Re: [Gendergap] [Commons-l] Fwd: Photo of the Day on Wikimedia Commons

[Deanna Zandt]

I'd also be interested in contributing-- the BLP experience of last week was 
incredibly enlightening, and got me thinking about access... having the right 
key unlocked a wealth of knowledge and aid. How to make that key more widely 
available, or second nature/common knowledge? I'm hoping to blog about it soon. 
In any case, I'd like to come at some of the HOW-TO issues in general from that 
noob perspective.



cheers
dz


On May 16, 2011, at 9:23 PM, Pete Forsyth wrote:

> On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Sarah Stierch  
> wrote:
> On 5/16/2011 11:49 AM, Pete Forsyth wrote:
>> Anybody interested in tackling this issue?
>> -Pete
> I'm working on diving into the HOW-TO this summer for Wiki. I do want to see 
> all of these topics covered - and I'll contribute in anyway I can. Where do 
> we start? ;-) 
> 
> Hi Sarah,
> 
> I'd be really happy to work on this with you! (And anyone else).
> 
> My sense is that there's a lot of work to do in identifying the problem -- or 
> rather, evaluating the collection of interrelated issues, and determining 
> where it's best to focus. The things that seem significant to me are:
> 
> (1) Picture of the Day on Commons often seems to be the source of unnecessary 
> strife (moreso than, say, PotD on English Wikipedia);
> (2) It appears that there is not a clearly identified set of editorial values 
> around what DOES constitute a worthwhile PotD on Commons;
> (3) The technical and social processes for setting a PotD are difficult to 
> understand and poorly documented.
> 
> How about if we collaborate a bit on documenting how things currently work? I 
> think that process will point the way toward recommending a solution.
> 
> I've set up a page for this project, if you're game! 
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Peteforsyth/PotD
> 
> -Pete
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Re: [Gendergap] [Commons-l] Fwd: Photo of the Day on Wikimedia Commons

[Sarah Stierch]

Hi dz,

Great to hear you'd like to be involved. I've been /really/ busy the 
past few weeks with finishing school, a trip to California, and GLAM 
related activities (oh and Regional Ambassadorness!) - so I haven't had 
time to sit down and get my "stuff together" for the HOW-TO. But, I'd 
love to add you to our HOW-TO gang if you like.


=)

Sarah


On 5/17/2011 8:17 AM, Deanna Zandt wrote:


I'd also be interested in contributing-- the BLP experience of last 
week was incredibly enlightening, and got me thinking about access... 
having the right key unlocked a wealth of knowledge and aid. How to 
make that key more widely available, or second nature/common 
knowledge? I'm hoping to blog about it soon. In any case, I'd like to 
come at some of the HOW-TO issues in general from that noob perspective.




cheers
dz


On May 16, 2011, at 9:23 PM, Pete Forsyth wrote:

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Sarah Stierch 
mailto:sa...@sarahstierch.com>> wrote:


On 5/16/2011 11:49 AM, Pete Forsyth wrote:

Anybody interested in tackling this issue?
-Pete

I'm working on diving into the HOW-TO this summer for Wiki. I do
want to see all of these topics covered - and I'll contribute in
anyway I can. Where do we start? ;-)


Hi Sarah,

I'd be really happy to work on this with you! (And anyone else).

My sense is that there's a lot of work to do in identifying the 
problem -- or rather, evaluating the collection of interrelated 
issues, and determining where it's best to focus. The things that 
seem significant to me are:


(1) Picture of the Day on Commons often seems to be the source of 
unnecessary strife (moreso than, say, PotD on English Wikipedia);
(2) It appears that there is not a clearly identified set of 
editorial values around what DOES constitute a worthwhile PotD on 
Commons;
(3) The technical and social processes for setting a PotD are 
difficult to understand and poorly documented.


How about if we collaborate a bit on documenting how things currently 
work? I think that process will point the way toward recommending a 
solution.


I've set up a page for this project, if you're game! 
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Peteforsyth/PotD


-Pete
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