Erik Moeller schrieb:
Please have a closer look at FlickrLickr, if you haven't already. We have reviewed over 90,000 photos and uploaded over 5,500. The process looks like this: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Flickrlickr.png
Using FlickrLickr to filter donated images sounds like a great idea. I could upload them to the FlickrLickr database if there's an interface.
After the safe-upload experience, I wouldn't want to store the image on the toolserver ;-)
The script could also be expanded to notify the uploader whether their files have been accepted (only a couple of lines of Perl really).
I haven't used Perl for some time now, and only very basic stuff back then.
One idea that is part of the concept I posted is to enable uploading media archives (ZIP files etc.). This would be useful for individuals and institutions which want to share a set of images. Your script would have to uncompress the archive, and ask the user to describe each file that is in it.
Two problems with this: * Each image in a zip file would basically get the same description. Otherwise, you'll have to include a text file with the descriptions, which is probably more hassle than uploading them one by one. * Zip files can be manipulated to grow into extreme amounts of nonsense data. Even a small zip fil could potentially result in hundreds of GB of uncompressed data. A potential attack vector.
Regarding the specific implementation at the moment, I may be alone in this, but I think we should greatly simplify the licensing part. What I would prefer is something like:
[ ] You agree to donate your picture to the general public under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License 1.2 or higher and the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike license 2.5 or higher. This means that anyone can use it for any purpose, including commercial use, as long as modified copies are made available under similar terms (copyleft).
I have altered the text to show that option more prominently. I'd prefer to give the uploader some choice, though. Choice makes people think, whil a single checkbox just gets, well, checked ;-)
I would also suggest hacking a separate contact form for people who do not want to use this process. This would have some questions like:
- Describe the media you want to donate
- Choose the licensing conditions (here a more advanced form would be available)
- Tell us where we can reach you.
- Other comments.
It could send a nicely formatted e-mail into an OTRS queue created specifically for this purpose.
Here's a thought: Let people mail their images, descriptions, and license to a central e-mail directly. Volunteers could then upload them after checking.
And, we'd automatically get the senders e-mail address ;-)
Magnus