I like Sarah's idea. Could help a lot.
Gillian
On 7 May 2012 04:03, Sarah Stierch <sarah.stierch(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 5/6/12 1:54 PM, Caroline Becker wrote:
Can we please focus on the idea and facts instead of (in)appropriate tones
?
I think that trying a professional "Wiki Loves Women" before even trying
to do it as a crownfounded, volunteer project is, as least, strange. It
makes me sad, as a volunteer photographer, to be "forgotten" or taken for
nothing.
Hi Caroline. I apologize if the idea (which has barely been fleshed out -
it was just a bunch of folks tossing ideas around one day and that one came
out and hasn't been touched since, even the title isn't anything official,
I just was touching on the crowd sourced idea of say WLM) sounded like we'd
be paying people to take photographs, that is not what I intended. I think
having quality equipment and being able to support people with what they
need financially to make these images happen would be great - whether it's
purchasing or renting props, renting a studio space, supporting a chapter
to acquire a camera or quality film equipment, etc.
I like to think that everyone, like Wiki Loves Monuments, who participates
would be volunteers. I am also a volunteer photographer for Commons. I know
what type of equipment (whether it's Photoshop or open source applications,
decent cameras, film equipment, lighting, etc) that it takes to bring high
quality content that is desperately needed for Commons. I think having high
quality images taken by participants (whether professional or hobbyist)
would make a really impressive impact on article quality! I also think it'd
be able to serve as a cool way to encourage professional and hobbyist
photographers to participate who might be more interested in taking images
of people rather than things (not every photographer likes to take pictures
of buildings!). Many photographers have no clue Commons exists, and this
could be another interesting way of getting folks involved.
Again, this is nothing that I have solidified or set in stone or even
thought about since it was discussed last year. I just think it'd be cool
to see something that involves community (and not necessarily relies on WMF
grants) within and outside Wikimedia to help fix some of the visual
problems we have.
Love that project idea you just shared!
-Sarah
I'd like to know what can be done, what has already be tried, what
worked and didn't work. If projects like
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sarahdarkmagic/prismatic-art-collection… has
many backers from this list. In one word, to focus on projects and actions.
Caroline
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