Wouldn't it be the most obvious way to get additional input to include the various graphic labs directly in the process? For example, the German Grafikwerkstatt (by far not as good as our french colleagues!) has a dedicated page "Grafikwünsche" at http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Grafikwerkstatt/Grafikw%C3%BCnsche We're about twenty persons with differing skill levels who look after that page.
If a request comes in at such a place and it is appropriate for the Greenspun project, wouldn't it be nice to feed it directly into the flow, thus giving the local graphicists and the person who asked for the illustration a chance to help, to evaluate, to look for other pictorial sources etc. If the request concerns one of the more established fields of knowledge, where big project groups (on de called "Redaktion") are available, you could even ask them for evaluations.
This way, the weight of keeping on top of the workflow wouldn't completely rest on some central shoulders, but especially its parts that concern graphic skills and topical knowledge could be distributed among a greater number of persons. The job of Brianna would then basically be to keep tabs on what everyone else does.
My best wishes, Claus Colloseus (Hk kng)
Pierre delaby schrieb:
Hello ! I was a French WikiGraphist, and think that the level of our illustration can really be this who is need(ed ?). About the workflow, it was a discussion : each wikigraphist who was interrested by the current work gives her mind, help and advise (see http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Atelier_graphique/Images_%C3%A0_...) the graphist who make the picture or propose another version ( see http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Atelier_graphique/Images_%C3%A0_... ). When the customer|client and the graphist are satisfied, the picture is marked as "finish".
It's a collaborativ spirit, not a competitiv spirit, so I am not sure that is applies to our project .. I go talk about this to the French Wikigraphist Team !
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Amicalement, Delaby Pierre
Eugene Alvin Villar a écrit :
How about contacting the French Graphic Team? They've produced tons of illustrations (mostly maps) and they might be able to give some pointers on the possible workflows. (Well, I'm not sure if they even collaborate on the level we need, but they're successful in setting quality standards that other people adhere to.)
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