Romaine Wiki, 05/05/2016 13:51:
My question is: what is the minimum of quality we should ask?
Bundesarchiv was the first big content partnership and already provided 800px wide images. Minimum standards should grow gradually over time, hence Wikimedia entities and groups should keep in mind that they should every time raise the bar compared to their predecessors.
Nowadays, from WMIT partners we usually recommend and require that they give us the highest resolution they have. I'd consider 1000px the minimum for decency and some 1600px the minimum for practical purposes (it's the size of a standard postcard at 300 dpi).
The rationale I offer institutions it twofold: * Wikimedia can't offer free resources (upload help) for such a low return; * if you don't provide better resolution than your "competitors", your images will not be used or will be soon replaced by others, hence all the work spent on the partnership will be wasted on your end as well.
Nemo