User:Donald Trung/Quality imports proposal
This is a draft page to propose a new project at the Wikimedia Commons for evaluating high quality images that originated off-site. This page is preserved for both attribution and the historical record.
Quality imports
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In light of the above failed proposal to expand "Quality images" to include works imported made by non-contributors I would like to propose an alternative system where images originating from non-contributors can be noted for their quality.
This system would be known as "Quality imports" (COM:QIM) and would exist parallel to the existing system.
To quote myself from earlier: "This way we can preserve the unique incentive for photographers to have their own works be promoted to Quality Images and also create a separate incentive with a whole separate process for "Non-Wikimedia Commons originals" (or however we should refer to imported works). While both "Quality imports" and "Quality images" would refer to images, "Quality imports" would refer to images imported from somewhere else (the photographer's mobile telephone, laptop, desktop, camera, Etc.) The names would be recognisable enough to let people know which images were created specifically by Commonswiki photographers and which ones were merely imported by Commonswiki contributors from external sources. This would please those that want to keep QI exclusive and preserve the incentives for photographers and it would create more incentives for importers to find high quality images (due to the dopamine rush)."
Later the original proposer, user "Nosferattus" wrote: "Well I spend a lot of time and effort combing through thousands of wildlife images on iNaturalist and Flickr and picking the few that are really high quality to import into Commons. The fact that I can't get these images designated as "quality" and thus more likely to be found by reusers is very discouraging to me. Instead they are just lost in the sea of poor to mediocre Commons wildlife photos. So it feels like a waste of time. Lumping me in with promotional agencies feels even more discouraging. It seems like my contributions here are not really valued." These are actually good points.
TL;DR Create a system where imported images can be given "a seal of approval" similar to "Quality images".
--Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 17:00, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
Quality imports (Votes)
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Support, as proposer. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 17:00, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
Quality imports (Discussion)
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edit- "Quality images" logo with an arrow indicating that it was downloaded from elsewhere.
Note: It's possible that colour blind people might not receive this logo well.
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