[Commons-l] And in other news...

Tue Oct 17 08:27:48 UTC 2006

Brief comments on happenings around the wiki:

* A process to recognise "featured galleries" has been started. (A
"gallery" is a Commons main namespace page that is used to
display/organise/annotate/present media files.)  If you are interested
in helping develop the criteria, or suggest some of your favourite
galleries as possible models, please comment at
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Featured_galleries .
Innovative and unusual presentations are especially welcome.

* Commons is rapidly approaching one million files. How can we
celebrate and mark the occasion? See
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump#Commons:One_million_files

* A new process has been started [for admins] to review images from
Flickr, as license changes or license mismatches are a common problem.
No decision has been made about how to handle the images with
differing licenses. See
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Para/Flickr
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Flickr_review_needed
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Attention#Flickr_review

* There is a fledging project developing to organise and encourage
Commons maintenance and cleanup work to be done. Mop and bucket
optional. Your help needed at
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:CommonTasks .

* A new process for photography feedback has been started. It doesn't
offer any shiny awards, but could give you more expansive feedback
than COM:QI (Quality images, ala 'Good articles', but only for
Wikimedian-created works) or COM:FP (Featured pictures). See
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Photography_critiques .

regards,
Brianna
user:pfctdayelise