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From: Yaroslav M. Blanter <putevod(a)mccme.ru>
Date: 12 June 2010 16:10
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Are Wikimedia websites a proper venue for
an artistic contest ?
To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
> Why don't we ever read on Wikimedia Commons' main page "look at this
> picture: it is quite awkward, poorly lit, but it is the first picture
> we've ever had to illustrate Wikipedia article "<name of page>". We
> are grateful to the contributor who sent it. AND we will never delete
> it even if no longer used in any Wikipedia article when better
> pictures are sent by professional photographers later.
>
Whereas I generally do not agree with the general modality of the message
I am replying to, I definitely think that this last point is important.
Indeed, it is much easier to get recognition for a high-quality image than
for an image which an uploader made an effort to make: a rare location or
smth. This is definitely my personal experience - for instance, so far the
only recognition I got for uploading the complete set of images of Beijing
Subway (I have all 147 stations and uploaded so far about 50, more than the
number of the station images existed on Commons a month ago), categorizing
all this mess and adding pictures and links to Commons in all articles in
all languages where they exist - the only recognition I got was one of my
edits on one of Wikipedias instantly reverted. For the record, I spend
several days of my time to take the pictures, and even more time to edit
them.
Cheers
Yaroslav
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Hi all:
Dan Watts, who is helping Mike Godwin here in our San Francisco office,
has drafted some templates to be used for DMCA takedown notices, as well
as some DMCA counterclaims.
As these impact Commons as much as any one Wikimedia community, it is
our hope that community can come together to discuss these templates
and incorporate the suggestions offered herein, to improve the lines of
communication between the community and the Wikimedia Foundation when it
has been directed to remove materials in accordance with DMCA.
The templates and suggestions are located at
<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Memo_-_WMF_DMCA_takedown_and_counter…>
<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Memo_-_WMF_DMCA_putback_notification…>
I'll be cross-posting this message to the Commons Village Pump.
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Hey everyone!
On Friday, June 11, the Office Hour will once again be hosted by Mike
Godwin, Legal counsel for the Wikimedia Foundation, who you can read
about at <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:Mikegodwin>
Office hours are from 2230 to 2330 UTC (3:30 PM to 4:30 PM PST).
If you do not have an IRC client, there are two ways you can come chat
using a web browser: First is using the Wikizine chat gateway at
<http://chatwikizine.memebot.com/cgi-bin/cgiirc/irc.cgi>. Type a
nickname, select irc.freenode.net from the top menu and
#wikimedia-office from the following menu, then login to join.
Also, you can access Freenode by going to http://webchat.freenode.net/,
typing in the nickname of your choice and choosing wikimedia-office as
the channel. You may be prompted to click through a security warning.
It should be all right.
Please feel free to forward (and translate!) this email to any other
relevant email lists you happen to be on.
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http://twitter.com/Skud/status/15797312691
"can anyone put me in touch with a wikimedia commons person in B.C.,
Canada? got someone up there who wants to contribute photos."
Her email: skud(a)infotrope.net
- d.
Everyone,
i'd like to invite you to look at the current state of the Commons
main page in a web browser with a 1024x768 resolution (according to
recent reports, that's the most common resolution for around 25% of
all internet users). Imagine you're a first-time visitor, who's never
heard of Commons. If you're lazy you can also click on this link for a
screenshot:
http://twitpic.com/1o0lx0
The main page is supposed to be a showcase on what a great collection
of free media we have, right? Well, let's just look at what a
first-time visitor encounters on the main page:
* A paragraph of text talking about a 'setup page' for the media of
the day, for 'ease of translation' in something called 'Template:motd'
and 'Template:potd'. Obviously, a first-time visitor won't have a clue
about what all those terms mean and if they're important to him/her.
* A link urging people to vote for the picture of the year, but that's
only for 'eligible voters' (i am an eligible voter? how do i know?)
* 'Welcome to Wikimedia Commons!'. Finally a warm word of welcome.
Hooray! Apparently i can somehow be involved in this as well.
* An enormous list of languages to choose from. Why would i want to
view this page Suomi? I've got my browser set to my language and i'm
coming from a certain country, right? And why can't this simply be in
a dropdown list?
* A picture, finally! Note that for all those 1024x768 users only the
first 100 pixels or so of this picture are displayed, the rest of the
picture disappears under the fold.
(scroll, scroll, scroll, scroll)
* Aha! A box about how i can participate. Cool! A pity i had to scroll
down all the way to the bottom to find that.
Now, i'm not trying to insult anyone, but i really think we should do
a big redesign of the current main page, focusing on presenting what
we've got and how we can invite new people to join the project. I'm
not sure if the current grant from the Ford foundation also includes a
homepage redesign, but that might be very helpful.
We did a little brainstorm during the multimedia usability meetup last
november in Paris, and this was the result of a 90 minute 'How would
you redesign Commons from scratch' session:
http://usability.wikimedia.org/wiki/Multimedia:Meeting_in_Paris/Notes/User_…
Maybe we can take that as a starting point.
What do you think?
-- Hay
Dear Wikimedians,
The final round for the 2009 Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year contest is now open!
The top images were chosen from the first round, thanks to voters like you.
In order to determine the very best picture of the remaining candidates,
you have exactly one vote left.
The finalists are listed here:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2009/Finalists.
If you are eligible, you can vote in the final even if you didn't vote in the first round.
Please visit here to see if you are eligible:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2009/Voting.
Final voting is open till 2010-06-11 23:59 (UTC).
Wikimedia Commons would be happy to see you vote for whatever image
you believe deserves to be called the Picture of the Year 2009.
Thanks, Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year committee
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2009
I tried to upload image from Ukrainian Wikipedia, but CommonsHelper did
not upload image automaticlally (using TUSC), and syas that no good
templates, but template GFDL-self is appropriate.
31.05.2010 15:00, commons-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org написав:
> Today's Topics:
>
> 1. Re: CommonsHelper2 Version "Pre-Beta" (Jan Luca)
>
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 11:44:53 +0200
> From: "Jan Luca"<jan(a)jans-seite.de>
> Subject: Re: [Commons-l] CommonsHelper2 Version "Pre-Beta"
> To: "'Wikimedia Commons Discussion List'"
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>
> Hi,
>
> I moved the pre-beta version to the main page. Please use now
> http://toolserver.org/~commonshelper2/index.php.
>
> Best regards,
> Jan
>
> -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: commons-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> [mailto:commons-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] Im Auftrag von Jan Luca
> Gesendet: Freitag, 28. Mai 2010 17:46
> An: 'Wikimedia Commons Discussion List'
> Betreff: [Commons-l] CommonsHelper2 Version "Pre-Beta"
>
> Hi,
>
> today I release the "Pre-Beta" version of the CommonsHelper2. More
> information: https://jira.toolserver.org/browse/CHTWO-23
>
> This version is at moment under
> http://toolserver.org/~commonshelper2/dev/index.php. The main page update I
> if there are no big problems.
>
> Best regards,
> Jan
>
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Interesting thing. I commented on the relevant talk page, and it
occurred to me that Commons may have something to inform this idea -
are we still running about 10% of uploads being shoot-on-sight? Please
comment at the page :-)
- d.
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From: John Du Hart <compwhizii(a)gmail.com>
Date: 1 June 2010 21:24
Subject: [WikiEN-l] Uploads patrol via a robot (Feedback requested)
To: wikien-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Hello Wikien-l,
Right now I am working on a robot that will process recently uploaded images
for problems, and respond to them. The amount of images that are being
uploaded and violating policy is currently (in my mind at least)
unacceptable. If we had a robot that could weed out obvious problem images
it would benefit the project greatly.
I would appreciate your feedback of its processes and methods at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Images_and_Media#Us…
Thanks,
FinalRapture
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