[ubuntu-art] Alternate Natty Wallpaper Proposal

[Thorsten Wilms]

On Mon, 2010-12-13 at 21:22 +0300, Сергей wrote:

>    1. Every collaborative task must be proposed to wider audience and
>    accepted or declined by the community.
>    2. It must be absolutely evident that a proposal is just a proposal
> and
>    may be changed or declined. As a consequence, it must not be
> located in
>    production namespaces (read: keep it in personal )
>    3. Decisions are made by reaching consensus of opinion, not by
> voting.
>    4. Admins have absolutely the same authority in making decisions as
>    non-admins do.

Sounds OK, although #3 is a nice way to keep us busy. #4 does not apply,
as there is only one kind of wiki account for us.


> Regarding the initial topic, I think it's insane to have one pool for
> photos and illustrations alike. They cannot be judged in the same way
> nor compared;
> it's like comparing meters and kilograms.

I don't think comparing illustrations to photos is more problematic than
comparing landscape and macro photography ;)


> One more thing. I doubt Canonical will endorse or not endorse this
> initiative. If I were Ivanka, I'd wait and see what it turns out, and
> then decide if any of these wallpapers make their way into default
> installation.

Exactly for this reason the submissions should be in the pool, where the
jury will see them in any case.


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