[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #32378: Image Uploads automatically puts "Olympus Digital Camera" as caption

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#32378: Image Uploads automatically puts "Olympus Digital Camera" as caption
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 Reporter:  vparkhere                            |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  feature request                      |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  Future
                                                 |  Release
Component:  Media                                |     Version:  4.2
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  dev-feedback needs-unit-tests has-   |     Focuses:
  patch                                          |
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Changes (by tpnotes):

 * type:  defect (bug) => feature request


Comment:

 In my opinion it is the responsibility of the content creator to know what
 she/he is uploading to the internet and therefore manage all metadata
 actively.

 I still believe that Wordpress Core should not mess with metadata during
 the upload of images in any way without letting the user be fully aware
 about it and give her/him a chance to interfere. And - hard coding
 specific phrases is never a good idea. Someone will stumble over it in the
 future. That's Murphy.

 From the perspective of reducing complexity in code, which has to be
 maintained and supported: Olympus has a global market share of 2.8%
 according to a recent post on PetaPixel (https://petapixel.com/2019/07/08
 /canon-increased-market-share-in-2018-but-camera-market-continues-to-
 bleed/). How many Olympus camera users are not actively manage their image
 metadata AND using Wordpress for a more or less personal use (cite of
 @mattday: "Some people just want take a JPG file off their camera and
 upload it to their site")? Is that issue really affecting so many users,
 that it is worth to be addressed, maintained and supported within the core
 of a software which is used by 25% of all websites?

 As I re-read the entry - beside my own strong opinion about metadata - I
 understand, that someone might not want to handle every single image. I
 really like the idea from @bjones9942 to give users more options directly
 while uploading an image. The current process with uploading then actively
 open the image in the media section and then editing metadata is clunky
 and it might be forgotten easily. So, enabling and encouraging users to
 manage their metadata just at the moment, when they are already handling
 their images, sounds great.

 While thinking about how such a feature might be implemented I had another
 idea:
 How about a feature in the settings section for media where a user can
 manually enter one or more terms for defined metadata fields (e.g. title,
 caption, keywords...) which should be deleted on import? And/Or an option
 to clear defined metadata fields on upload? And/Or just a simple option to
 strip all metadata on upload except the copyright?

 I have changed the type of the issue to "feature request", since the issue
 seems not to be a bug in the Wordpress core. Just as a suggestion.

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