On Fri, 29 Dec 2006, David Gerard wrote:
(Mind you, I already get phone calls from journalists
who can't work
out what the hell is where on the typical image description page. The
current format *sucks* for reusers, even when they find their image.
Anyone want to work out an Image: page that looks more like something
you'd see in a commercial photo archive, or on Flickr?)
Looking at a typical image I've uplaoded to Commons
http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Image:43040-CastleCary-01.jpg
I cannot see how the layout can be improved on for the elements a resuer
needs:
Picture
Description (including source)
License
I acutally think this is easier to find the information on, particualrly
re licensing, than on Flickr. I have no experience of commercial photo
archives, so I don't know how they operate.
What about the current layout do journalists not understand/not like?
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