I just tried to watch some presentation videos from Wikimania.
Some had very weak sound, some had no sound in the first minutes,
some only played the first minute and then stopped. I don't think
the Wikimania videos are unique in having such problems. Video is
new to Commons, and the expert contributors are more familiar with
still images.
How can we learn to make better videos? Are there some good
instructions? Perhaps a free instruction video (Wikibooks, but a
video instead of a book) on how to produce good videos is what we
need. In fact, the English Wikibooks has a title on "Video
Production", http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Video_Production but it
doesn't have a clear focus (pun not intended). It starts out with
discussing satellite TV and has long sections on file formats in
different operating systems.
There is a help page on Commons for converting video to the Ogg
Theora format, but that is only the last step in a long chain.
Given that video is new, how can we find and rate videos, nominate
"good/featured videos", and give advice on how to improve quality?
Is the Commons village pump enough for this? Commons has a
separate graphics village pump. Do we also need a separate video
village pump?
Current digital video cameras use hard disks or memory cards,
instead of tape cassettes. Many new models cost less than 300
euro (or dollars), some as little as 120 euro (memory card perhaps
not included). Some have a special "Youtube mode", and I guess
that kind of usage is what drives the price down. What models are
good, and what should one watch out for?
We can find free still photos on Flickr and copy them to Commons.
Is there somewhere we can find free videos and copy them? Yes, at
the Internet Archive. Somewhere else?
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Lars Aronsson (lars(a)aronsson.se)
Aronsson Datateknik - http://aronsson.se
Hey everyone,
apologies for the cross-posting, we're just too excited:
we're looking for a new member for our team [0], who'll dive right away in
the promising Structured Data project. [1]
Is our future colleague hiding among the tech ambassadors, translators,
GLAM people, community members we usually work with? We look forward to
finding out soon.
So please, check the full job description [2], apply, or tell/recommend
anyone who you think may be a good fit. For any questions, please contact
me personally (not here).
Thanks!
Elitre (WMF)
Senior Community Liaison, Technical Collaboration
[0] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Liaisons
[1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data
[2]
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/610643?gh_src=o3gjf21#.WMGV0Rih…
Hello -
I'm happy to announce that a new position has been posted for a software
engineering role in Multimedia at the Wikimedia Foundation. Initial work
will include the Structured Data on Commons project (
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data ).
If you're interested or know someone who would be a good fit, more
information is available here:
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/640408
I should also note that there are more great opportunities at the
Foundation, which you can find at the Foundation's hiring page.
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Work_with_us
Thank you!
Adam Baso
Engineering Director, Reading
Wikimedia Foundation
Dear Wikimedians,
We are happy to announce that the 2016 Picture of the Year competition is now open.
Hundreds of images that have been rated Featured Pictures by the international Wikimedia Commons community. From professional animal and plant shots to breathtaking panoramas and skylines, historically relevant images, images portraying the world's best architecture, maps created with the most modern technology, Commons features pictures of all flavors.
For your convenience, we have sorted the images into topic categories. Two rounds of voting will be held: In the first round, you can vote for as many images as you like. The first round category winners and the top ten overall will then make it to the final. In the final round, when a limited number of images are left, you must decide on the one image that you want to become the Picture of the Year.
To see the candidate images just go to the POTY 2016 page on Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2016
Round 1 will end 30 March 2017, 23:59:59.
Thanks,
POTY 2016 committee
Note: Users must vote with an account meeting following requirements: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2016/Rules
Yo!
Just take a look at that stuff! Is it what you were looking for? Check it out http://ready.dronereg.net/ebea
In haste, commons-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Hi,
The Wikimedia Foundation is hiring a product manager for multimedia
support/features and, most immediately, the structured data on commons
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data> project. We
think it would be tremendously helpful if that person was already a member
of the Wikimedia movement.
If you have product management experience and are interested in learning
more, please see the job description and apply here
<https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/609403?t=46icqe1#.WMBMwhLyvfY>.
Please copy this notice anywhere else you think interested community
members might see it.
Thanks in advance,
Jon
user:Jkatz (WMF)
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