On 6/20/06, Phil Boswell phil.boswell@gmail.com wrote:
Consider the case where we have a historical photograph showing several notable people. We have the option of simply showing the same image against each of those people, or uploading multiple cropped fragments showing each person in turn.
Imagine the possibilities of uploading a single image showing all those people and then being able to show just the appropriate face in the article, linking through to the main image for context.
Yep. Look, while we're at it, some more requests: In-place modifications of the following types: - increase/decrease contrast - increase/decrease brightness - rotate arbitrary angle
I very frequently come across images which are less than perfect in very easily fixable ways. A small number of these make it to WP:FPC where they tend to get fixed. The rest don't, because it's too much work to download the image, modify it, save it, and re-upload. If I had to do nothing more than add {{IMAGE-STRAIGHTEN:-4.5}} to an image description page, I would do it much more frequently.
Totally in accordance with the wiki principle too: one person takes a happysnap and uploads it - the smallest effort possible. Someone else discovers its imperfections, adds a straighten. Someone else increases the contrast. Someone else defines a good thumbnail. Each person contributes a small, atomic action, with the lowest cost of effort possible.
Steve