The interface is only part of the problems which were identified. Also the
complicated procedures and the (sometimes considered hostile - although not
even always intentional) community were part of the equation. However, I do
agree that the interface is a huge problem, and fixing that would probably
make the odds to encounter a hostile community member smaller etc.
Lodewijk
2009/6/15 Michael Peel <email(a)mikepeel.net>
That is more to do with the interface to Commons, as I
understand it,
rather than the governance of it. Flickr is seen as being much easier
to use. I believe that was also the origin of Pikiwiki - essentially
creating a better interface to Commons.
BTW, to date I've never had a problem with Commons (after >2000 edits
and >500 images uploaded).
Mike
On 15 Jun 2009, at 17:58, Gerard Meijssen wrote:
Hoi,
There is a project called "Wiki loves art/nl" In this project
people make
pictures of objects in museums in the Netherlands. The thing I have
been
wondering about is that the pictures are first published on Flickr
and then
are copied into Commons.
This is a project of the Dutch WMF chapter and some other
organisations. I
read it as "there are too many problems with posting on Commons
directly".
The reason why I bring this up is because it demonstrates how
Commons is not
thought of as the helpful project it should be and it is not only
pikiwiki
that has a problem.
Thanks,
GerardM
2009/6/12 Ting Chen <wing.philopp(a)gmx.de>
Hello,
I had started a discussion on the Village Pump of Commons. I think
Commons is a very important project, and a very complicated project.
With more and more projects initiated by our chapters to encourage
other
organizations or individuals to give their content free and upload
them
to Commons it also becomes a fassade project of the Foundation and
its
chapters. This and other reasons make me think that we should as
broadly
as possible to discuss a few issues on Commons. The discussion is
here:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/
Commons:Village_pump#Some_reflections_about_the_governance_of_Common
--
Ting
Ting's Blog:
http://wingphilopp.blogspot.com/
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