[ubuntu-art] Need for an Ubuntu Art request wiki page

[Kenneth Wimer]

On Saturday 09 January 2010 10:05:56 pm Vishnoo wrote:
> Hi ,
> Very often, there are users who drop by the #ubuntu-artwork irc and
> request icons for new apps, posters for Ubuntu events.
> But if there isnt anyone available at that time, their requests go
> unanswered.
> [The recent issue of the business cards , if thorwil had not taken
> personal interest and approached the list , the issue would have gone
> un-addressed]
> [There was also the recent blog regarding the overuse of the Ubuntu
> favicon for every Ubuntu related site , maybe these websites dont know
> any artists to help out?]
> 
> Currently ,these requests are not addressed from both sides:
> - The request does not reach all the people interested in helping out
> with Ubuntu artwork.
> - There is no single place for someone to request
> Ubuntu-specific-artwork.[the person either has to get lucky on the irc
> or personally know an artist or unnecessarily subscribe to this mailing
> list]
> 
> 
> Which brings me to my questions:
> - Why isnt there an Ubuntu artwork request wiki page ? [is such a wiki
> forbidden?]
> - Is there interest in the community folks to answer such requests?
> 
> I suggest that we setup a wiki to address such requests and subscribe
> the artwork mailing list to the wiki page.
> This makes it easy for the folks who want to help and the folks who
> request help.
> 
> What does the community think?
> 

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Tasks does have a list of things for people to 
work on, but it need to be reworked to fit our needs better, I think (and more 
prominently linked/named).

We need to keep in mind that the page should not get too long (ie having a 
thousand things to do with nobody doing them is useless as well) and that all 
the tasks listed are a) do-able without a broader effort b) accepted by 
upstream (even if that upstream is ubuntu itself) so that work does not get 
wasted.

We have had problems and complaints in the past when subscribing the list to 
wiki pages. At least at first, I don't think that this is a good idea
--
Kenneth