On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 1:35 PM, Сергей <shnat...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Jonathan, > > I think closing the contest now is not a good thing to do in a political > sense. Announcing some deadline and then changing it or the rules is really > discouraging. People must be sure of stability. They must be sure that the > rules, specs and the deadline are fixed and won't be changed in the middle > of the contest. They won't participate otherwise. (I know it very well, we > have the same situation with business in our country). > > I agree with Sergey. Jonathan, you have all the right to decide whether you want to include some of the wallpapers or not, but I don't think closing the contest is an appropriate or thoughtful way of handling this situation. You should have discussed your concerns with the team on the mailing list before taking this decision. > I saw several art competitions, and in all of them the number of > submissions almost doubled during the last week before the deadline. That > was outside the free software community, though. > > Also, I can't see why a contest and dedicated work can't go hand to hand. > The dedicated work is out of competition by definition. Just reserve the > place on the CD for it and let the contest go on. I also can't see the point > of including just 3 wallpapers: Ubuntu shipped 18 with Maverick, and I don't > think you have more strict size limit than Ubuntu. > > Respectfully, > -- > Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > >
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