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I love Wikimedia Commons and have uploaded many photos across the years. But it is a pity that the Featured Picture Candidate process is almost entirely run by
by porphyra 4y ago
I love Wikimedia Commons and have uploaded many photos across the years. But it is a pity that the Featured Picture Candidate process is almost entirely run by a cabal of people who have been there for years and have a rather narrow view of what makes a photo good, as well as poor technical understanding.
- culi 4y agoInteresting! From what I understand the candidates are nominated by the community.[0] Is it the people who organize the event or the people who are voting that you think have the narrow view? [0] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Featured_picture_candidates#Simple_tutorial_for_new_users https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Featured_picture_...
- porphyra 4y agoIt is my opinion that the people who are active in voting tend to be the same group of people from many years ago, and some of them have a narrow view. Also, the most prolific photographers tend to focus on certain types of photos, leading to certain categories being heavily overrepresented (for example, there are tons of photos of church interiors in Europe). Therefore, I highly encourage more people to participate in the featured pictures project to have greater variety.