I doubt the selection of a single image occupied that much staff time and discussion. No process is perfect. This is a small thing, that was quickly fixed. I doubt a lot of money was wasted here.
On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 4:11 PM, John Mark Vandenberg <jay...@gmail.com> wrote: > "On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 6:29 AM, Lisa Gruwell <lgruw...@wikimedia.org> wrote: >> We agree with you that WMF fundraising should not use stock photography. >> This was a mistake by a designer. We specify in our contracts with outside >> designers that the images used should be custom artwork that WMF owns (and >> can then share) or freely licensed images. > > Someone needed to approve purchasing the stock photograph. They are > not free...? Was it WMF or Trilogy? > Even if it was Trilogy, WMF sanity check processes are also not > working. Surely someone at WMF is responsible for QA of the images > used in fundraising? > > https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles shows this stock > photograph was uploaded to donate.wikimedia.org many times, and worked > on by WMF staff members. > > https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:10-coffee-txt-thepricekeepswikithriving.jpg > - SPatton (WMF) > https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:03-coffee-txt-goingallyear.jpg > - SPatton (WMF) > https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Newgreen.jpg - SPatton (WMF) > https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Greencoffeecup-alt.jpg - SPatton (WMF) > https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Greencoffeecup-4.jpg - SPatton (WMF) > https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coffee-price-overhead-redcup.jpg > - SPatton (WMF) (marked as CC-BY-SA; is that legal with the Getty > Image?) > https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coffee-overhead-3dollars.jpg - > RStearns (Trilogy) > https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coffee-overhead-small.jpg - > RStearns (Trilogy) > https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coffee-overhead-no-text.jpg - > BHouse (Trilogy) > https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coffee-overhead-small.png - > RStearns (Trilogy) > https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coffee-fr-faites_v1.png - Jseddon (WMF) > https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coffee-fr-offrez_v2.png - Jseddon (WMF) > https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coffee-fr-offrez_v1.png - Jseddon (WMF) > https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coffee-it-oggi_offri_v2.png - > Jseddon (WMF) > https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coffee-it-oggi_offri_v1.png - > Jseddon (WMF) > https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coffee-it-dona_caffe_v2.png - > Jseddon (WMF) > https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coffee-it-dona_caffe_v1.png - > Jseddon (WMF) > https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coffee-en-donate_coffee_v2.png > - Jseddon (WMF) > https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coffee-en-donate_coffee_v1.png > - Jseddon (WMF) > https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coffee-price-overhead.jpg - > BHouse (Trilogy) > > Jseddon uploaded several alternative coffee cup photographs to > donate.wikimedia.org (no metadata, but they look like his own work..., > and not too shabby) . How did a stock photograph become selected over > other options, and ownership/copyright was never raised during those > selection discussions? > > That is a lot of donor money wasted by someone somehow deciding to use > a Getty image as part of a multimillion dollor fundraising drive for > an organisation supporting "It is like a library or a public park. It > is like a temple for the mind. It is a place we can all go to think, > to learn, to share our knowledge with others." > > I do hope your contract with the external design company allows you to > reclaim the wasted donor money caused by their violation of the > contract regarding image selection. > > "We’ve worked hard over the years to keep it lean and tight. We > fulfill our mission, and leave waste to others." > >> We pulled that banner yesterday > > Thank you. > >> and asked our designers for a new custom image that we can freely license. > > Why not use the Coffee SVG I found (very easily I must say)? > >> We are running another banner with a custom light bulb image at 100% now. >> This artwork will be added to Commons. > > IMO they should be uploaded to Commons first, with full metadata, and > create a workflow added around begging the Commons community to > prioritise checking these images quickly so they can be used in the > fundraiser. That was how it was done before donate.wikimedia.org , > when wikimediafoundation.org was used for these uploads, and that wiki > had a significant volunteer community assisting in maintenance. > > Uploads to donate.wikimedia.org should either be limited to people > competent in copyright and responsible for that aspect, or at the very > least the upload forms should require that metadata is filled in, and > someone at WMF checks new additions regularly. > > -- > John Vandenberg > > _______________________________________________ > 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>
