What might be generally better than a restrictive content policy is to
ask what kind of content we want on the site, and set things up to
encourage contributions in those areas.

For example, if we want more graphics that are usable as public domain
vector-only resources, we could set up a prominent area just for that.
We could also have an award system for most used/downloaded inkscape
svg resource, with maybe a monthly draw for some Inkscape item.

I know, I know, but who has the time to do that?
A better question is: who has the time and resources to remove all
content that does not conform to guidelines?

The policing time would be better spent promoting inkscape, helping
users learn inkscape, and setting up a fun way for users to contribute
cc0 public domain content that can be used anywhere, with no
attribution necessary.
Add a donation link for the artist, and also an external link to their
website, and there's plenty of reason for professionals to post great
content that's not restricted, and usable for the whole community.

Reject any and all non-svg content and svgs that contains bitmap
graphics (embedded or linked), with max upload size 500KB, - then you
don't have to manually police it. :)

External links to other websites should be sufficient for users to
post anything else.

That would be my solution.

Care should be taken for our current users who have uploaded content
for years. We may want to contact them directly to explain the new
policies. Some will disagree, but it's better than just removing all
content before they have a chance to back it up.

Thoughts on this?
-C




On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 3:29 AM, Victor Westmann
<victor.westmann@...400...> wrote:
> Hi Brynn,
>
> I strongly agree with you on this one. Why should the Inkscape team spend
> it's time, resources and bucks to host images that are more photos than
> artwork made in Inkscape?
>
> Those should be removed and new guidelines should be added to avoid those
> being readded to inkscape website again.
>
> What gives us a good example of this is the following. There are hundred of
> really cool and good websites on the internet. But have you guys noticed the
> difference of quality in the images that there are in photos inside Pixabay
> (www.pixabay.com) and in Morguefile (www.morguefile.com) ?
>
> Morguefile is really friendly and, as soon as you upload images there, they
> are publicly available.
> On the other hand, when you do the same on Pixabay, upload your images, the
> images are analyzed by an expert and they need to match all the website
> guidelines. Photos there need to have great bright, contrast, lighting,
> colors, no distracting objects on photo and it need to be focused.
>
> +1 for having better guidelines and freeing up resources to promote art made
> with/inside Inkscape. :)
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
>
> --Victor Westmann
>
> 2017-04-20 18:25 GMT-07:00 brynn <brynn@...3133...>:
>>
>> Hi Friends,
>>         I've been helping to test some new moderation features which
>> Martin has
>> been working on (and Maren helping too), for the website.  We have
>> realized that
>> (A) we might have different opinions about what the moderation policies
>> should
>> be, and (B) the current CoC might not cover them.  But we all agree that
>> the
>> larger community should be involved, if the CoC needs to be edited.
>>
>>         For convenience, the CoC says this:
>>
>> "Guidelines for User Submitted Content:
>> Art and other content submitted to the Inkscape website should adhere to
>> the
>> following rules:
>>      -- Art must be your own original creation or derived from artwork
>> available
>> under an open licence. We cannot accept submissions that infringe
>> copyrights.
>>      -- No nudity or graphic violence. (Note: we may allow this type of
>> content
>> once it is possible to tag it as such, but pornographic and/or illegal
>> material
>> would still be disallowed.)
>>      -- No content that is explicitly discriminatory in nature.
>>      -- No political agitation or totalitarian symbolism."
>>
>>         Up until the moderation features are completed, installed and in
>> use,
>> the policy for images in the gallery has been this.  As long as the image
>> doesn't violate those 4 guidelines, it's acceptable, even though it may
>> have
>> nothing to do with Inkscape.  After that, the gallery has been relying on
>> a very
>> small upload quota for members, to prevent mass spam attacks.
>>
>>         In my opinion, resources uploaded to the website should bear some
>> relation to Inkscape.  Or more specifically, those which have no relation
>> to
>> Inkscape should not be allowed.  Here's what I propose:
>>
>> >> Images should be made in whole or in part with Inkscape, or depict how
>> >> Inkscape was utilized in user projects (such as a photo of a t-shirt
>> >> which
>> >> design was made with Inkscape).
>>
>> >> Any other images need to have some relation to Inkscape, the Inkscape
>> >> Project
>> >> (website, forums, hackfest), vector graphics, or marginally, FOSS.
>> >> (maybe
>> >> not FOSS?)
>>
>> This would exclude images like these:
>>
>> https://inkscape.org/en/~stacymcgraw@...1081.../%E2%98%85img-0616
>> https://inkscape.org/en/~KarenFechter/%E2%98%8520160319-150913+1
>> https://inkscape.org/en/~lgimenezborges/%E2%98%85vklsd
>> https://inkscape.org/en/~Astro.C/%E2%98%85three-musketeers
>> https://inkscape.org/en/~richardkwok0128/%E2%98%85testing+0
>>
>> The reason I feel this way, is because there must be hundreds, if not
>> thousands
>> of galleries on the internet, where people can upload any kind of random
>> photo.
>> Why should the Inkscape website waste its resources hosting images which
>> weren't
>> made with Inkscape and have nothing to do with it?  If the Inkscape
>> website is
>> going to the trouble of creating and maintaining a gallery, it ought to
>> promote
>> Inkscape, vector graphics, and maybe FOSS, almost, if not completely
>> exclusively.  My opinion of course  ;-)
>>
>>         So I propose the following, or something like it, should be the
>> first
>> item in the list of Guidelines for User Submitted Content.  No doubt it
>> could be
>> worded better.
>>
>> -- Images must be created using Inkscape, in whole or in part;  or depict
>> how
>> Inkscape was utilized for the user's project (such as a photo of a t-shirt
>> which
>> design was created using Inkscape). Or otherwise the image or resource
>> must bear
>> some relation to Inkscape, the Inkscape Project, vector graphics (or
>> FOSS??)
>>
>>         Does anyone have any thoughts or opinions on this?
>>
>> Thank you very much,
>> brynn
>>
>> PS - Should this be cross posted to the user list too?
>>
>>
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