[Foundation-l] the choice of what is going to be developed is very much a management issue;

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
I totally agree that Commons needs tagging and that such tagging will do
much more to help people find the illustrations they are looking for then
the current category and whatever system. WereSpielCheckers we agree on
this. Now let us concentrate on things where we can win.

When Commons has a priority, when the use of images from Commons has a
priority I feel that this will make a difference. The good news is that a
chapter can develop its own priorities as well and when it is able to
allign its objectives with the objectives of the WMF, I am sure you have
found yourself a community that can make a difference and will be able to
make a difference.
Thanks,
       GerardM

On 30 October 2011 20:37, WereSpielChequers <werespielchequers at gmail.com>wrote:

> Re OKeyes "Switching authorisation and prioritisation over to the editors
> completely ignores readers, and assumes that editors will act outside their
> own/interests to ensure that reader-specific features do get some
> traction;" I'm not convinced that the community would want to ignore
> readers, I'm aware that many editors are motivated by the desire to see
> their work read. But I could accept a compromise with part of the
> development budget being ringfenced for initiatives proposed and
> prioritised by the community.
>
>
> Re Gerard "the community was involved in defining our strategy. Making our
> community more friendly is a strategic choice defined by the strategy
> project and endorsed by the board." I took part in the Strategy project,
> and I agree with some of what came out of it, especially the bit about
> making our community more open. But just because some of us took part in
> the Strategy exercise doesn't mean that we can't usefully comment now. Nor
> does a strategy of being nicer mean that every development intended to
> achieve that will actually do so, or indeed be the best way to do so. I'm
> pretty confident that if the community was to prioritise potential
> developments as to whether they would make things friendlier and easier for
> the sort of newbies that we want, then wikilove would be a long way from
> the top of the list. The GLAM sector is a case in point, reading
>
> http://futureofmuseums.blogspot.com/2011/10/building-better-fishing-pole-how.htmlI
> don't get the impression that the ability to give each other kittens
> would make Commons as attractive as Flickr for museums to upload image
> collections. Developments to match flickr's "robust tagging and search
> tools" would, but what chance is there of us getting IT resources for that?
>
> WereSpielChequers
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