I like Sarah's idea. Could help a lot. Gillian On 7 May 2012 04:03, Sarah Stierch <sarah.stie...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/6/12 1:54 PM, Caroline Becker wrote: > > Can we please focus on the idea and facts instead of (in)appropriate tones > ? > > I think that trying a professional "Wiki Loves Women" before even trying > to do it as a crownfounded, volunteer project is, as least, strange. It > makes me sad, as a volunteer photographer, to be "forgotten" or taken for > nothing. > > > Hi Caroline. I apologize if the idea (which has barely been fleshed out - > it was just a bunch of folks tossing ideas around one day and that one came > out and hasn't been touched since, even the title isn't anything official, > I just was touching on the crowd sourced idea of say WLM) sounded like we'd > be paying people to take photographs, that is not what I intended. I think > having quality equipment and being able to support people with what they > need financially to make these images happen would be great - whether it's > purchasing or renting props, renting a studio space, supporting a chapter > to acquire a camera or quality film equipment, etc. > > I like to think that everyone, like Wiki Loves Monuments, who participates > would be volunteers. I am also a volunteer photographer for Commons. I know > what type of equipment (whether it's Photoshop or open source applications, > decent cameras, film equipment, lighting, etc) that it takes to bring high > quality content that is desperately needed for Commons. I think having high > quality images taken by participants (whether professional or hobbyist) > would make a really impressive impact on article quality! I also think it'd > be able to serve as a cool way to encourage professional and hobbyist > photographers to participate who might be more interested in taking images > of people rather than things (not every photographer likes to take pictures > of buildings!). Many photographers have no clue Commons exists, and this > could be another interesting way of getting folks involved. > > Again, this is nothing that I have solidified or set in stone or even > thought about since it was discussed last year. I just think it'd be cool > to see something that involves community (and not necessarily relies on WMF > grants) within and outside Wikimedia to help fix some of the visual > problems we have. > > Love that project idea you just shared! > > -Sarah > > > > I'd like to know what can be done, what has already be tried, what > worked and didn't work. If projects like > http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sarahdarkmagic/prismatic-art-collection?ref=live > has > many backers from this list. In one word, to focus on projects and actions. > > > Caroline > > > > -- > *Sarah Stierch* > *Wikimedia Foundation Community Fellow* > >>Mind the gap! Support Wikipedia women's outreach: donate > >>today<https://donate.wikimedia.org/> > << > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > >
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