Commons-l May 2017

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CLs are hiring...
by Erica Litrenta 03 Jul '17

03 Jul '17

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…

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Doubts on uploading other's audio files to commons with attribution
by Shrinivasan T 02 Jun '17

02 Jun '17

Hello all, I am working on building a web application, to record audio files, upload them to commons, link to relevant wiktionary pages. To achieve this, I am connecting a web application, Lingua-Libre with commons,wiktionary. Here is a demo video on this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8pwCC9MqGA&t=13s When the application is production ready, we can host it on a server. Contributors can create account, login, spell words. In backed, I will upload the audio files to commons with my account or a bot account. we will get the user's wikipedia user name on the profile, so that we can mention the same as the "original author" of the file, in the commons. If I upload all the files, using my account, the upload count and metrics for my account will be high. Is there any way to add the same counts and metrics for the relevant user, I mention as "author" ? I want those users should see their contributions counts/files on the commons. This will encourage the users to contribute, without any issues on their reports. How can we achieve this? Thanks. -- Regards, T.Shrinivasan My Life with GNU/Linux : http://goinggnu.wordpress.com Free E-Magazine on Free Open Source Software in Tamil : http://kaniyam.com Get Free Tamil Ebooks for Android, iOS, Kindle, Computer : http://FreeTamilEbooks.com

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[TOOLS] GWtoolset title fields
by Jesse de Vos 01 Jun '17

01 Jun '17

-apologies for crossposting- Dear all, It's been a while since I last used the GWtoolset. I'm using the artwork template but in making the mapping (step 2) the fields Title and GWtoolset-title don't appear, whereas these fields are required. Am I missing some change to the tool or is this a bug? Thanks in advance for your replies! Best, Jesse -- Met vriendelijke groet, *Jesse de Vos* Researcher Interactive and New Media *T* 035 - 677 39 37 *Aanwezig:* ma t/m do <http://www.beeldengeluid.nl/> *Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid* *Media Parkboulevard 1, 1217 WE Hilversum | Postbus 1060, 1200 BB Hilversum | * *beeldengeluid.nl* <http://www.beeldengeluid.nl/>

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Minimum resolution image for Commons
by Flor Méchain 25 May '17

25 May '17

Hello! I am in touch with a museum that is thinking of uploading images to Commons. They are a bit uncertain about uploading high resolution, but I told them the resolution they need to upload just needs to be good enough for illustrating articles without being pixellated. The thing is, I am unsure about the minimum size of such an image. I tried poking around the instructions but didn't find a direct answer. Do you know which size is "the minimum" that can be accepted on Commons? Thanks a lot for your help! Warm wishes, -- Flor MECHAIN Wikimedia CH E: flor.mechain(a)wikimedia.ch M: +41 78 746 86 25 W: Flor WMCH Wikimedia CH is a swiss non profit organisation which supports Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia

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Re: [Commons-l] Minimum resolution image for Commons
by ankry.wiki 23 May '17

23 May '17

Few digital libraries offer high quality scans that allow paper structure and ink layer thickness analysis. But, is it worth to use them create a few GB PDF/DjVu if books are mainly intended for reading and not for scintific reserch on printing technology? We should not reject any usable resolution. Ankry W dniu 2017-05-22 21:03:37 użytkownik Yann Forget <yannfo(a)gmail.com> napisał: As others say, 2 Mpixels should be the minimum resolution, although it is a bit small to do any work (i.e. restoration). That's the minimum requirement for quality and featured images on Commons. For doing restoration, it is quite comfortable around 12 Mpixels (4000 x 3000). That's what most cameras offer today.

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Re: [Commons-l] Minimum resolution image for Commons
by Michael Maggs 21 May '17

21 May '17

When you convert an image to jpg format, or re-save an image in that format, you are normally asked (depending on the program you are using) to specify both a pixel count and a figure called 'quality' or something like that. You should enter the highest possible 'quality' figure, normally 100. The 'quality' figure is separate from the pixel count (eg 2000x1000) that you also need to enter when saving. Michael > Flor Méchain <mailto:flor.mechain@wikimedia.ch> > 21 May 2017 at 2:45 pm > Hello! > > Thanks a lot for your reply... But I guess I'm a bit lost at this, > still. What is degraded quality? Is it a high quality file that's > somehow been shrunk? > > Thanks again... > > Flor MECHAIN > Wikimedia CH > E: flor.mechain(a)wikimedia.ch > M: +41 78 746 86 25 > W: Flor WMCH > > Wikimedia CH is a swiss non profit organisation which supports > Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia > > >

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Picture of the Year 2016 Results
by Steinsplitter Wiki 11 May '17

11 May '17

Dear Wikimedians, The 2016 Picture of the Year competition (2016) has ended and we are pleased to announce the results: In both rounds, people voted for their favorite media files. * In Round 1, there were 1475 candidate images. * In the second round, people voted for the 58 finalists (the R1 top 30 overall and top 2 in each category). In the second round – the “three votes” was used – eligible users could vote for up to 3 finalists – each of these 3 votes counted equal. There were 4765 people who voted in total (R1 and R2). * In the first round, 2553 people voted for all 1475 candidates. * In the second round, 3625 people voted for all 58 finalists. We congratulate the winners of the contest and thank them for creating these beautiful media files and sharing them as freely licensed content: 1. 615 people voted for the winner, File:Jubilee and Munin, Ravens, Tower of London 2016-04-30.jpg<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jubilee_and_Munin,_Ravens,_Tower_of…>. 2. In second place, 443 people voted for File:Khaoyai 06.jpg<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Khaoyai_06.jpg>. 3. In third place, 352 people voted for File:Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) in the drift ice region north of Svalbard.jpg<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Polar_bear_%28Ursus_maritimus%29_in…>. Click here to view the top images »<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Commons:Picture_of_th…> We also sincerely thank to all voters for participating. We invite you to continue to participate in the Commons community by sharing your work<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:UploadWizard>. Thanks, the Picture of the Year committee<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2016/Committ…> RAW/This e-mail in HTML: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2016/Results… <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2016/Committ…>

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Future of the GLAMtools email list
by Fæ 10 May '17

10 May '17

* https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glamtools * The glamtools list we created a couple of years ago, after launching the GLAM wiki toolset, has recently had very few users asking questions about tools. On behalf of the list mods, I invite feedback on whether the list should be re-promoted as a useful but more general discussion about Wikimedia Commons batch upload tools, techniques and issues. For example it could be the recommended email list for all tools listed at Commons:Upload tools[1] and for GLAM related tools such as those listed on Outreach[2]. Alternatively, if the feeling is we have enough lists and notice boards that do this job, this may be the right time to close the list down and refer users elsewhere. Though it costs nothing to run the email list, and past discussions have been useful, there is a small volunteer cost in admin time to keep an eye on the moderation queue. If you prefer to discuss on-wiki, see the Commons VP thread.[3] Links: 1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Upload_tools 2. https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Resources/Tools 3. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump#GLAMTOOLS_email_list Thanks, Fae -- faewik(a)gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae

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3D files on Commons
by Chris Koerner 06 May '17

06 May '17

Hello, We shared this news on the Commons village pump, but wanted to make sure we caught folks who maybe don't read the discussions there. [0] In 2015 one of the most popular ideas for the Community Wishlist Survey was about supporting the uploading of 3D models on Commons. [1] [2] The Multimedia team at the foundation is writing new software to make this happen with the STL file format. [3] You can see how this feature works on the beta cluster for Commons. [4] [5] [6] [7] Note: Thumbnails might take a bit longer to generate on the beta cluster, and general performance will be a little slower than Commons. The feature is still being worked on, so things will change! Please take a moment to join the discussion on Commons if you haven't. Questions and feedback are welcome. [0] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump#Preparing_for_3D_mo… [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2015_Community_Wishlist_Survey/Commons#3D_m… [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T132058 [4] https://commons.wikimedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/File:1900s_telephone.stl [5] https://commons.wikimedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/File:1900s_telephone.stl#/m… [6] https://commons.wikimedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/File:Bird_Figure_Nigeria_CN… [7] https://commons.wikimedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/File:Bird_Figure_Nigeria_CN… Yours, Chris Koerner Community Liaison Wikimedia Foundation

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