlike Special:Upload, this method of uploading files does not contain helpful reminders and links to the image policy, nor does it preload the Information template. Indeed, no way is provided to add any sort of information at upload other than licensing templates, not even basic things like categories.

Anyway, what I'm basically get at is to ask if anyone has any idea of a non-intrusive way to encourage new editors to use Special:Upload over the other uploader, and thus hopefully lessen our problem of images being uploaded without categories and such (of course, there will always be those who refuse to read or listen, no matter what we do). Would an amendment to the image policy be sufficient, or is the image policy itself not prominent enough, assuming a new editor may not even know about Special:Upload? -- 1337star (Drop me a line!) 17:26, August 18, 2012 (UTC)