On 6/20/06, Phil Boswell <phil.boswell(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Consider the case where we have a historical
photograph showing several
notable people. We have the option of simply showing the same image against
each of those people, or uploading multiple cropped fragments showing each
person in turn.
Imagine the possibilities of uploading a single image showing all those
people and then being able to show just the appropriate face in the article,
linking through to the main image for context.
Yep. Look, while we're at it, some more requests:
In-place modifications of the following types:
- increase/decrease contrast
- increase/decrease brightness
- rotate arbitrary angle
I very frequently come across images which are less than perfect in
very easily fixable ways. A small number of these make it to WP:FPC
where they tend to get fixed. The rest don't, because it's too much
work to download the image, modify it, save it, and re-upload. If I
had to do nothing more than add {{IMAGE-STRAIGHTEN:-4.5}} to an image
description page, I would do it much more frequently.
Totally in accordance with the wiki principle too: one person takes a
happysnap and uploads it - the smallest effort possible. Someone else
discovers its imperfections, adds a straighten. Someone else increases
the contrast. Someone else defines a good thumbnail. Each person
contributes a small, atomic action, with the lowest cost of effort
possible.
Steve