[Wikipedia-l] Wikipedia photo squad?

koyaanisqatsi at nupedia.com koyaanisqatsi at nupedia.com
Wed Oct 30 18:29:51 UTC 2002


Erik Wrote:
>The image copyright discussion reminds me of an idea that has been going
>through my head for a while. How about an organized effort to create (shoot)
>public domain photos of important people/places/events? I am not a photographer
>so I would be a bad person to lead this WikiProject, but maybe there are
>people on this list who would be interested in it.
>
>Basically, the effort would have to be organized in such a way that 
>- interested photographers put their names and locations on the page and put
>the page in their watchlist
>- interested users add people, places, things, events etc. to a To Do list.
>Photographers add their names to the list if they want to finish a task. The
>task is moved into a "Finished tasks" list later and the photos are uploaded.

This is IMHO a great idea, and one I'd love to participate in (once my FM2 returns from the shop).  If no one has started the page yet, let me know and I will.  If the page has been started, please point me to it.  :-)

kq








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