Is this picture worth more than 137,000 news images, <br>Is this picture worth the loss of xontributions from GLAM organisations<br>Is this picture worth the cost of denying other contributors the opportunity to participate.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 17 May 2011 16:16, Tobias Oelgarte <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tobias.oelgarte@googlemail.com">tobias.oelgarte@googlemail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Am 17.05.2011 02:34, schrieb Neil Kandalgaonkar:<br>
<div class="im">> On 5/16/11 8:21 PM, Cary Bass wrote:<br>
>> We need an active group of contributors who represent at the very least<br>
>> some cross-section of not only Commons contributors but of interested<br>
>> re-users of Commons content to actively monitor and maintain the POTD.<br>
>> This is not the first time that something inappropriate for Main Page<br>
>> content has appeared and I doubt it will be the last.<br>
> That is definitely a practical solution. POTD are scheduled long in<br>
> advance, so that could solve the problems here pretty quickly. The image<br>
> in question is, IMO, unambiguously inappropriate for Commons, and this<br>
> shouldn't have been a difficult debate.<br>
><br>
> On the other hand it feels a bit wrong to me. In that case we're asking<br>
> groups that are relatively underrepresented in Wiki culture to take on<br>
> the role of policing. I feel like they ought to have some rights to a<br>
> welcoming environment as a baseline. That said, in a wiki context, it<br>
> seems to be impossible to achieve such baseline freedoms, as long as the<br>
> offenders have large amounts of free time.<br>
><br>
> So some people are going to have to make the sacrifices to change the<br>
> culture.<br>
><br>
> Another worry: if there's a "quality control board", officially or<br>
> unofficially, they can start to take that role too seriously or become<br>
> captured by various radical factions. But I guess we have to take that<br>
> chance.<br>
><br>
><br>
</div>Another board for decisions? Just leave the communities alone. They can<br>
handle it very well on their own. Any board i know failed in so many<br>
points. An good example from the German Wikipedia is the<br>
"Schiedsgericht". This is the last call if some users can't be stopped<br>
from offending each other. But this board isn't trusted at all and<br>
constantly breaks down. Just because it is seen as needless.<br>
<br>
What im seeing here is the construction of an government which isn't<br>
even democratic, getting very close to a dictatorship. Or as we said in<br>
the GDR: One party, elected by itself.<br>
<font color="#888888"><br>
Tobias<br>
</font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
_______________________________________________<br>
Commons-l mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:Commons-l@lists.wikimedia.org">Commons-l@lists.wikimedia.org</a><br>
<a href="https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l" target="_blank">https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l</a><br>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>GN.<br>Photo Gallery: <a href="http://gnangarra.redbubble.com">http://gnangarra.redbubble.com</a><br>Gn. Blogg: <a href="http://gnangarra.wordpress.com">http://gnangarra.wordpress.com</a><br>
<div style="visibility: hidden; left: -5000px; position: absolute; z-index: 9999; padding: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word; color: black; font-size: 10px; text-align: left; line-height: 130%;" id="avg_ls_inline_popup">
</div>