Why don't we start a page [[Commons:The ultimate information template]] and brainstorm all the possible fields in all the possible domains we will have, and maybe then it will be a bit clearer if we should be using a single template to cover them all, or what. (For example should audio and video have the same fields? Will they need extra fields?)
If the devs came to us today and said "OK, we're going to implement a big structured database for you, what fields do you want?", we should be prepared about how we will answer. :)
Should we have specialised templates that people subst: that become {{information}} (or whatever we call this Ultimate Template), for example?
We should also be careful to get input from lots of high-volume uploaders, since they are likely to be the most affected by any changes.
cheers, Brianna
On 07/09/07, Gregory Maxwell gmaxwell@gmail.com wrote:
We currently have a lot of images without the information tag. Without it the authorship of an image may be unclear. (Example: http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Image:Olive-tree-fruit-august...)
Would it be a bad idea to have a campaign to get the {{Information}} template used on *all* our images?
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