Someone in the thread on friendliness mentioned that categories are
always in one language (usually english). Well still a long way from
fixing the issue, perhaps if we allowed unrestricted
{{DISPLAYTITLE:...}}, combined with the {{int: hack, that'd allow
better translatable categories. (of course you'd only be able to use
the actual category name in [[category:Foo]] links. I suppose one
could use a bot to automatically change links to redirect categories
to their canonical name, but then we're getting really really hacky).
Anyways, just a thought.
cheers,
bawolff
On 24 April 2012 13:26, emijrp <emijrp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Also, this message is more related to Wikimedia or Commons mailing lists
> (cc:). If you are the owner of those videos and you want to donate them,
> some people can help you in the process.
Well, not really - uploading video is still laborious because we've
been waiting literally years for the Timed Media Handler, which is a
wikitech issue. Andrew could probably deal with the ffmpeg2theora bit,
but it's still faffy and troublesome.
- d.
Commons will be celebrating its 10th anniversary on 7 September 2014 and I
feel this warrants a special occasion. We have about 1.5 years to prepare
if we are going to plan on something.
We already have POTY as an annual event so perhaps a "decade" event could
be something interesting to consider.
-- とある白い猫 (To Aru Shiroi Neko)
I do not think we want to select POT-DEC (lets not call it POTD which
is something else :) ) from older POTYs since we don't have a large number
to choose from. Also, it would be very boring to re-nominate the same
winner again. If anything existing POTY winners perhaps should be
disqualified for this reason.
I am not too sure about the procedure would be best to be honest. I hope
this discussion would determine that very aspect. :)
US GLAM is appealing but we do want something global. Certainly US GLAM
partnerships should be part of it but they should not be all of it.
WikiLoves Monuments was a good precursor to this kind of activity. Perhaps
a kind of "lessons learned" assessment may be useful while working on this.
-- とある白い猫 (To Aru Shiroi Neko)
On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 07:31, Nikola Smolenski <smolensk(a)eunet.rs> wrote:
> > > 2012/4/17 とある白い猫 <to.aru.shiroi.neko(a)gmail.com>:
> > > > We already have POTY as an annual event so perhaps a "decade" event
> could
> > > > be something interesting to consider.
>
> The obvious: select POTD from all the POTYs :)
>
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It could very well be escalated to something like the monument campaign
from last year.
-- とある白い猫 (To Aru Shiroi Neko)
2012/4/18 Tomasz Ganicz <polimerek(a)gmail.com>
> 2012/4/17 とある白い猫 <to.aru.shiroi.neko(a)gmail.com>:
> > Commons will be celebrating its 10th anniversary on 7 September 2014 and
> I
> > feel this warrants a special occasion. We have about 1.5 years to prepare
> > if we are going to plan on something.
> >
> > We already have POTY as an annual event so perhaps a "decade" event could
> > be something interesting to consider.
> >
>
> Sure.. We have moving POTY gallery in Poland:
>
> http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wystawa_fotografii_POTY
>
> 16 POTY pictures printed in A1 scale travels around Poland. Maybe we
> could make on September a series of such gallery openings all over the
> world? The cost of making such a gallery is not so big - just print
> POTY pictures and then try to find a place to show it at any
> university entrance, library entrance or art gallery in your city...
> In Poland the cost for us was around 250 USD for printing A1 size
> pictures + around 500 USD for printing leafleats and cost of
> transfering the gallery from one city to another. Except promotion of
> Wikimedia Commons - such a gallery is a good occasion to organise a
> small meeting of local Wiki(m)(p)ednians interested in photography...
>
>
>
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Last year, the Wikimedia Foundation Board published the following
Resolution:
---o0o---
The Wikimedia Foundation Board affirms the value of freely licensed
content, and we pay special attention to the provenance of this content. We
also value the right to privacy, for our editors and readers as well as on
our projects. Policies of notability have been crafted on the projects to
limit unbalanced coverage of subjects, and we have affirmed the need to
take into account human dignity and respect for personal privacy when
publishing biographies of living persons.
However, these concerns are not always taken into account with regards to
media, including photographs and videos, which may be released under a free
license although they portray identifiable living persons in a private
place or situation without permission. We feel that it is important and
ethical to obtain subject consent for the use of such media, in line with
our special mission as an educational and free project.* We feel that
seeking consent from an image's subject is especially important in light of
the proliferation of uploaded photographs from other sources, such as
Flickr, where provenance is difficult to trace and subject consent
difficult to verify.*
In alignment with these principles, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of
Trustees urges the global Wikimedia community to:
- Strengthen and enforce the current Commons guideline on photographs of
identifiable
people<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Photographs_of_identifiable_people>
with
the goal of requiring evidence of consent from the subject of media,
including photographs and videos, when so required under the guideline. The
evidence of consent would usually consist of an affirmation from the
uploader of the media, and such consent would usually be required from
identifiable subjects in a photograph or video taken in a private place.
This guideline has been longstanding, though it has not been applied
consistently.
- Ensure that all projects that host media have policies in place
regarding the treatment of images of identifiable living people in private
situations.
- Treat any person who has a complaint about images of themselves hosted
on our projects with patience, kindness, and respect, and encourage others
to do the same.
Approved 10-0.
---o0o---
Now, I am aware of a particular set of photographs on Commons, taken in a
private situation. They were taken from Flickr by an anonymous contributor
and uploaded to Commons. The images are no longer available on Flickr,
having been removed long ago.Over the past year, the photographer has
requested several times via OTRS that Commons delete these images. He said
that the subjects could not understand how these images of them ended up on
Commons, and were aghast to find them there. They were never meant to be
released publicly. According to the deletion discussions, OTRS verified
that the person making the request was indeed the owner of the Flickr
account.
Yet Commons administrators have consistently, through half a dozen deletion
discussions, refused to delete the images, disregarding the objections of
isolated editors who said that hosting the images in the clear absence of
subject consent runs counter to policy. Closing admins' argument has been
that licenses once granted cannot be revoked.
Yet according to the above resolution, Commons should not be hosting these
images. Not only was consent not obtained – an endemic situation – the
images are kept even though consent has been expressly denied.Why are these
images still on the Wikimedia Foundation server?
I am happy to pass further details on to any WMF staff, steward or Commons
bureaucrat who is willing and able to review the deletion requests and OTRS
communications, and remove the images permanently. Andreas
>
> I don't think that more policies and guidelines are the answer; we already
have official policies like this one that are routinely ignored because
people concentrate on licencing at deletion discussions to the exclusion of
all other issues. The correct answer is more effective use of existing
guidelines and policies, both through better education and awareness that
there are important issues beyond copyright on one hand, and if that
doesn't work, thinking about some heavier consequences for users and admins
who persistently ignore such policies.
Cheers,
Craig
On 9 April 2012 12:06, Gnangarra <gnangarra(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> maybe we need a Flickr specific policy/guide like
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Precautionary_principle or put
> more emphasis on the precautionary principle with living people change it
> from significant doubt to plausible doubt, where the onus for undeletion
> requires the photographer to establish permission.
>
>
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>
Hello Wikimedians,
On behalf of the 2011 POTY committee, I'd like to invite you to join the
Commons Picture of the Year (POTY) Committee. A volunteer-led contest,
Picture of the Year is run by an organizing committee of Wikimedians. Since
its inception in 2006, thousands of photos from people all over the world
have been selected as Featured Pictures, and all of them are free for
anyone in the world to reuse, remix and share. POTY is one of Wikimedia's
most prominent events.
The committee currently has several dedicated members, but we're looking
for some more help. Last year, the committee counted 2,463 votes from
Wikimedians! There are lots of ways to help out, including helping set up
contest pages, posting messages in relevant locations, *translating
interface messages,* assisting voters, and counting votes. We want to make
POTY 2011 accessible to as many people as possible, so translating pages is
a priority.
We're looking for a handful of experienced and dedicated users. Together,
we'll be able to run one of the most successful POTY contests ever. If
you're interested in helping out, *please fill out this
form<http://pictureoftheyear.wufoo.com/forms/picture-of-the-year-2011-committee/>
* and we'll get in touch with you. You can also keep up with the POTY 2011
contest on Twitter <http://twitter.com/commonsPOTY>, in the #poty2011 IRC
channel on Freenode<http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=poty2011&uio=MTE9MTMz98>,
or by visiting the POTY page on the Wikimedia
Commons<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/COM:POTY/2011>.
If you have any questions, feel free to email me.
Thank you for your consideration,
User:Mono
Coordinator
POTY 2011