User:Durova/Image restorations
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Image restoration is as close as you can come to owning a time machine. As I write this I'm also in another window staring into Admiral Farragut's eyes. This was the man who said Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! Sometime since the United States Civil War years his portrait decomposed and put a line across his left eyebrow. It distorted his right eyelid and added spots to his left iris. I'm getting rid of that mess because the expression behind it is fascinating: calm and fierce at the same time. It's possible nobody has seen these eyes so clearly in over a century.
Image restoration has the potential to reach more people more quickly than any other type of Wikimedia volunteer contribution. Within a month after earning featured picture recognition on Commons, captions for images I've worked on have been translated into as many as fourteen languages. It feels really special to see that much appreciation. Overall this isn't as hard as it may seem. I wish more people were doing this, so if you're interested this page is written for you.
Maybe you'd to pick up a few featured credits; that's fine. We don't all have to be wordsmiths. The thing that matters most for restoration work is a brain that's wired to think visually. Don't worry too much about technical matters at the outset. If you're right for this you'll pick up what you need to know. Go ahead and dabble. If it feels like meditation - a wonderful place away from disputes and edit wars - then read on.