<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:59 PM, John Olsen <<a href="mailto:johnny_automatic@mac.com">johnny_automatic@mac.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> > --- > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 16:51:53 -0700 (PDT) > From: <a href="mailto:bugzilla-daemon@freedesktop.org">bugzilla-daemon@freedesktop.org</a> > Subject: [Clipart] [Bug 21008] New: FEATURE REQUEST: Admin/librarian > tools for editing files > To: <a href="mailto:clipart@lists.freedesktop.org">clipart@lists.freedesktop.org</a> > Message-ID: <<a href="http://bug-21008-3160@http.bugs.freedesktop.org/" target="_blank">bug-21008-3160@http.bugs.freedesktop.org/</a>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > <a href="http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21008" target="_blank">http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21008</a> > > Summary: FEATURE REQUEST: Admin/librarian tools for > editing files > Product: <a href="http://openclipart.org" target="_blank">openclipart.org</a> > Version: unspecified > Platform: All > OS/Version: All > Status: NEW > Severity: major > Priority: medium > Component: tools > AssignedTo: <a href="mailto:clipart@lists.freedesktop.org">clipart@lists.freedesktop.org</a> > ReportedBy: <a href="mailto:chovynz@gmail.com">chovynz@gmail.com</a> > Blocks: 4977,7036,7689,20248,20461 > > > I believe we need some more advanced tools for admins and > librarians. Via the > OCAL website preferablly > > Requested specifically: > > 1. Administrator/Librarian Ability to move one clipart from one > author to a > different one. > > Most other functions and details can already be changed, but > shifting a clipart > from one author to another is not currently possible, but heavily > needed. After we move the old library over why would we ever need this feature? Why should we as librarians have the power to move around files in other's accounts? It has far more negative possibilities than the instances where we really need it. I have never needed this feature in the two years I've been doing this. I'd rather see thumbnails generated and lots of other features first. John Olsen </blockquote></div> Because there are plenty of files that are logged under Anonymous, that might be asked to move to the proper author. There are three requests specifically to change the attribution from Anonymous to a certain author, who have since created accounts. My preference is that original authors do the work themselves. They upload, they can have attribution. However, some of these clipart cannot be shifted over to another author. Niether have the author done so themselves. So who can? <a href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7689">https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7689</a> <a href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20461">https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20461</a> <a href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20248">https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20248</a> Perhaps it is too much power for a librarian to do so. That's one of the trade-offs for this kind of tool. Admin only tool? but I know how much work admin's have to do. I'm thinking up ways for admins to do less work. It doesnt matter to me if the idea is rejected, however I believe I have good reason for suggesting it. So I would like good reasons for rejecting it too. :-) -- Cheers Chovynz