On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Sarah Stierch <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:sarah@sarahstierch.com">sarah@sarahstierch.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">


  
    
    
  
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    On 5/16/2011 11:49 AM, Pete Forsyth wrote:<br>
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      <pre>Anybody interested in tackling this issue?
-Pete
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    I&#39;m working on diving into the HOW-TO this summer for Wiki. I do
    want to see all of these topics covered - and I&#39;ll contribute in
    anyway I can. Where do we start? ;-) </div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Hi Sarah,</div><div><br></div><div>I&#39;d be really happy to work on this with you! (And anyone else).</div><div><br></div><div>My sense is that there&#39;s a lot of work to do in identifying the problem -- or rather, evaluating the collection of interrelated issues, and determining where it&#39;s best to focus. The things that seem significant to me are:</div>
<div><br></div><div>(1) Picture of the Day on Commons often seems to be the source of unnecessary strife (moreso than, say, PotD on English Wikipedia);</div><div>(2) It appears that there is not a clearly identified set of editorial values around what DOES constitute a worthwhile PotD on Commons;</div>
<div>(3) The technical and social processes for setting a PotD are difficult to understand and poorly documented.</div><div><br></div><div>How about if we collaborate a bit on documenting how things currently work? I think that process will point the way toward recommending a solution.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I&#39;ve set up a page for this project, if you&#39;re game! <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Peteforsyth/PotD">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Peteforsyth/PotD</a></div><div><br>
</div><div>-Pete</div></div>