Commons-l April 2008

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Just how reviewed is a Flickr review?
by David Gerard 06 Apr '08

06 Apr '08

checkuser-l is chasing cross-wiki vandals. Problems we've noticed: 1. Flickr review just checks whether an image is marked on Flickr as cc-by or cc-by-sa. 2. There's no protection against someone changing the licensing. The actual threat model is someone bringing a case of copyright infringement. Would screenshots of the licence as was be enough for 2.? - d.

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A big win for Creative Commons!
by David Gerard 06 Apr '08

06 Apr '08

http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/04/charles-manson.html *cough* CC-by-nc-sa, so we can't include it on Commons. (Though it would be includable on Uncyclopedia.) - d.

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KDE/Wikimedia Collobaration
by Eugene Zelenko 06 Apr '08

06 Apr '08

Hi! Just read announcement: http://kde.org/announcements/kde-and-wikimedia-collaborate.php Is anybody from Commons could participate too? Eugene.

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Fwd: [Clipart] Help Support Libre Graphics Meeting 2008!
by Brianna Laugher 05 Apr '08

05 Apr '08

The Libre Graphics Meeting needs some financial support in a hurry. The development of Free image editing software benefits from LGM - specifically GIMP and Inkscape, two well-loved programs among Commoners. Please consider donating and/or forwarding this message to someone who might be able to help. cheers, Brianna ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jon Phillips <jon(a)rejon.org> Date: 2 Apr 2008 15:44 Subject: [Clipart] Help Support Libre Graphics Meeting 2008! To: Inkscape Development Mailing List <inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net>, inkscape-users <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net>, Open Clip Art Library list <clipart(a)lists.freedesktop.org>, "Openfontlibrary(a)lists.freedesktop.org" <openfontlibrary(a)lists.freedesktop.org>, "Openfontlibrary(a)lists.freedesktop.org" <openfontlibrary(a)lists.freedesktop.org> Cc: Louis Desjardins <louis.desjardins(a)gmail.com>, Dave Neary <dneary(a)free.fr>, "kamila.giedrojc" <kamila.giedrojc(a)gmail.com> I'm working with Dave neary, Louis Desjardins and Kamila (lead organizer this year) to do a big loud announcement about LGM 2008 in Poland! Here is my own blog post about. Please post your own! Take from mine! http://rejon.org/2008/04/01/support-the-libre-graphics-meeting-2008-in-pola… Can someone do big blog post about LGM 2008 fundraising campaign to raise 20k USD by friday APRIL 18 on inkscape.org...Also, if there is any other way to spread the news, that would be helpful...please others, blog about the campaign along with the widget...if there are businesses, or those with access to funding, now is the time to help out your favorite project! My blog post already filtered to Open Clip Art Library and the planets, but OFLB folks, need to figure out blog post there too, right? Jon ### Support the Libre Graphics Meeting 2008 in Poland Donate here! http://pledgie.com/campaigns/613 What is the Libre Graphics Meeting? The Libre Graphics Meeting brings together developers and users of free software graphics applications, such as the GIMP, Inkscape, Scribus, Blender, Krita, the Open Clipart Library and more. In its third edition, the organization needs your help! You can support your favorite graphics application, and ensure that the travel costs of as many volunteer developers as possible are paid to ensure that this edition of the conference is more successful that its predecessors. The conference is May 8 - 11 in Wroclaw, Poland. Where will the money go? We have kept costs associated with infrastructure to a minimum. Over 80% of the conference budget will be spent on subsidizing travel and accommodation costs for developers. $20K is the goal to raise by Friday April 18! Help out! A non-profit organization All donations will be made to the conference organizers via the GNOME Foundation, a 501(c)3 tax exempt US-based non-profit, so donations will be tax deductible for US taxpayers. We would like to thank the GNOME Foundation for their support. ### -- Jon Phillips San Francisco, CA CHINA PH +86 1-360-282-8624 jon(a)rejon.org http://www.rejon.org MSN, AIM, Yahoo Chat, Skype: kidproto Jabber Chat: rejon(a)gristle.org IRC: rejon(a)irc.freenode.net Projects: http://rejon.org/projects _______________________________________________ clipart mailing list clipart(a)lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/clipart -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/

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Creative Commons CC-BY-SA Draft Statement of Intent
by Erik Moeller 04 Apr '08

04 Apr '08

The folks at Creative Commons have posted a draft statement of intent regarding the CC-BY-SA license: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Draft_Attribution-ShareAlike_Intent I've just read through it, and I'm really, really happy. Through this statement, CC has taken a first stab at defining in detail their intentions as stewards of the license. This is key to building trust with the Wikimedia community and other stakeholders in the free culture movement. The statement of intent clarifies a number of key points, including a commitment to keep the license in compliance with the Definition of Free Cultural Works, and a strong promise to only broaden, but not narrow the definition of what constitutes an adaptation under the terms of the license. We are continuing our conversations about that particular aspect, and my personal hope is that we will figure out a way to clearly state through the license that adaptations such as a picture embedded into a newspaper article trigger the share-alike clause, i.e. the newspaper article would be CC-BY-SA licensed. (Or, as I would argue, in those particular cases, any other DFCW compliant license.) You can post comments regarding the draft on the wiki talk page, or on the cc-licenses mailing list: http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-licenses This is a really important development, and I hope that everyone who cares about the future of free culture licenses will get involved in these conversations. :-) My congratulations go to Creative Commons for taking this initiative. -- Erik Möller Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate

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Re: [Commons-l] Credentialing
by Geoffrey Plourde 02 Apr '08

02 Apr '08

Unfortunately, the time will not work. I am interested though. ----- Original Message ---- From: Craig Spurrier <craig(a)craigweb.net> To: Wikimedia Commons Discussion List <commons-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 2, 2008 8:06:00 PM Subject: Re: [Commons-l] Credentialing The big problem with this proposal and the current Wikinews system is community accreditation is very weak and the Wikimedia Foundation has said they can not safely issue credentials. It appears that a separate organization is the only workable solution. A few months ago I proposed the creation of a Wikinews Foundation. The project has been retitled to the Collaborative Media Network. The mission has also been generalized somewhat to providing similar services to other like news organizations, though Wikinews remains the primary focus. I have been working for a while on the details needed to make the Collaborative Media Network happen. We are about ready to file the incorporation paperwork and are currently working on selecting a board. We will be having an IRC meeting to discuss the details on Thursday, April 3 at 21:00UTC (5pm EDT) @ #collabmedianet irc.freenode.com. If you are interested in the proposal I encourage you to attend. The time and date are definitely not ideal, but I think getting things moving asap is very important. Future meetings will be held at hopefully better time/dates. -Craig Spurrier [[n:Craig Spurrier]] Geoffrey Plourde wrote: > Below is the current draft of my proposal. Thoughts? > > WIKIMEDIA COMMONS ACCREDITATION POLICY > (PROPOSED) > > > Without credentials, Commons photographers fall under the broad > category of freelance photographers. Some museums have indicated > disapproval of freelance photography of their collections, which is a > significant stumbling block on obtaining good free photographs of > historical items. By credentialing photographers, these museums might > be persuaded to allow photography of their collections, for > educational purposes. > > > Wikinews already has an accreditation process for reporters. Some > individuals involved in that process have expressed an interest in > having a pool of Commons photographers to accompany reporters. > However, the photographers would also need credentials in order to > gain access to the events, due to security precautions. > > > Interested photographers would need to be officially vouched by > Commons. There will need to be a process for accreditation of users, > and for revocation of credentials. > > Commons will need to respond to requests for verification. This will > allow the requesting organization to make sure that the photographer > is indeed accredited by Commons. > > In addition, the processes for Commons and Wikinews should at some > point be merged on Meta to allow streamlined and efficent excahnge, > issuing and verification. > > ==Policy on Accreditation== > > Photographers will need to request accreditation from the Commons > Accredition Project prior to attempting to claim accreditation. The > request should be in the form of an entry, signed and dated, on a page > specifically designated by the Project. The request must include a > rationale for why the user wants accreditation. As an advisory > precaution, the community will have 7 days to either voice objections > or support for the request. At the expiration of this time period the > user will either be granted a pending accreditation, or the vote removed. > > The Issuing Authority will only issue a credential after the following > criteria have been met. > > -User has demonstrated that they are an established contributor > > -Provision of their real name > > -Verified their account > > -Provision of a scanned ID with a picture of the user > > -Provision of a passport sized picture that matches the one on the ID > > > > Upon the fulfillment of the above criteria, the Project's Issuing > Authority will generate a printable image of a personalized Commons > Photographer ID Card that a user may print and laminate at their > expense, and cause the addition of the credential to the Roster. > > ==Policy on Verification== > > Commons credential verification > <file:///wiki/Wikinews:Credential_verification> will be processed by > users who volunteer for the task. The request may come in in three forms: > > * > > Visit to a protected page listing community-accepted users with > Wikimedia Commons credentials. > > * > > Voicemail message on a Commons phone line > > * > > Fax to a Wikinews fax line > > The protected page will be kept by sysops on Commons. > > The voice line will be a VoIP <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VoIP> line > with online voicemail delivery to a mailing list of users who > volunteer to deal with these requests. These users will verify the > request against the listing of Commons users with credentials and > personally place a call to the requesting organization with the > results. Users who are able to respond to verification are current > Commons sysops, and must never respond to verification requests about > themselves. > > The faxes will come in via an online fax provider line which will > deliver the electronic version of the fax to the same mailing list of > users responsible for voice verification. > > Once a verifier processes a request, they must let the rest of the > verification list membership know that they have handled the request > (to prevent duplicate responses). > > -By fax > > ==Policy on Revocation== > > Any user who misuses the privileges assumed by accreditation, or > forges a credential, may have their accreditation revoked either by > consensus of the Community or request of the Board of Trustees. Any > user may request revocation of a credential, however the request must > have a legitimate reason. > > > > Upon revocation of credential, the Issuing Authority shall immediately > place REVOKED on the Credential Roster. The user must immediately > deliver all copies of the credential to the Issuing Authority in > addition to a signed statement under penalty of perjury attesting to > the destruction of any electronic copies. Knowingly using a credential > after revocation is fraud and will result in notification of law > enforcement and authorization to seize said credential(s).. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > You rock. 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Credentialing
by Geoffrey Plourde 02 Apr '08

02 Apr '08

Below is the current draft of my proposal. Thoughts? WIKIMEDIA COMMONS ACCREDITATION POLICY (PROPOSED) Without credentials, Commons photographers fall under the broad category of freelance photographers. Some museums have indicated disapproval of freelance photography of their collections, which is a significant stumbling block on obtaining good free photographs of historical items. By credentialing photographers, these museums might be persuaded to allow photography of their collections, for educational purposes. Wikinews already has an accreditation process for reporters. Some individuals involved in that process have expressed an interest in having a pool of Commons photographers to accompany reporters. However, the photographers would also need credentials in order to gain access to the events, due to security precautions. Interested photographers would need to be officially vouched by Commons. There will need to be a process for accreditation of users, and for revocation of credentials. Commons will need to respond to requests for verification. This will allow the requesting organization to make sure that the photographer is indeed accredited by Commons. In addition, the processes for Commons and Wikinews should at some point be merged on Meta to allow streamlined and efficent excahnge, issuing and verification. ==Policy on Accreditation== Photographers will need to request accreditation from the Commons Accredition Project prior to attempting to claim accreditation. The request should be in the form of an entry, signed and dated, on a page specifically designated by the Project. The request must include a rationale for why the user wants accreditation. As an advisory precaution, the community will have 7 days to either voice objections or support for the request. At the expiration of this time period the user will either be granted a pending accreditation, or the vote removed. The Issuing Authority will only issue a credential after the following criteria have been met. -User has demonstrated that they are an established contributor -Provision of their real name -Verified their account -Provision of a scanned ID with a picture of the user -Provision of a passport sized picture that matches the one on the ID Upon the fulfillment of the above criteria, the Project's Issuing Authority will generate a printable image of a personalized Commons Photographer ID Card that a user may print and laminate at their expense, and cause the addition of the credential to the Roster. ==Policy on Verification== Commons credential verification will be processed by users who volunteer for the task. The request may come in in three forms: Visit to a protected page listing community-accepted users with Wikimedia Commons credentials. Voicemail message on a Commons phone line Fax to a Wikinews fax line The protected page will be kept by sysops on Commons. The voice line will be a VoIP line with online voicemail delivery to a mailing list of users who volunteer to deal with these requests. These users will verify the request against the listing of Commons users with credentials and personally place a call to the requesting organization with the results. Users who are able to respond to verification are current Commons sysops, and must never respond to verification requests about themselves. The faxes will come in via an online fax provider line which will deliver the electronic version of the fax to the same mailing list of users responsible for voice verification. Once a verifier processes a request, they must let the rest of the verification list membership know that they have handled the request (to prevent duplicate responses). -By fax ==Policy on Revocation== Any user who misuses the privileges assumed by accreditation, or forges a credential, may have their accreditation revoked either by consensus of the Community or request of the Board of Trustees. Any user may request revocation of a credential, however the request must have a legitimate reason. Upon revocation of credential, the Issuing Authority shall immediately place REVOKED on the Credential Roster. The user must immediately deliver all copies of the credential to the Issuing Authority in addition to a signed statement under penalty of perjury attesting to the destruction of any electronic copies. Knowingly using a credential after revocation is fraud and will result in notification of law enforcement and authorization to seize said credential(s).. ____________________________________________________________________________________ No Cost - Get a month of Blockbuster Total Access now. Sweet deal for Yahoo! users and friends. http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text1.com

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Re: [Commons-l] [MediaWiki-CVS] SVN: [32642] trunk/tools
by jimbo.rules＠atlas.cz 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

And how can I fake a browser UA?

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Re: [Commons-l] [MediaWiki-CVS] SVN: [32642] trunk/tools
by Bryan Tong Minh 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 10:16 PM, <magnusmanske(a)svn.wikimedia.org> wrote: > + > +// Fake user agent > +ini_set('user_agent','MSIE 4\.0b2;'); > + You should probably fake your own user agent? Something like commonsapi/1.0 > +// get file data via "normal" API > +$ii_url = "http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?format=php&action=query&prop=imagein…:" . $img ; Needs an urlencode($img); > + if ( $m == 'Quality images' ) { > + $titles['qualityimage'] = 1 ; // Just to make sure... > + continue ; > + } > + if ( substr ( $m , 0 , 19 ) == 'Pictures of the day' ) { > + if ( !isset ( $titles['potd'] ) ) $titles['potd'] = trim ( substr ( $m , 21 , 4 ) ) . "0000" ; > + continue ; > + } You can get this as well from the [[Commons:Machine readability]] system. Looks nice :) I would like to co-maintain this but unfortunately I already have too much work at my hands :( I'll probably be committing some occasional stuff to svn. Bryan

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Commons API
by Brianna Laugher 31 Mar '08

31 Mar '08

Hi, There is an interesting Firefox extension called Zemanta, that works with some blogging platforms, to suggest images to match a blog post you type. One of the sources they use is Commons. See this post (comments) for a description of how it works and what it's lacking: <http://brianna.modernthings.org/article/97/zemanta-wikimedia-commons-for-bl…> In particular, "If you have an idea how to correctly capture wikipedia images attribution (something that would assure at least 50% correct coverage from 2.8M images), please help us! ;)" Really, we can't blame people too much for not providing attribution, when we don't give that information in a standard way, or give a standard way of accessing it. Now is as good a time as any to formally write an API to recommend for other people to use. Aside from the MediaWiki API, there are three main things I can think of that are often needed to be automated: * identify any "problem tags" (files with deletion markers shouldn't be used or indexed by third parties) * extract license name(s) and URL for a given file * extract author attribution string for a given file So I propose we put our heads together and figure out the most robust algorithm for each of these, and provide some sample code for each. I made a start here: <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:API> Contributions and feedback welcome... cheers, Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/

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