Re: GNOME 2.24 Wallpaper Contest

[Andrea Cimitan <andrea cimitan gmail com>]

Il giorno ven, 07/03/2008 alle 20.02 +0100, Andrea Cimitan ha scritto:
> Hi guys, in #gnome-art there was a common topic during those months:
> we should ship new fresh wallpapers :)
> 
> The main problem is that neither me nor andreasn and other guys have the
> time to provide those new walls, since we are already working on other
> modules and tasks. We can tweak something, maybe, but starting a
> full-work for a big set should be complicated. 
> 
> That's why I've opened (but not published on planet gnome, I won't do it
> now) a wallpaper contest website: http://www.cimitan.com/contest
> 
> Basically it is structured in that way:
> 0) Anyone can upload a wallpaper, without registration, so people are
> encouraged to upload.
> 1) Email, title, author, images are required fields, maybe I'll add
> CAPTCHA (to avoid spam and to have useful informations).
> 2) Wallpapers must be released under free license, that we will chose in
> the end of the contest.
> 3) Wallpapers are NOT visible to the public, this is to avoid rants like
> *which should be the winner*, *this one was better*... etc etc...
> 4) Only administrators can register users, and users can obviusly browse
> all submissions/wallpapers trough a gallery like AGO and trough a
> listview.
> 5) If you want I can add a rating module to all the wallpapers, to
> highlight our impressions.
> 6) If you want I can add a comment module to all the wallpapers, to help
> our discussions.
> 7) We should write a simple guideline, like "Nature and
> Abstract/Minimalist Wallpapers", not sexy girls (even if we might want
> to see some babes :D ).
> 8) I think that July could be a good date for stopping the uploads, then
> we will chose the favourites and tweak if tweak is necessary.
> 9) Add your thoughts here...
> 
> If you want an account, to browse the submissions and see the structure
> of the website, just ask me and you will (if you're a gnome member
> obviusly) receive your account details.
> 
> Cheers

Obviusly, we are not obliged to use _those_ walls, maybe we can upload
also the wallpaper we like on AGO and make them part of our contest
-- 
Andrea "Cimi" Cimitan - <andrea cimitan gmail com>
Website: http://www.cimitan.com
Murrine Author: http://www.cimitan.com/murrine
GNOME Developer: http://www.gnome.org