Phoebe, Its not discussed..
The process is very simple. You add a picture for Featured pictures<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Featured_pictures>if it makes the vote and become featured picture you or anybody can just add it to be a POTD there is no process there anymore. Just add and wait. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day/Instructions Best, Huib* * 2011/5/16 phoebe ayers <phoebe.w...@gmail.com> > Pedro Sanchez <pdsanchez@...> writes: > > Many of us are annoyed by such featuring. > > I also had a face-palm moment when I saw this image -- mostly because, out > of > all of the tens of thousands of superb illustrations and photographs we > have, > this is the best we can do? > > This piece does not seem to be educational in nature (and I don't mean "an > education in how to use Inkscape"), and it is fairly poor art in all ways > except > technical proficiency with the tools used to create it. I think it would be > more > appreciated and more appropriate on one of the many sites designed for > hosting > amateur art; and we would do a better job of fulfilling our own particular > mission by highlighting some of the unquestionably stunning and important > works > of art in our collection, of which there are many (for instance, we have > paintings by Dürer and Cezanne that aren't yet featured). > > > > Or perhaps, getting more people involved on the community selection > process. > > This seems like a good plan. But I have a question for Commonistas: > where? I was looking for the page where the "picture of the day" is > discussed > and chosen, and I can't find it. Can someone explain how this process > works? > > best, > Phoebe > > > > _______________________________________________ > Commons-l mailing list > Commons-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l > -- Kind regards, Huib Laurens WickedWay.nl Webhosting the wicked way.
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