[Commons-l] Principles of organisation - who do we serve?

samuli at samulilintula.net samuli at samulilintula.net
Wed Nov 15 09:57:25 UTC 2006


> On 11/14/06, Samuli Lintula <samuli at samulilintula.net> wrote:
>> I would like to introduce you to CommonTasks
>> <URL:http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:CommonTasks>.
>>
>> It isn't ready but the talk page has a list of maintenance work people
>> can
>> do even without being admins. It also has some instructions. Like I
>> said,
>> it isn't ready, and I'm sorry I have lately been too busy to push it
>> forward even though other people liked the idea. But in time...
>>
>
> You want experenced and active admins. Something everyone is short of
> to do non admin maintenance tasks includeing adding welcome templates?
> This does not seem to be a reasonable use of rescourses.

Bots add welcome templates.

People check that new users make their uploads properly (licenses,
information, categories). 80 % on new users do it wrong. 80 % of "bad
images" come from new users.

-- 
Ystävällisin terveisin,
Samuli Lintula




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