<div dir="ltr">If we could turn deleting copyvio's into a video game.... I'd never stop deleting things. Oh wait, I don't already.<br><br>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.<br>
<br>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.<br>
<br>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.<br><br>-Jon<br>[[Commons:User:ShakataGaNai]]<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 5:33 PM, Cary Bass <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cbass@wikimedia.org">cbass@wikimedia.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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</div><div class="Ih2E3d">| 2008/8/1 geni <<a href="mailto:geniice@gmail.com">geniice@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
|> 2008/8/1 David Gerard <<a href="mailto:dgerard@gmail.com">dgerard@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
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|>> Well, yeah. Can any of the tl;dr be removed? I realise instruction<br>
|>> creep only works upward ...<br>
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|> Probably not but I'm not sure which of our collection of simplified<br>
|> upload forms you are talking about.<br>
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| Per context, [[Special:Upload]] on Commons.<br>
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</div>See, at one time, when there were many fewer uploads, and many fewer<br>
admins, we looked at new people's uploads and helped them out with<br>
understanding what they were doing wrong, why something is not free,<br>
what they need to say while uploading, maybe show them a bit of template<br>
magic, while we're at it. We'd do this by going to their talk page, and<br>
~ leaving a few kind words. If it was evident it was a language we<br>
didn't understand, we'd find a nice admin in their language who would<br>
also help them.<br>
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Now it's like a video game; search for copyvios and destroy... beep<br>
beep, boop boop... pow pow! don't hit that one, that's a friendly one!<br>
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Pow! 2500 points!<br>
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