WDD, thank you. I too sent him a message on Flickr. I've been too busy requesting people to donate astro pics, first time I'm looking at Roads --~~~~ On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 1:25 PM, <wheredevelsdare(a)hotmail.com> wrote: -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on February 12th. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore Aliens invaded Tamil Nadu, left their Spacship and now it is a Toll Plaza. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IVRCL-Vijayamangalam-Toll-Plaza.JPG

Vinu's reply to me is to the same effect - *Hi Ashwin, Thanks for getting in touch with me. I've changed the licence of the snaps in this set to the required CC license for inclusion. Regards, Vinu * Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------ On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 2:18 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < parakara.ghoda(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

Oops, I missed this message earlier. Srikanth - please use to Flickrbot to transfer all the images to Commons, then they can be used as required.

Hello friends, Should you choose to upload, then I recommend : - That you use the Flickr upload form of Wikimedia Commons ( http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Upload&uselang=f…) - That the Commons file name you select for the uploaded file be prefixed by VTHROB- (for Vinu Thomas Helicopter Ride Over Bangalore), for example, I have uploaded one and called it as - VTHROB - Bangalore Palace.jpg - You give a meaningful entry in the Description for the upload form. In my case I gave: *Aerial view of {{w|Bangalore Palace}} and grounds. Image taken by Vinu Thomas on 17 December 2011 during a helicopter ride over Bangalore sponsored by Nokia. (Auto-improved with Microsoft Picture Manager by User:AshLin)* - You must please add a category in the upload page - default category should be "Bangalore" unless you can be more accurate. Sometimes you may need to create the category (like I created Bangalore Palace, subcat to "Bangalore" & "Palaces in India"). - Please place a comment on the Flickr page of the photograph which says something like : *A large thank you to Vinu Thomas for providing this photo under a completely free license for Wikipedia. The image has been uploaded here : <a href=" http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VTHROB-Bangalore_Palace.jpg" rel="nofollow"> commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VTHROB-Bangalore_Palace.jpg</a>* - Add a tag to the Flickr page (since tag adding is enabled) - "Uploaded to Wikimedia Commons" (the double apostrophes must be included) - Add the image to an article. I added this to [[Bangalore Palace]] - for newbies, the wikitext is : [[File: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VTHROB-Bangalore_Palace.jpg|thumb|ri… of Bangalore Palace and grounds.]] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore_Palace - Create a stub article, if you want for the building/area/monument/feature shown. :) All the best. Your uploading more of Vinu Thomas's images will really help Srikanth Ramakrishnan who is doing an excellent job. Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------ On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < parakara.ghoda(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

Carry on Sir, you're doing a marvellous job. If you upload any pictures of Hosur Road, Electronics City flyover, or so, do add Toll Roads in India. Also post the image to the English article on Hosur Road as currently all pictures on that article are my mediocry ... Cheerio, -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on February 12th. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore Aliens invaded Tamil Nadu, left their Spacship and now it is a Toll Plaza. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IVRCL-Vijayamangalam-Toll-Plaza.JPG

Iv just got a response from Vinu, who has agreed to change the licensing on the said images :) Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2012 13:45:44 +0530 From: parakara.ghoda(a)gmail.com To: wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Bangaloreans, help convince this fellow for some photographs. WDD, thank you. I too sent him a message on Flickr. I've been too busy requesting people to donate astro pics, first time I'm looking at Roads --~~~~ On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 1:25 PM, &lt;wheredevelsdare(a)hotmail.com&gt; wrote: As Pradeep mentioned, Iv been doing this for some time - some people are happy to oblige, some feel elated that their pic will be on wiki, some arnt willing, some dont bother to reply. I normally paste the following message in the comments section of the image Im interested in (Since this user has disabled comments, sent him a message): Could you please change your licensing to allow use on Wikipedia. Your pics are brilliant and would be of great use. Only Flickr images tagged as PD, BY (CC-BY) or BY SA (CC-BY-SA) are allowed on Wikipedia. Thanks! Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2012 13:14:53 +0530 From: parakara.ghoda(a)gmail.com To: wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Bangaloreans, help convince this fellow for some photographs. VInu THomas, was invited by Nokia for a Helicopter trip over Bangalore. Here's the photoset of his pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vinut/sets/72157628467032159/ Help convince him. Another photographer is Vijay, aka @misgeek on Twitter. Do help. Hari, I think this is a good time to ask for a grant for a Kannada Media contest. -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on February 12th. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore Aliens invaded Tamil Nadu, left their Spacship and now it is a Toll Plaza. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IVRCL-Vijayamangalam-Toll-Plaza.JPG _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on February 12th. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore Aliens invaded Tamil Nadu, left their Spacship and now it is a Toll Plaza. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IVRCL-Vijayamangalam-Toll-Plaza.JPG _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l