(adapted from the message I left on the Village pump:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump#The_Licensing_tutori…
. The on-wiki text has all the handy links, too.)
Hi. As you may know, I'm working on a Licensing tutorial, as part of the
Multimedia usability project. The goal is to separate the "educational"
part of the current upload page (that no one reads) from the actual
upload form, and at the same time encourage more users to actually read
it.
The illustrator we're working with just delivered the first drafts of
his designs, and we have until the end of the week to provide feedback.
Per our agreement with him, the final artwork will be released under
CC-by-sa, but the in-progress designs can't be shared publicly. However,
as a long-time community member, I know it's critical for the community
to weigh in, and I certainly don't expect to make all the decisions
alone.
As a compromise, I've temporarily published the PDF outside Commons. I'm
going to send private e-mails to a number of Commons users who I think
can provide useful feedback, but I'm happy to send the link to the PDF
to anyone who's interested in helping. Just sign-up on the village pump.
In the meantime, I'll also do some hallway user testing of the tutorial
with people who don't know about free licenses.
Many thanks in advance to everyone who'll be willing to help out! Sign
up at
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump#The_Licensing_tutori…
PS: Did you know you could still test the upload wizard prototype at
http://commons.prototype.wikimedia.org/uwb/Special:UploadWizard ? It's
been improved: the new "temporary upload" system now works, and it
doesn't require file renaming any more.
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Guillaume Paumier
Product Manager, Multimedia Usability
Wikimedia Foundation
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