[ubuntu-art] [suggestion] Art Contest

[Luka Cehovin]

Matthew Nuzum wrote:

>On 9/6/05, Sascha Morr <sascha.morr at heidenwelt.de> wrote:
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>>Hello,
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>>just a little idea for a better integration of users into the ubuntu art
>>project. we could create a contest for every upcomming version of ubuntu
>>and the users are the jury (could rate the wallpapers, themes, icons
>>etc.). The best three wallpapers, three themes, three iconsets etc.
>>could be integrated in the concerned Ubuntu Version.
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>Yes, but you can't let the users be the jury. Canonical folks or a
>person trusted outside the organization needs to be the judge.
>Rule-by-committee *never* works.
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>The art.gnome site recently had a contest and Garret from linuxart was
>the judge. That's smart. If user's pick the winner we could very
>likely end up with art that could be offensive or too "artsy."
>
>A contest is a good idea even if the only award is, "Hey, Joe won.
>Good job Joe!"
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yup ... i concur :D


-Luka