[Foundation-l] [Slashdot] Why the Photos On Wikipedia Are So Bad

[Fred Benenson]

Hi There,
  I"m a long time lurker on this list but work for Creative Commons and am a
semi-pro photog in my spare time. I just wrote a post about "the reality" of
pro photography on Wikipedia:

http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/16017

Figured you all would find it interesting!

Best,

Fred



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On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 4:56 AM, Yaroslav M. Blanter <putevod at mccme.ru>wrote:

> > That's a great idea.  Having a prominent link to "recently uploaded
> > images"
> > (I'm thinking of something like [[Special:NewFiles]] that shows more than
> > 50
> > entries on a page with rc-style metadata, combined from the local wiki +
> > commons) next to "recent changes" on wikipedia would make quite a
> > difference
> > -- we currently have an extra barrier to entry for people who want to get
> > involved with media.
> >
> > Is this sort of change being considered by the usability project?
> >
> > SJ
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> You mean say on en.wp having a link to Commons' new images?
>
> Cheers
> Yaroslav
>
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