I've been reading all the discussion that have abounded across Commons, en
and the lists, and think that the reations are doing more harm than the
images themselves. The concern I'm seeing with warnings is that they will
encroach into areas that they were never intended, they dont actually do
anything to address the content and cause usability problems. The other side
to the equation is that the warnings will become a challenge for younger
people to go looking for these images drawing a greater focus onto them.
Just saying Commons is not Censored is enough providing we do something
positive to ensure that the images we host do meet our charter.
On 12 May 2010 09:28, Krinkle <krinklemail(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Something like that ("review before uploaded
media is public") I believe is
already being taken into consideration by the Usability Initiative.
However I don't quite see what that has to do with the subject ;-)
It's not about preventing data from getting onto Commons. The warning is
not an excuse like "Sorry, we haven't deleted all the bad stuff yet,
there's
a lot coming in every day".
It would be a warning more like "Some of our content" -(which we will
keep)- " may not be suited for minors etc. etc. sex, shocking w/e" - read
the Village pump discussion.
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Greetings,
Krinkle
Op 12 mei 2010, om 03:22 heeft Gnangarra het volgende geschreven:
Really all we need to do is impliment a review process for uploaded media
that way we address not only scope but copyright, derivative wroks, FOP,
permission and licensing issues before the image is available for use,
something like a flagged revisions. Providing it has an auto review for
approved contributors so as not to create unmanagable back logs it should be
a relatively fast process.
On 12 May 2010 03:04, Neil Kandalgaonkar <neilk(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Note: replying to Commons-L as I am not on
Foundation-L.
Hi -- I'm one of the WMF staff programmers working on Commons Usability.
And by "one of", I mean "the". ;)
Reiterating arguments I made at the Village Pump, I'd like to note on
this list that in my professional opinion, this would be a step
backwards for usability.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump#An_initial_notice_to…
If you feel that the purpose of Commons is not obvious to visitors, I
suggest a tagline that appears at the top of every page.
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20010722.html
My suggestion would be something like "A vast library of educational
images, movies, and sounds that anyone can use or contribute to."
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Neil Kandalgaonkar ( <neilk(a)wikimedia.org>
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