Maybe a simple solution to this is just having more process for which still frame to use for any MOTD video.
Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 12:00 AM, Benjamin Lees <emufarm...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 10:10 PM, Kevin Gorman <kgor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Can anyone articulate a valid reason why the freezeframe from the video > > posted on the frontpage was just about the most graphic still possible > from > > the video? > > > > Presumably the person who set up the templates thought that was the best > frame to use.[1] You should ask him what his reasoning was. > > It looks like a single person is handling Commons' MOTD rotation,[2][3] so > I would guess that very few people actually saw what the thumb would be > beforehand. > > [1] > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Motd/2014-05-08_thumbtime&action=history > [2] > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Media_of_the_day/Archive_1#Nomination:_File:SFP_186_-_Buchenwald.webm > [3] > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Pristurus&oldid=113169491#Regarding_featured_videos > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
