Hi all,

I am happy to announce that Round 1 of the Philip Greenspun illustration project (PGIP) is now open. The request list is published here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Philip_Greenspun_illustration_project/Round_1/Request_list It will run for two months. Then in conjunction with Cary and Erik we will assess how Round 1 went, adjust as necessary and (with any luck :)) carry on with Round 2.

In case you are wondering "What is PGIP?", it's a project that was enabled by a donation of Philip Greenspun to the Wikimedia Foundation for the purpose of creating illustrations. The original community announcement by Cary was here http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2007-November/034531.html and the central place for all PGIP info has been on meta, here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Philip_Greenspun_illustration_project

So basically it's 1) collect requests for illustrations and 2) pay people to make them.

If you are interested in the project and/or interested in creating illustrations, please join the mailing list: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/greenspun-illustrations and please also check out the information on meta.

If you are wondering why it took like ten months, I wrote a bit of an explanation here. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Philip_Greenspun_illustration_project/Round_1#About_the_delay.

I will probably have more to say over the next couple of weeks about ways people can help. For now, I'd just like your help spreading the word to any illustrators you know that might not have heard of this project yet.

thanks, Brianna user:pfctdayelise