On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 10:10 PM, Kevin Gorman <[email protected]> wrote:
> Can anyone articulate a valid reason why the freezeframe from the video > posted on the frontpage was just about the most graphic still possible from > the video? > > Presumably the person who set up the templates thought that was the best frame to use.[1] You should ask him what his reasoning was. It looks like a single person is handling Commons' MOTD rotation,[2][3] so I would guess that very few people actually saw what the thumb would be beforehand. [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2014-05-08_thumbtime&action=history [2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Media_of_the_day/Archive_1#Nomination:_File:SFP_186_-_Buchenwald.webm [3] https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Pristurus&oldid=113169491#Regarding_featured_videos _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
