On 2/27/08, Wily D wilydoppelganger@gmail.com wrote:
a)Err, obviously professional is preferable to amatuer.
Err, obviously we would use the best work that is available a free license. If it looks "amateur", then so be it.
But, quite frankly, to explain the subject to someone with no experience with it whatsoever, yes, photographs are helpful.
I agree, and will add that in general, most articles make the mistake of assuming too much background knowledge on the reader's part.
b)Err, depends on a variety of factors - in all honesty, I'm not sure a specific number is really called for. Commons has no reason to delete media unless it's repetitive or useless.
Or "not free", but yes there is no basis for an upper limit on unique free images, regardless of what they depict.
A Wikipedia article obvious has some called for quantity, but I'm not sure how many - I doubt more than a couple (note that in Canadian English, this could mean 3 or 4)
Damn kinky Canadians. o.O
—C.W.