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What exactly does 'Stale' mean - does it imply that a particular graphic artist is stumpped? if so, is that a green light for anybody else to have a go?

Please can somebody direct me to a tutorial with step by step instructions on how to sign up for a job, the correct way to download the image and the mechanism for linking the edited file with the original article. I've looked in vain for any pages which explain this. I am keen to help but am frustrated by the user hostile interface! If such information exists, then perhaps it would be a good idea for a link to be provided on the 'images to improve' page. I was directed to the 'images to improve' page in the hope that I could begin work immediately but I'm afraid I've hit a brick wall. I wonder how many other graphics specialists have been turned away from helping for the want of a well written tutorial.[[User:Thepixelator|Thepixelator]] ([[User talk:Thepixelator|talk]]) 14:38, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

:Hi. I'm kinda n00b to this Graphist thang myself (but not WP), so I'll explain the process. Download image, fix, upload to overwrite existing using DerivativeFX on Wikimedia if you can, or overwrite on WP and hope Lokal_Profil fixes the mess you made of the licensing - or that's what I do :)

:Why?

# It seldom happens that two people work on the same image at the same time, but it occasionally happens. No biggie - then the originator gets to pick the better one. If you are concerned about this, leave a note under Graphists Opinion that you are "on it" - many people do it as a courtesy.

# Every overwrite of an image leaves the original image intact as a possible revert (in case of vandalism or incompetence), or anyone can link to the original image if they prefer it. No data is actually overwritten - this also puzzled me, but there it is. However, on the assumption that your new version is better than the old one, the new one gets put on all of the pages that reference that file (at least on your next browser cache clear - Shift-F5 in Firefox). So people don't have to be informed that there is a new image if it's the same format, they just get it automagically. For a raster to vector conversion, the linking pages have to be changed, but the originator normally does that.

:Other questions:

:Download the image by clicking on it and then look for the 'full resolution' link at the bottom of the page. Right click, save, fix.

:Stale means that it hasn't been done in a while and is normally a prompt for the originator to do something eg. provide better source or a .pdf version. Of course, it can apply to really tough jobs that nobody has the energy to tackle.

:Only other advice I can give is: have fun, be polite and Don't Feed the Trolls. If you've got any other questions, ask away. [[User:Dhatfield|Dhatfield]] ([[User talk:Dhatfield|talk]]) 16:59, 5 June 2008 (UTC)