2009/7/21 Andrew Gray <[email protected]>: > 2009/7/21 Carcharoth <[email protected]>:
>> Yes, you are right. So how did we get to OTRS instead of directing >> people to the Upload button? I'm confused now. I'm sure there was a >> reason for using OTRS instead of telling people to Upload. I think the > I believe one of the main issues is that a lot of people are more > comfortable with emailing in a photograph, and us doing the > administrative tasks, than with the whole hassle of creating an > account, uploading it, figuring out the commons/wikipedia divide, > learning the syntax to put it in an article... Yeah. Some people are happy to contribute things but aren't terribly interested in getting involved in the community, etc. e.g. a friend got a picture of a [[hoopoe]] in the middle of its sunbasking behaviour. I asked for the pic for Wikimedia, worked out the license and the credit line, uploaded them and added the pic to the article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoopoe#Behaviour http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sbuchner_20090712_hoopoe4.jpg (There's a suggested credit line for the CC by-sa, though I did point out that sites reusing the image would often just print her name and technically be in compliance - but asking nicely for the links doesn't hurt and will often get them.) - d. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
