(adapted from the message I left on the Village pump: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump#The_Licensing_tutoria... . 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_tutoria...
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.
Hi. As a follow-up to my message from last week < http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/commons-l/2010-October/005694.html
, I would like to thank everyone who provided feedback on the draft
designs of the licensing tutorial. The illustrator we're working with has taken it into account and delivered a second round of designs.
Like last time, I've temporarily published the PDF outside Commons. I'm going to send private e-mails to the people who signed up last time, but I'm happy to send the link to the PDF to anyone else who's interested in helping. Just sign-up on the village pump and leave your comments on the feedback page by Tuesday.
Many thanks in advance to everyone who'll be willing to help out! Sign up at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump#Licensing_tutorial:_P...