Dear all,
a doubt:
is Instagram compatible with Creative Commons?
Can I upload *my* Instagram pics on Commons (so could it be used for WLM)?
Please consider that I'm not suggesting Instagram pics are good for WLM
(they are filtered and all, probably not very suitable for illustrating
monuments on Wikipedia)
but is a legal matter.
Aubrey
Dear all,
We shall need a good international team to have another successful version
of Wiki Loves Monuments after 2014. The team should comprise of experience
volunteers who have conducted WLM or any such event in their country.
There are numerous tasks and first task will be to hunt and find our
countries who shall be willing to organise Wiki Loves Monuments again. To
brief, the International Team is more of coordinating with all
participating countries and without proper coordination, there will be no
international competition for WLM 2015.
Been in the international team is also more of applying for grant,
documenting, following up and keeping track of status of all participating
countries. Time to be spent may vary according to the skill of team
members; more the skills and people, lesser the burden; however you can
assume 10 hours a week during the contest (just horrifying).
Would you be interested to be part of international team for WLM 2015,
please send me a brief introduction of yourself and also a note on how you
would benefit the international team. Please send the same by 6th of Jan.
Regards from Mumbai,
Karthik Nadar.
Thanks for all the suggestions.
Will work on cutting down the number of images before handing over to a
jury. Lots of the images are kinda 'garbage', (i.e images with low
resolution, some even mere 50kb etc.)
In 2012, there was a tool used to sort and select images out of a category.
I hope a tool of that sort still exists.
rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford
On Jan 8, 2015 5:20 AM, "Karthik Nadar" <karthikndr(a)wikimedia.in> wrote:
> Hi Rexford,
>
> Please let me know if I can add some value to the jury team. I have always
> been part of Indian jury having been organised the contest twice.
>
>
>
>
> Regards from Mumbai,
> Karthik Nadar.
>
> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 8:31 PM, Nkansah Rexford <nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi, I'm rexford, from ghana.
>>
>> Late last year, WLA[1] was organized. ghana uploaded some 800 images[2].
>> We're looking for a jury to select the best 5 images.
>>
>> Myself can't be a part of jury, same as others on our team, because we
>> took part in the event.
>>
>> We'll really appreciate if we could get volunteers to help in selecting
>> the best images from this community.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Africa
>> [2]
>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_Wiki_Loves_Africa_2…
>>
>>
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>> WikiAfrica <http://wikiafrica.net> | User:Nkansahrexford
>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nkansahrexford>
>>
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Hi all
I’m looking for feedback and endorsement for my Wikimedia Foundation PEG
grant to be Wikimedian in Residence at UNESCO
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/MrjohnCummings/UNESCO_Wikimedian…>.
I’d very much appreciate if you would have a look, the most relevant
objectives to Wiki loves Monuments are:
*1. Train UNESCO and its partner organisations to contribute to Wikimedia
projects*: Provide UNESCO and its partners with the skills, tools,
resources and connections to contribute to Wikimedia projects in a
meaningful, measurable and sustainable way. To integrate into the Wikimedia
community both online and by matching them with local Wikimedia
organisations and volunteers for in person support and collaboration. The
project will *create and improve content receiving 100,000,000 views per
year* on Wikimedia projects, *educate 1000 people in over 200 organisations* to
learn more about Wikimedia projects. This will include *500 newly
registered users* trained to contribute to Wikimedia projects and *500
articles formally reviewed by experts*.
*2. Make content from the archives of UNESCO and its partners available on
Wikimedia projects:* This project will facilitate the *upload of 30,000
images, audio files, videos, data and other content* to Wikimedia projects
from UNESCO archives
<http://photobank.unesco.org/exec/index.htm?lang=en>(24,000
images), UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
<http://www.uis.unesco.org/Pages/default.aspx> and other sources including *10
organisations changing their content license to be Wikimedia compatible*, a
completed pilot project is outlined in the Goal section.
I ran a pilot project that resulted in the images found in the Wikimedia
Commons category Images from the archive of UNESCO
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_the_archive_of_UNES…>,
here are a few examples that fit with Wiki Loves Monuments:
-
<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sites_of_Christianity_in_the_Galillee_…>
Ruins of the ancient Great Synagogue at Capernaum (or Kfar Nahum) on the
shore of the Lake of Galilee, Northern Israel.
-
<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Naqa,_a_ruined_ancient_city_of_the_Kus…>
Naqa, a ruined ancient city of the Kushitic Kingdom of Meroë, Island of
Meroe, Sudan.
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<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rubbles_of_the_cathedral_after_the_ear…>
Rubble of the cathedral after the earthquake that hit the Capital Port
au Prince just before 5 pm on 12 January 2010.
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<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:After_the_earthquake_that_hit_Haiti_on…>
Rubble of the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, after the earthquake
that hit Haiti on 12 January 2010.
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<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Attabari_Elementary_School_is_situated…>
Attabari Elementary School is situated in the middle of the Old City of
Sana'a, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A_public_baths_in_the_centre_of_the_to…>
A public baths in the centre of the town, Gokarna, India.
If you think this is a worthwhile project please click this link
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/MrjohnCummings/UNESCO_Wikimedian…>
and
then click the endorse button.Please share with people and groups you think
would be interested.
Many thanks
John
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On January 1 we celebrate Public Domain Day [1] as many works of authors
who died 70+ years ago now enter the public domain and can be used freely.
Let us be aware: copyright is temporary. It only lasts during the authors
lifetime and 70 years afterwards (in most countries). During those years it
is limiting Wikipedia and her sister projects in showing works of art,
literature, public art and buildings in countries without freedom of
panorama [2], and more in the articles. But now a new batch is freed from
copyrights!
An overview of images and texts that are restored or added to the Wikimedia
Commons, are collected on:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Romaine/Public_Domain_Day/2015
Many of these files still need a place in articles. You can help!
You can also help by uploading new files of subjects that are freed of
copyrights.
You can also help by tagging all requests for deletion pages with the
category when the file can be restored, which is/was deleted. [3]
As I follow the log of restored files this week, more images and texts will
follow. If still files or texts are missing in the list, let me know or add
them yourselves.
A very happy Public Domain Day!
Romaine
[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Domain_Day
[2] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama
[3] - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Undeletion_requests
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