[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia events: staging area?

[Samuel Klein]

However this is done, it could also be a cheap first pass at a
quarantine for images being worked on with a GLAM institution as well,
while cleaned up / license-cleared / de-duped.

S.

On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 8:26 AM, Sage Ross <ragesoss+wikipedia at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 8:19 AM, Lodewijk <lodewijk at effeietsanders.org> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> With all the Wikimedia events it is a problem that keeps coming back:
>> whether participants do or do not want to be photographed. Often we get to
>> a very crude binary result: either everything is allowed, or nothing at
>> all. And still most people seem to violate that simply.
>>
>> Hence, I was thinking whether a more personal and photo specific option
>> would be available - allowing people to veto certain pictures before they
>> get 'really' published. After all, Commons doesn't allow deletion simply
>> because you dont like the quality or dont want to become public in that
>> position.
>>
>> Would it be an option to create a staging area, where people can upload
>> their event photos of Wikimedia events, and where people can simply veto
>> their own pictures? The vetoing doesnt have to be water tight, but rather
>> easy. A password to enter the staging area for that specific event could be
>> given to the participants where they can check the photos and veto them.
>> Then we can proceed with 'no veto = published' and mass upload the
>> non-vetoed photos after a while to Wikimedia Commons.
>>
>> If we can develop this centrally (and make it available to all Wikimedia
>> events) or install something on Wikimedia servers that already does this,
>> that would save a lot of event organizers headaches. Any feedback, anyone
>> who would be willing and able to pick this up?
>>
>>
>
> This is a really good idea, Lodewijk!
>
> Keeping track of who does and doesn't want their photos up on Commons
> (and which photos they want) can be quite a hassle.
>
> -Sage
>
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