Someone (I believe David?) suggested actively encouraging some of your
editors/admins to become more active on Commons. I think this is good advice
for any project that finds itself using or depending on the services Commons
provides. Just as the Commons community will become more aware of your
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 7:43 AM, Ilario Valdelli valde...@gmail.com wrote:
* Commons (like repository) with sysops elected by other projects
which will use it like repository (and in this case the policies are
decided by these projects)
* another project (wikialbum???) which helps Commons to
OK, the question has popped up so many times, that I think it would only
be
fair to give it a separate topic on this list :)
Now I'd like to have a discussion about this, and not just assumptions.
Let's not be childish and say yes it is, no it's not (which some of the
discussion comes down
I thought a bit more about the issue, and I think there is a point we
(possibly all of us) are missing. Actually, Commons must be not just a
depository, it can also play an active role within WMF projects. Let me
give an example. More than a year ago I uploaded this file:
OK, the question has popped up so many times, that I think it would only be
fair to give it a separate topic on this list :)
Now I'd like to have a discussion about this, and not just assumptions.
Let's not be childish and say yes it is, no it's not (which some of the
discussion comes down to)
Hello,
I want to start with thanking Effe iets anders, this is the most neutral
email about Commons I have seen this week, and I like the fact that
there is a new angle to work with.
I think Commons is both a service projects and a independent project,
Commons is a free file repository and
Hi Huib,
yes, that seems to be an accurate description of the current situation.
However, what would you /want/ it to be, and /why/ ? :)
Thanks,
eia
2009/6/16 Huib Laurens abi...@forgotten-beauty.com
Hello,
I want to start with thanking Effe iets anders, this is the most neutral
email
effe iets anders schreef:
Hi Huib,
yes, that seems to be an accurate description of the current situation.
However, what would you /want/ it to be, and /why/ ? :)
Thanks,
eia
2009/6/16 Huib Laurens abi...@forgotten-beauty.com
Hello,
I would want it to be a independent project
: Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org
To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 8:41:49 AM
Subject: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Commons: Service project or not?
OK, the question has popped up so many times, that I think it would only be
fair
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Geoffrey Plourde geo.p...@yahoo.comwrote:
Commons is an oddball project. Other projects produce work, but Commons
stores it. Wikisource could be considered another oddball for the same
reason. At this point in time, I would class Commons as a service project
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Geoffrey Plourde geo.p...@yahoo.comwrote:
Commons is an oddball project. Other projects produce work, but Commons
stores it. Wikisource could be considered another oddball for the same
reason. At this point in time, I would class Commons as a service project
Its only point=what is does=store images for other projects
I was not referring to the cabinet makers, just the filing cabinets. It was the
closest metaphor for Commons my caffeine deprived brain could think of.
Following along it, a cabinet maker is one who makes cabinets. The cabinets
Geoffrey Plourde schreef:
Its only point=what is does=store images for other projects
I was not referring to the cabinet makers, just the filing cabinets. It was
the closest metaphor for Commons my caffeine deprived brain could think of.
Following along it, a cabinet maker is one who makes
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Geoffrey Plourde geo.p...@yahoo.comwrote:
Its only point=what is does=store images for other projects
Then your earlier statement is incorrect because that's not the only thing
Commons does. People do view Commons images directly. Moreover, many of
those
2 Commons is not ready to be a service project to replace local
uploads, translations aren't good enough and there a not enough
administrators to give enough service to all language projects.
I am not sure what you mean. es.wp and (almost) de.wp only use Commons,
they do not have any local
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Huib Laurens
abi...@forgotten-beauty.comwrote:
effe iets anders schreef:
Hi Huib,
yes, that seems to be an accurate description of the current situation.
However, what would you /want/ it to be, and /why/ ? :)
Thanks,
eia
2009/6/16 Huib
List foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 11:13:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Commons: Service project or not?
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Geoffrey Plourde geo.p...@yahoo.comwrote:
Commons is an oddball project. Other projects produce work
11:41:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Commons: Service project or not?
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Huib Laurens
abi...@forgotten-beauty.comwrote:
effe iets anders schreef:
Hi Huib,
yes, that seems to be an accurate description of the current situation.
However, what
Yaroslav M. Blanter schreef:
2 Commons is not ready to be a service project to replace local
uploads, translations aren't good enough and there a not enough
administrators to give enough service to all language projects.
I am not sure what you mean. es.wp and (almost) de.wp only use
I don't think the problem will be with the big projects, there are a lot
of people who can speak the language.. The small wiki's are the most
difficult and Commons isn't ready to handle them in a good way. It would
be best if Commons had two admins for every language instead of none for
some
Actually, what Commons does is store media files. Whether it does that
for other projects or not is the open question we're considering at
present. You shouldn't define your premises to meet your conclusions if
you want to participate in a constructive dialogue.
Thanks,
-Mike
On Tue, 2009-06-16
Yaroslav M. Blanter schreef:
I don't think the problem will be with the big projects, there are a lot
of people who can speak the language.. The small wiki's are the most
difficult and Commons isn't ready to handle them in a good way. It would
be best if Commons had two admins for every
On 16 Jun 2009, at 18:56, Geoffrey Plourde wrote:
Commons is an oddball project. Other projects produce work, but
Commons stores it. Wikisource could be considered another oddball
for the same reason. At this point in time, I would class Commons
as a service project (and wikisource as
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