Re: May we quest for new (top right) perlmonk images

[jdporter]

Regarding the implementation of monkpics....

Please refer to Land of Monks and Honey. The first seven images (up through "Ad-Meister") are "system" monk pics, and the other six are "user" monk pics.
Currently the site will, 85% of the time, choose one of the seven "system" monk images, and 15% of the time choose one of the "user" monk images.
I think we can agree that all of these pics suck equally.

I would propose that we ditch the distinction between "system" and "user" monk pics.

As for how to build the new set of monk pics, I would propose that we simply allow all monks of some minimum level (e.g. Level 13: Curate) to submit one pic to the gods for inclusion in the rotation. Aside from the gods having the obvious right of refusal, all pics would simply be admitted, without the complexities of discussion or voting.

[tye]

I'm not sure which of the gods you think relishes the thought of becoming the judge in a little dog show of no real import. For the record, I do not.

If this sounds like a fun or trivial activity, then I suggest you declare yourself the sole collector and arbiter of inclusion-worthy pictures from members above level $X and then you can batch up the requests after you've determined the ones worth including, the ones in an acceptable format, of the right size, from a person of sufficient level, and where enough time has passed that you are reasonably sure that the submitter is not soon going to change their mind.

Please also file a patch to have said images link to message outbox addressed to you in case there are issues to be reported with any of them.

Thanks. :)

[jdporter]

a little dog show of no real import

Right, except that they do act as a sort of advertisement for PerlMonks. One of the criteria for acceptance would be that the image is suitable for that purpose.

I suggest you declare yourself the sole collector and arbiter

Thank you, I accept. ;-)
However, we should probably obtain some kind of consensus that even this is an acceptable way to proceed.

have said images link to message outbox addressed to you

Er, no; I think it's fine for the monkpics to continue to link where they do now, namely Land of Monks and Honey. We can add a message and link to that node, explaining what one should do (e.g. /msg pmdev) in the event of problems.