[Clipart] clipart Digest, Vol 61, Issue 4

[John Olsen]

On Apr 1, 2009, at 5:12 PM, chovynz wrote:

>
>
> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:59 PM, John Olsen  
> <johnny_automatic at mac.com> wrote:
> > ---
> >
> > Message: 5
> > Date: Wed,  1 Apr 2009 16:51:53 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: bugzilla-daemon at freedesktop.org
> > Subject: [Clipart] [Bug 21008] New: FEATURE REQUEST: Admin/librarian
> >       tools for editing files
> > To: clipart at lists.freedesktop.org
> > Message-ID: <bug-21008-3160 at http.bugs.freedesktop.org/>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
> >
> > http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21008
> >
> >           Summary: FEATURE REQUEST: Admin/librarian tools for
> > editing files
> >           Product: openclipart.org
> >           Version: unspecified
> >          Platform: All
> >        OS/Version: All
> >            Status: NEW
> >          Severity: major
> >          Priority: medium
> >         Component: tools
> >        AssignedTo: clipart at lists.freedesktop.org
> >        ReportedBy: chovynz at gmail.com
> >            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
>
>
> 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?
>
> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7689
> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20461
> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20248
>
> 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



For most of these, the problem will be that there is no account to  
move them to.  That may be what killed those past requests.  We told  
them to upload the files to the their own accounts and then we'd  
remove them from anonymous.   No response despite direct contact with  
the requesters.  And this over ONE file.  If it is so important that  
their clipart be attributed to them, you'd think the time involved in  
uploading one file would not be that much to ask.

John Olsen

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