[Commons-l] Good words for upload form from formerly frustrated prospective user

[Jon]

If we could turn deleting copyvio's into a video game.... I'd never stop
deleting things.  Oh wait, I don't already.

Moving on to the topic at hand.  How about instead of revamping the upload
page - we create an easy to find "GETTING STARTED" page for all newbies to
commons.  Maybe revamp COM:Welcome.  It is wayyy too long.  My screen res is
set to 1680x1050 - and it is still more than a page long.

We really need a simple page that gives the ultra short version of what
commons is (like 1 sentence).  What type of pictures we accept (1
sentence).  Then a "How to get started guide", preferably with picture -
which is how to signup, how to upload. Obviously we'll need lots of links to
other places, like COM:L.  But at least one small page to be less
intimidating.

As Cary said, copyvio'rs are going to figure a way in.  Hell, most of the
Copyvio'rs we have now _know_ wiki's inside and out.  So we might as well
make it dead stupid easy for newbies.

-Jon
[[Commons:User:ShakataGaNai]]

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 5:33 PM, Cary Bass <cbass at wikimedia.org> wrote:

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> David Gerard wrote:
> | 2008/8/1 geni <geniice at gmail.com>:
> |> 2008/8/1 David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com>:
> |
> |>> Well, yeah. Can any of the tl;dr be removed? I realise instruction
> |>> creep only works upward ...
> |
> |> Probably not but I'm not sure which of our collection of simplified
> |> upload forms you are talking about.
> |
> |
> | Per context, [[Special:Upload]] on Commons.
>
> See, at one time, when there were many fewer uploads, and many fewer
> admins, we looked at new people's uploads and helped them out with
> understanding what they were doing wrong, why something is not free,
> what they need to say while uploading, maybe show them a bit of template
> magic, while we're at it.  We'd do this by going to their talk page, and
> ~ leaving a few kind words.  If it was evident it was a language we
> didn't understand, we'd find a nice admin in their language who would
> also help them.
>
> Now it's like a video game; search for copyvios and destroy... beep
> beep, boop boop... pow pow! don't hit that one, that's a friendly one!
>
> Pow! 2500 points!
>
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