[Commons-l] [Fwd: [Wmfcc-l] Photo submission queue]

[Tim 'avatar' Bartel]

The following mail by Mark did not reach the list. I wasn't able to 
locate the problem - here is a forward 'by hand'.

Bye, Tim.

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Message-ID: <4788E32A.5090209 at comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:56:26 -0500
From: Mark Pellegrini <mapellegrini at comcast.net>
To: commons-l at lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: [Fwd: [Wmfcc-l] Photo submission queue]

Originally sent to the Press Committee mailing list. David Gerard
suggested I forward this to commons-l for further comment.

-Mark

From: mapellegrini at comcast.net (Mark Pellegrini)
To: Communications Committee <wmfcc-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:29:44 +0000
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Subject: [Wmfcc-l] Photo submission queue

First, I'd like to say we've had 5 successful uses of the photo
submission service so far:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Essentials_%28band%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Gold
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Forbes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Condell
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Calonne

One very common problem I've been encountering is that people email me
pictures, but don't specify a license. I don't really know how to make
the contact page
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us/Photo_submission)
more clear on this point - help is welcome.

First, I'd like to request one of the OTRS admins add a form response
along the lines "I'd like to add this photo to our article, but oops!
You didn't specify a license."

Second, I think this idea is working well enough that we should start
doing it on other language wikis and on other projects. (Note - that
will necessitate adding others to the queue, particularly those who
speak languages I don't - namely, everything but English)

-Mark