On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 11:18:54 +0100 Martin Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Maybe if we don't want to provide a community type art page as > described we could link to the gnome-look pages for people to put > their wallpapers up there. they have a much better set of tools for > dealing with anonymous submissions. I agree. If I remember correctly, the argument was that art.ubuntu.org was a "lesser" version of the existing gnome-look project, and a great deal of submissions ended up there. AFAIK AUC is being revamped (by Matthew Nuzum maybe?) regards - Niel > > Best Regards, Martin Owens > > Jane Silber wrote: > > Hi folks - > > > > I just noticed that art.ubuntu.com was shut down. I understand the > > priority of getting the wiki in order and applaud your efforts > > there. But what's the matter with leaving a place where community > > people can contribute wallpapers? Those submissions don't > > necessarily need to be part of the process of selecting what goes > > on the CD, but people like to create wallpapers, share them, > > download them, etc and you are effectively turning away people who > > want to express their enjoyment of Ubuntu through making wallpapers. > > > > Not all of the art process is about making the distro, and > > art.ubuntu.com provides a place where people can contribute > > wallpapers without getting involved in the more formal process of > > artwork for a specific release, and we should support both types of > > contributions. It is also causing confusion internally - the > > Marketing team is now talking about creating a new site like > > art.ubuntu.com where people can contribute wallpapers (not as > > "consider this for the default artwork" but as in "I did this, it's > > cool, others might like it"). > > > > My opinion is that by shutting that site to contributions you have > > closed the door to valuable community contributions and energy. > > What's the argument against re-opening it? > > > > Cheers, > > Jane > > > > > > -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
