On 12 June 2010 16:19, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Yaroslav M. Blanter <[email protected]> > Date: 12 June 2010 16:10 > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Are Wikimedia websites a proper venue for > an artistic contest ? > To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <[email protected]> > > > >> Why don't we ever read on Wikimedia Commons' main page "look at this >> picture: it is quite awkward, poorly lit, but it is the first picture >> we've ever had to illustrate Wikipedia article "<name of page>". We >> are grateful to the contributor who sent it. AND we will never delete >> it even if no longer used in any Wikipedia article when better >> pictures are sent by professional photographers later. >> > > Whereas I generally do not agree with the general modality of the message > I am replying to, I definitely think that this last point is important. > Indeed, it is much easier to get recognition for a high-quality image than > for an image which an uploader made an effort to make: a rare location or > smth. This is definitely my personal experience - for instance, so far the > only recognition I got for uploading the complete set of images of Beijing > Subway (I have all 147 stations and uploaded so far about 50, more than the > number of the station images existed on Commons a month ago), categorizing > all this mess and adding pictures and links to Commons in all articles in > all languages where they exist - the only recognition I got was one of my > edits on one of Wikipedias instantly reverted. For the record, I spend > several days of my time to take the pictures, and even more time to edit > them. > > Cheers > Yaroslav >
see: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Valued_images -- geni _______________________________________________ Commons-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l
