Thanks, Sandahl. Actually I've put my Spanish to the test on this. And
Geni, I'm leaning toward taking the risk that even if Panamanian law does
apply, the photographer who shot a 1913 photograph was unlikely to be
alive 45 years later. I'll try to research that some more before uploading.
Generally speaking, is there any coordinated effort to fill in these gaps?
Pretty much the entire Western Hemisphere copyright terms could be filled in
by editors who are fluent in English, Spanish, French, and Portugese.
It's a huge disincentive against actually countering systemic bias when the
steps are:
*Find great shot in archives. Whoopee!
*Search license info page: nothing.
*Click link.
*Surf, squint, translate.
*Um, is this right?
*Scratch head.
-Durova
Hello,
Some days ago I was looking for video files on Commons. I then noticed
Commons not only lacked a proper image search, but does not have
anything to search specifically for video and audio. So I created one:
http://tools.wikimedia.org/~bryan/ogg/
It allows searching in video and audio files, by length, y category,
by resolution and by audio format. It embeds Wikimedia's ogg player,
so you can directly view the videos in your web browser.
Regards,
Bryan
Please spread the word to all those who are interested and on to your
local Village pumps. :-)
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Casey Brown <cbrown1023.ml(a)gmail.com>
Date: Feb 2, 2008 9:15 AM
Subject: Wikimania 2008: Call for Participation
To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)"
<wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
<foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, English Wikipedia
<wikipedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, English Wikipedia
<wikien-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Program committee list
<wikimania-program(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Please circulate this call among Wikimedia communities, researchers
and other people that may be interested! This call is also online at
http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Call_for_Participation
== Wikimania 2008: Call for Participation ==
[[w:Wikimania|Wikimania]] is an annual global event devoted to
[[foundation:Main Page|Wikimedia]] projects around the globe
(including [[w:Main page|Wikipedia]], [[:w:b:en:Main page|Wikibooks]],
[[:w:s:en:Main page|Wikisource]], [[:en:n:Main page|Wikinews]],
[[:w:wikt:en:Main page|Wiktionary]], [[:w:v:en:Main
page|Wikiversity]], [[:m:q:en:Main page|Wikiquote]], [[:species:Main
page|Wikispecies]], and [[:commons:Main page|Wikimedia Commons]]) and
for its editors and users to gather, meet each other, exchange ideas,
and report on research and projects. It is a community event, which
is also open to the public and to researchers. This year's conference
will be held from '''July 17-19, 2008''' in
[[w:Alexandria|Alexandria]], [[w:Egypt|Egypt]] at the new Library of
Alexandria ([[w:Bibliotheca Alexandrina|Bibliotheca Alexandrina]]).
For more information, please visit the Wikimania 2008 Home page at
http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org
We are accepting submissions for presentations, workshops, panels,
posters, open spaces, and artistic artifacts. Please carefully follow
the submission guidelines below. Submissions can be sent via the
following link:
:https://wikimedia.pentabarf.org/submission/wikimania2008
=== Important dates ===
* 1 February – 16 March : Submission
* 17 March – 30 April : Review, feedback and notification of acceptance
* 17 – 19 July 2007 : '''Wikimania'''
=== Conference Tracks ===
Submissions should address one or more of the following themes:
; Wikimedia Communities : Interesting projects and particularities
within the communities; policy creation within individual projects;
conflict resolution and community dynamics; reputation and identity;
multi-lingualism, languages and cultures; social studies. We
explicitly invite you to discuss your local Wikimedia project's
community.
; Free Knowledge : Open access to information; ways to gather and
distribute free knowledge, usage of the Wikimedia projects in
education, journalism, research; ways to improve content quality and
usability; copyright laws and other legal areas that interfere with
Wikimedia projects. Free Content in the Middle-East/Africa.
; Technical infrastructure : Issues related to MediaWiki development
and extensions; Wikimedia's technical infrastructure; new ideas for
development (including case studies from other wikis or similar
projects).
; Scientific track : Papers about massively collaborative work, open
and free content creation, community dynamics, the social or economic
aspects of the Wikimedia projects, and other topics related to
Wikimedia projects. Papers submitted to the scientific track will be
peer reviewed by a reviewing committee regarding their novelty,
rigour, and estimated impact, and accepted or rejected based on these
reviews. The papers will be published in proceedings afterwards, and
depending on the number and the quality of the submissions, a journal
special issue may be pursued. Scientific track papers must be in
English, and must not exceed 7,500 words (or 15 pages LNCS).
Your topic must be related either to the Wikimedia projects and their
communities, or to the creation of free content in general.
=== Types of Submissions ===
We are seeking submissions for
* presentations (10–30 minute talks with discussion afterwards)
* workshops (60–120 minute session with more involvement of the audience)
* panels (group of 2-5 speakers to discuss on a specific subject)
* posters (printed presentations or visual displays that can stand on their own)
* artistic artifacts (plays, competitions, comedy, visualizations, or
other representations of some aspect of the projects)
In addition there will the possibility to give [[lightning talks]] (5
minute short presentations). These will be organized on the Wikimania
2008 wiki without need to submit via the submission system.
=== Submission Guidelines ===
Wikimania is organized by volunteers, so please help us minimize
wasted effort by submitting via the [[submission]] system and
following these guidelines. All submissions MUST explicitly include
the following:
# an English "Event title"
# a short English "Abstract" of your event in 50 to 100 words. The
abstract will be used for the public schedule.
# the "Track" your submission fits in best (Wikimedia Communities,
Free Knowledge, Technical infrastructure, or Scientific)
# the "Event type" (presentation, workshop, panel, poster, artistic...)
# information about the speaker (full name, email, a short description
of at least 2 sentences...)
# for submissions to the scientific track: set "Submission of paper
for proceedings" to "yes" and upload a paper instead of the
"Description" below as "Attachment". Papers must be in English, and
must not exceed 7,500 words.
In addition you can add some more information like a a subtitle of the
event, an image (will be resized to 128x128px) and private "Submission
notes" for reviewers and conference organisation. In particular you
should give:
* a more detailed "Description" of your event in English or Arabic.
The description is essential for review: please give an overview of
the areas to be covered or taught. The better you describe your
submission, the more likely it will get accepted. State clearly the
relevance to the Wikimedia projects and whether submission concerns a
specific wiki project. You can also include links. The description
will later be used for the public schedule but you can edit it before.
* special requirements (such as equipment for a workshop or panel) if needed
* the language used for presentation
* whether you want to submit a paper for proceedings
* whether you want to submit presentation slides
* whether the presentation is intended to be a specific length
* the target audience you are going to reach and what previous
knowledge is needed
* images or sketches of the poster or artistic artifact if available
* for panel submissions a suggested moderator and short biographies of
each suggested panelist
In the "Submission notes" you should tell us whether you will attend
to Wikimania (a) surely, (b) probably, (c) only if your submission is
accepted, or (d) only if we provide travel and/or accommodation. You
can also add yourself to the public list of attendees at the Wikimania
2008 wiki: http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Attendees
Please note that all submissions must be dual licensed under the GNU
Free Documentation License version 1.2 or later ''and'' the Creative
Commons Attribution License! By submitting for Wikimania 2008 you
agree to this condition.
For more information see the submission guidelines at
http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submission
===Submissions===
Once you are sure you have included all of the required information,
please send your submission before the respective deadline through our
'''submission system''':
:https://wikimedia.pentabarf.org/submission
== See also ==
* About the venue: http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Venue
* Brainstorming page for program ideas:
http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Program_ideas
* Editable list of attendees: http://wikimania2008.wikimedia.org/wiki/Attendees
--
Casey Brown
Cbrown1023
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Note: This e-mail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails sent to
this address will probably get lost.
Greetings wikimedians!
As many of you probably know, the Wikimedia Foundation has relocated its main offices to San Francisco. Our new space on Stillman Street is still
being organized, but one of the interesting discoveries is a prominent 'feature wall.' You can see what we're talking about here:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Image:Stillman_Wiki_Wall.jpg
The wall itself is fairly large; each image you see is about 30cms x 30cms.
We're turning this feature wall into the Stillman Wiki Wall, a space to showcase photos in our big, open space. This is a great opportunity to
demonstrate what our users, readers, volunteers, staff, and board are up to - but we need your help!
Starting Saturday, February 2, 2008 we're asking interested contributors to upload photos for consideration on Wikimedia Commons. Our informal panel
of judges (staff members Sue Gardner, Erik Moeller, Cary Bass, and Jay Walsh) will decide on the nine winners by 18:00 UTC, Friday, February 8, 2008.
The winners will have their images displayed prominently on the Stillman Wiki Wall - your photo could be right in the centre of the Wikimedia
Foundation offices!
How to enter
* Upload your photo (preferably to the Wikimedia Commons) no later than Thursday, February 7, 18:00 UTC.
* Post each photo (link below) with your attribution (descriptions are optional but encouraged)
* Contest page: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stillman_Wiki_Wall_Photo_Contest
Conditions
Photos should in some way relate to Wikimedia, and/or capture the spirit of the Wikimedia projects:
1. photos from Wikimania or of Wikimedians,
2. photos of our people and hardware (technology)
3. photos of our Board, staff, volunteers
4. photos from chapter meetings, offices, events
5. etc.
* All photos must be under a free license, preferably the CC-BY or CC-BY-SA license (read about licensing).
* They must be cropped to a square for high-res printing (i.e. 1000x1000 pixels)
* We will attribute your photo with a small label or plaque.
Thanks for entering! We'll notify the winners and send a note out on the Foundation-l and Commons-l mailing list next week with the winners. Let me
know if you have any questions.
--
Jay Walsh
Head of Communications
WikimediaFoundation.org
+1 (415) 839 6885
