I like this idea aswel, I proposed something similar before, and went as far as to create a deviantART account for it. I'm up to manage and review submissions there too.
I don't know about other sites, like flirck or reddit, but I can manage the deviantART one :) 2013/6/11 Dave <[email protected]> > ** > I agree, I think this would a great idea. > > One of the things that originally got me into linux years ago, was a > similar idea, that SuSe and Mandrake had when they would share their users > desktops screenshots. > > I would gladly volunteer to review submissions ( call me a geek, but i > enjoy looking at how people setup their own desktops, and i grab ideas for > my own.) > > Dave Pearson > > > On 11 June 2013 at 02:05 Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 12:04 AM, Joan Advincula <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I don't exactly know how to write a formal proposal but as I have been > > > informed, given my interest in Xubuntu.org having a Desktop of the > Week > > > gallery, I should inform the team about it in some form of a proposal. > > > > Thank you for taking the time to write this! I've been super swamped > > with work lately so just getting to reply to this now... > > > > > I propose that there be a "Desktop of the Week" screenshot gallery in > > > Xubuntu.org. > > > > > > It doesn't have to be center-stage for all Xubuntu screenshots but it > would > > > be nice if it could sit right on the homepage. Not the entire gallery > but > > > just the particular desktop for the week. It should occupy the same > space > > > that the official Xubuntu screenshots is now occupying. > > > > > > If not, the gallery could be placed in this page: > > > http://xubuntu.org/screenshots/, right next to the official Xubuntu > > > screenshots gallery. > > > > > > As to how to gather the needed screenshots, we'd first have to gather > some > > > from you guys, the Xubuntu dev team, then the general Xubuntu > community. > > > > > > Before the first of the feature is ever published, we need to be able > to > > > gather up enough images, then we can keep going. > > > > > > If there's a different person required for maintaining this gallery > besides > > > the person already maintaining the official screenshots, I would > gladly > > > volunteer. > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > I think this is a great idea, some comments about what I think we'll > need: > > > > 1. Submission method > > > > This can be flickr, deviantart, "email so-and-so" - or a combination > > of these things. This would be a submission for review, not something > > that would automatically be put up on our site. > > > > 2. Submission guidelines > > > > Some people put some pretty offensive stuff on their desktops as their > > backgrounds :) We'll want to write up some guidelines to make sure > > people know their screenshots should Safe For Work and make sure those > > who volunteer to review understand these guidelines. > > > > Also included in this should be a license, confirmation that they have > > permission to share the background image (either they own it or the > > license of the image allows it to be shared as part of a screenshot) > > and their agreement that we can use their screenshot on our website. > > > > 3. At least 2 people who can volunteer to review submissions and > > commit to providing submissions to the web team for putting them up on > > the site in a timely manner. > > > > And I'd suggest we start off saying "Featured desktop" rather than "of > > the week" since we all get busy and I could easily see the weekly slot > > slipping :) > > > > -- > > Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph || Lyz || pleia2 > > http://www.princessleia.com > > > > -- > > xubuntu-devel mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel > > -- > xubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel > > -- Bruno.-
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