A policy that I've never heard of until now...

By my estimation, I have added about 1,000 pictures to the Numista catalog... but this is the first time I've ever had one rejected because Numista apparently has a policy of vigorously defending its administration's photos.

Do any referees or team members know anything about this?

From the referee forum:

Citeer: "dptashny"​I received a change request to replace a © Numista photo. What is the policy on that?
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​Thanks!

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Citeer: "ZacUK"​ I remember years ago that the answer is NO
​- as they were either added by Xavier or another member
​(whose name I cannot remember).
​Maybe we can replace them nowadays, but not sure.
​I can't remember where or when I read all that.

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If you provide a personal photo of higher quality than what is there it's illogical to not replace it. I guess the question is why not? The answer has to better than because that's what the rule says.

I think Kenny said it was "a big part of Numista history" at some point....

Not that I see any logic behind it and I am wholeheartedly against the policy. Numista is a wiki site, not Xavier's (or someone else's) collection showcase. But I respect and follow the rules while they still exist.

Citeer: "dptashny"​I think Kenny said it was "a big part of Numista history" at some point....
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​Not that I see any logic behind it and I am wholeheartedly against the policy. Numista is a wiki site, not Xavier's (or someone else's) collection showcase. But I respect and follow the rules while they still exist.

​Well I guess that defeats the purpose of an interactive community dedicated to building a comprehensive catalog. We should strive for the best info and the best pictures. So Dan I appreciate your deference to rules... but...as they say rules are made to be broken and well I am quite the coin radical so I would change it

Vote so YOU can be a big part of Numista history!

https://en.numista.com/forum/topic45756.html

Playing devil's advocate here, I can see the reason why Xavier doesn't want the "(c) Numista" images replaced. Yes, the site is a wiki, and no, it doesn't belong to a single person, but he needs to protect the site as a whole.

Imagine this scenario.
I have a lot of very high quality images and upload them to the site, asking for them to replace all the lower quality images on the catalogue pages. It happens and they all end up with "(c) BizzoDoes" on them.
I then have a fall-out with the site and decide to leave.
I then remember that most of the images belong to me, and I contact xavier and ask for all my images to be removed.
That is a great deal of effort for the site, and could get them in a lot of trouble if they don't comply. It would also leave the site quite image-less in the catalogue.

I've read the terms of service (https://en.numista.com/conditions.php), this rule is applicable:

10. Unless by special agreement with Numista, you grant the rights to use any text or image that you add on publicly visible parts of Numista.

If I'm no longer a member, the terms of service won't apply, so I could request them to be removed.

I think that if the terms of service are rephrased or changed to cover Xavier and Numista should this scenario apply, then the replacing of "(c) Numista" images could be possible.

Just my view 2 cents.

Edit. I'll also post this to the suggestion thread.

Referees can see the history of modifications of the coins and most old pictures are still available there so if pictures need to be removed the referee/catalog admins can select the older picture again.

Actually it can't be done because 'Numista' can't be specified as a copyright.

Citeer: "Xavier"​I agree there should not be such rules. The pictures © Numista are mainly my own pictures, and they should be replaced if there is a better picture.
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​The only rules is that we should prefer pictures from Numista users (including mine © Numista) over pictures from external websites (when it is allowed), except if the pictures from Numista users have a too bad quality.

If your pic is better than © Numista you can ask again.

What about a disclaimer, where the member who offers a better quality image has to agree to hand over the image with no copyright claim the moment you upload it.

I know it is nice to upload a pic and see your name under it, but is that really necessary? or just add a line that thanks the uploader, not stating it is copyrighted by them.

The disclaimer would squash all claims once the image is uploaded.

Agree with Fluke.

https://en.numista.com/forum/topic21389.html