Jay Walsh wrote:
Yeah - you're correct if I read correctly, Ziko.
Sorry I've been missing in action on this topic, all :)
And thanks to Sean and the others for getting the ball rolling.
There is lots of good stuff across the board on the wikis, but we have
to figure out where it all is - ALL of it - and then make a decision
about what pieces are truly important moving forward. We'll save
those pieces, put them in one place (TBD) and we will have to get rid
of some of the other materials.
I'm not crazy about deleting things, but in our communications world
nothing is more important than accurate and timely information. If
curious media or public google for info and end up at an outdated
photo or schematic on one of our many wikis, then we've got a
problem. That being said, I'm also in favor of archiving important
work - we'll make a museum or something, and very clearly mark it as
such.
Do it the wiki way, keep it archived as a museum, don't delete.
Steps one to three are the first stages - it's big
work, and it's what
I'd like comproj to focus on for the next few months.
One of the major drivers for this project is related to trademark
polishing and visual identity. Basically the WP globe, other project
logos, and the WMF logos are being used all over the place in a
variety of quasi official, excellent, and in some cases, terrible
ways. We need to find the best ones and fix the worst ones. This
doesn't mean we will take away users' ability to use the trademarks
completely, but it does mean that we need to enforce quality, approved
use and start setting a great example of trademark respect (that's a
significant part of my job).
What about wikipedia screenshots?
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Copyright_by_Wikimedia is
full of... well, almost everything. From logos intended for wiki use (to
commemorate the wiki's Nth article, birthday, or simply to look nicer),
to toolbar buttons, through on a range of foundation/chapter material.
Of those, i find screenshots between the most annoying. They're
constantly being made (articles about web browsers, OS, tutorials...)
and they almost always have the logo on the top left, thus making it
not free. Do we even care to replace it or photoshop the image? No way,
we simply place a {{CopyrightbyWikimedia}} and go along. *We* can use
it, so why bother?
I modified {{Copyright by Wikimedia}} a year ago so it can categorise
images on lower ones, but didn't really reorganise it.
Can someone develop a cross-wiki reference tag to get
us started?
Again - this tag should -only- be used for pages/material that are NOT
on the WMF wiki. That stuff is doing official work right now, we
don't want to imply it is questionable (I'm pretty sure I've got all
the stuff there under control).
We should also tag material available at
wikimediafoundation.org 'You
can see this here, but the relevant content is at
wikimediafoundation.org/X'
Also, it'd be interesting to keep an eye on the wikipedia articles.
Wikipedia should have the best informatona available about Wikimedia and
its projects, but i have already found information completely outdated
on [[en:Mediawiki]].
Given that wikipedia will be the first place a foreginer will look
searching for the WMF (maybe they're even searching for 'Wikipedia
Foundation'!!), so all wikipedias should prominently link to
wikimediafoundation.org and the designed portal for official info.
Looking forward to hearing from you - this project is
a critical step
for our long-term communications strategy - it is by no means lower-
shelf business. It's hard, necessary work for a wiki organization that
has demonstrated a huge capacity for creativity and creation!
Thanks!