Thread:Talk:Flow/Avatars/reply (9)

I'm not sure where this talk of Avatars is, but I want to bring up two points:

1) Commons' incoming image vetting system is overloaded, with far too many things falling through the cracks (both copyvios not being spotted and legitimate images not being properly categorized so they can be found later). English Wikipedia's incoming image vetting system is critically overloaded, as it has only a tiny fraction of the number of image workers Commons does, but the second highest upload rate across WMF all projects. If users are able to upload avatars locally, image workers, already strained, might buckle.

2) The "policing content" and "distracting visuals" comments from Quiddity in this thread are valid points in need of serious consideration. English Wikipedia, at least, already has enough enforcement problems and wannabe dictators to cause tension, and... well... also massive numbers of vandals.

Please take these things into consideration.