Commons-l March 2007

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Re: [Commons-l] [daily-image-l] Technical problem: some emails are missing the image link
by David Gerard 23 Mar '07

23 Mar '07

On 19/03/07, Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Day <daily-image-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Some of you may have occasionally received daily-image-l emails that > are missing the image link (URL) and copyright information, where the > email starts (rather unhelpfully) at "Descriptions". > I am aware of this problem but I don't know yet what causes it or how > it can be fixed. I will try and find out. The archives always show the > full email, and different people report the problem on different days, > so it seems quite random. I've reported it to Gmail at: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/request.py If everyone having this problem reports it to Google, that would be good and give them more reports to work with. Paste in the message as received, then paste in the original message as sent, which you can get by clicking on the down-arrow next to "Reply" and going to "Show original." - d.

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[[n:wikinews:Broadcast]] resurrection - looking for people who know about video
by bawolff 23 Mar '07

23 Mar '07

Previously in wikinews, there was a project - http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Broadcast . Its goal was to create a vdeo eddition of wikinews, similar to the audio edition. (Currently wikinews has the main website+daily print edition+weekly New Zealand print edition+audio) Unfortunately the main contributor to the video project (DV) left. The project then died. In total it made three videos - the trailer http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Wikinews11Apr2005_Demo.a… (in browser http://tools.wikimedia.de/~gmaxwell/jorbis/commonsJOrbisPlayer.php?path=Wik… ), The chili finger incidence part 1 - http://www.tiredbrain.com/wikinews/video/WikinewsSpecialReportCCDC.wmv , and the chili finger incidence part 2 http://www.tiredbrain.com/wikinews/video/WikinewsSpecialReportAyala.wmv (There was another attempt at bringing back video later, unfortunately it was accidentally deleted by commons for no reason, before file restore was implemented. All it really was though was words on a screen.) Anyways we want to try and bring it back. Unfortunately we know very little about what we're doing, and don't have needed equipment. We were hoping that someone on this mailing list would be able to help us. Anyways if you're intreasted please say so on http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#wikinews_Video . For more information see http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Broadcast Thanks -- bawolff

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Flommons!
by Magnus Manske 23 Mar '07

23 Mar '07

So I'm learning Perl now. So I needed a project to sharpen my programming claws with. So I remembered people not happy with the MediaWiki commons interface. So I thought I'd steal from the best and wrote a new one. Flickr-Like cOMMONS = Flommons Misc examples: * Single picture http://tools.wikimedia.de/~magnus/cgi-bin/flommons.pl?user=&mode=single_ima… * Files uploaded by a user (newest images first) http://tools.wikimedia.de/~magnus/cgi-bin/flommons.pl?user=&foruser=Magnus_… * Category view (newest images first) http://tools.wikimedia.de/~magnus/cgi-bin/flommons.pl?user=&mode=category&c… * Welcome screen (as me, though there's no real login) http://tools.wikimedia.de/~magnus/cgi-bin/flommons.pl?user=Magnus_Manske * Search results http://tools.wikimedia.de/~magnus/cgi-bin/flommons.pl?user=Magnus_Manske&mo… Notes: * Can be slooow at times, since there's no index on img_user/img_user_text * No login or upload (yet?) * Normal blue links stay in Flommons, light-blue links go to Commons The thing is a single Perl script. Maybe I should go and rewrite MediaWiki like that. Oh wait... (anyone aroung long enough to get this joke?) Magnus P.S.: Comments always welcome :-)

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Making a home wiki field in user login
by bawolff 20 Mar '07

20 Mar '07

Flo said: >My additional wish would be a way to contact one time contributers. There >are several ways to achieve this: >* Creating a field "home wiki" on the resistration form. ... How hard could that be? Create a field in the log in page saying ''I ussually contribute to project x'', preferably this could be done semi-automatically via referrer headers or wikipedia linking with a url like http://common.wikimedia.org/wiki/special:userlogin?from=en.wikipedia . The thing gets automatically filled out, and the user can change it if he wants. Then when he creates an account, his user page has a template on it automatically that says, "so and so is usually at foo, leave a message both here and there". Then if orphanbot [or whatever you call your bots that send messages] comes a long, sees it, and leaves a message at both commons and the local wiki. --bawolff

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Re: [Commons-l] Commons-l Digest, Vol 22, Issue 21
by wayne 18 Mar '07

18 Mar '07

At 07:00 AM 3/18/2007, you wrote: >Send Commons-l mailing list submissions to > commons-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > commons-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > >You can reach the person managing the list at > commons-l-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of Commons-l digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Getting our content out there (openstockphotography.org) > (Platonides) > > > >Seems the typical "internet crap". Would be interesting to know what >does people search on commons. > > > their search also seems quite shit in general. > > really weird stuff. I, for one wikisoul, use Commons quite often and mainly for historical and botanical photographs, as well as the usual category and article organizational thing. Many people I mention Wikipedia to assume the photographs come from pedia and don't know media or Commons actually exists. I think it's great and I tell everyone I know about it all the time User WayneRay

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Re: [Commons-l] [Foundation-l] Commons Picture of the Year 2006
by Bryan Tong Minh 17 Mar '07

17 Mar '07

How cool :D Tim: Did you also contact him? Because I tried but have not yet received any response. Bryan On 3/16/07, Tim Starling <tstarling(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: POY > Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 08:40:47 -0800 > From: Strang Joshua P SSgt 354 CS/SCBV > To: Tim Starling > > > Hello, > I stumbled across the post that my photo won Commons photo of the year > and your comment about had anyone contacted me. No I had not heard a > word but when I found it, I was floored. Thanks for recognizing me and > please pass my thanks on to the Wikimedia Commons. Thanks again! > SSgt Strang > > Joshua P. Strang, SSgt, USAF > 354 CS/SCBV > Photography NCOIC > [Phone number removed] > > "The brave ones shoot the enemy; The crazy ones shoot photos." > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >

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Commons Picture of the Year 2006
by Tim Starling 16 Mar '07

16 Mar '07

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: POY Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 08:40:47 -0800 From: Strang Joshua P SSgt 354 CS/SCBV To: Tim Starling Hello, I stumbled across the post that my photo won Commons photo of the year and your comment about had anyone contacted me. No I had not heard a word but when I found it, I was floored. Thanks for recognizing me and please pass my thanks on to the Wikimedia Commons. Thanks again! SSgt Strang Joshua P. Strang, SSgt, USAF 354 CS/SCBV Photography NCOIC [Phone number removed] "The brave ones shoot the enemy; The crazy ones shoot photos."

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Re: [Commons-l] [daily-image-l] 2007-03-15
by David Gerard 16 Mar '07

16 Mar '07

Um ... link? - d. On 15 Mar 2007 04:00:29 -0000, Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Day <daily-image-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Descriptions: > > Česky: Kaňon Zion v Národním parku Zion, Utah, USA > Deutsch: Der Zion Canyon im Zion National Park (Utah, USA) bei Sonnenuntergang von Angel's Landing aus gesehen. > English: Zion Canyon at sunset in Zion National Park in Utah, as seen from Angels Landing looking south. > Español: Atardecer en el Parque Nacional Zion, Utah, Estados Unidos. > Esperanto: Sunsubiro ĉe nacia naturparko de Zion en Utaho, Usono > Français: Le Parc national de Zion (Utah, USA) au coucher de soleil. > Italiano: Tramonto al Parco nazionale di Zion. > Қазақша: Ақтаңдақтағы Сион құзы (Сион Ұлттық бағы, Юта, АҚШ) > Magyar: A Zion-kanyon a Zion Nemzeti Parkban (Utah állam, USA) > Nederlands: Zonsopgang in de Zionkloof in het nationaal park Zion in Utah, gezien vanaf Angels Landing in de richting van het zuiden. > Polski: Zachód słońca nad Kanionem Zion, Park Narodowy Zion w stanie Utah (widok z Angels Landing na południe) > Português: Pôr-do-Sol no Cânion Zion no Parque Nacional Zion em Utah. > Svenska: Solnedgång i Zion National Park i Utah i USA. > Türkçe: Zion Kanyonu, Utah, ABD. > 简体中文: 美国犹他州锡安国家公园的锡安大峡谷 > 繁體中文: 美國猶他州錫安國家公園的錫安大峽谷 > > > _______________________________________________ > daily-image-l mailing list > Unsubscribe: http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/options/daily-image-l > Questions, comments: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Daily-image-l > >

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Deletion Bot
by Eugene Zelenko 14 Mar '07

14 Mar '07

Hi! We have problem in Belarusian Wikipedia: bot creates articles copied from copyrighted source. Bot operates from open proxy and we can't block proxy itself due configuration issue. As for now we need to delete already created articles. Any help with deletion automation are appreciated. Thank you, Eugene.

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Please do not delete images used on [[Wikimedia logo mosaic]]
by Guillaume Paumier 14 Mar '07

14 Mar '07

Hello, It is the second time in two weeks I have to restore a deleted image that appears on the [[Wikimedia logo mosaic]]: http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=delete&us… http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=delete&us… It may be because of our brand new CommonsDelinker (great tool btw), some admins may feel they can delete images without checking the usage of all photos. This is not the case. Please always checkusage before deleting. If you are about to delete an image appearing in the mosaic, find another one to replace it *before* deleting the bad one. And please, do not turn this thread into an endless argument about « why haven't all these images been verified before », I am sure they have been. -- Guillaume Paumier [[m:User:guillom]] http://www.wikimedia.org

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