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Client side transcoding with firefogg (early testing)...
by Michael Dale 29 Jan '09

29 Jan '09

While the upload API is under development / stabilization ... I hacked in basic firefogg upload support to the add_media_wizard ... Since firefogg works over post you can use it with the existing upload interface (without good error handling).... If you first download the browser extension from firefogg.org you can do client side transcoding by adding in: importScriptURI('http://mvbox2.cse.ucsc.edu/wiki/extensions/MetavidWiki/skins/add_media_wiza…'); to your User:Name/monobook.js page on commons... once added visit the upload page and hopefully it gives you the option to transcode ;) This is just a proof of concept demo.. we should soon have real integration ;) peace, --michael

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Fwd: [okfn-discuss] BBC to put 200, 000 oil paintings online
by Erik Moeller 28 Jan '09

28 Jan '09

FYI ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn dot org> Date: 2009/1/28 Subject: [okfn-discuss] BBC to put 200,000 oil paintings online To: okfn-discuss <okfn-discuss(a)lists.okfn.org> Reported today that the BBC is going to put 200,000 oil paintings online and will 'open up' the Arts Council's vast film archive: BBC to put nation's oil paintings online http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jan/28/bbc-digitalmedia I'd be interested to hear how they are going to license this material and how they will publish it. They are partnering with the Public Catalogue Foundation. I've writted to the PCF in the past. They derive income from selling hard copy catalogues and do not seem to be keen on allowing third party re-use of their material: <quote> The contents (but not the painting reproductions), design and underlying code of this website remain the intellectual property of The Public Catalogue Foundation at all times. You may not use or reproduce or allow anyone to use or reproduce the content on this web site for any reason without written permission from The Public Catalogue Foundation. Paintings are reproduced courtesy of the participating collections and the copyright owners. You may not use or reproduce or allow anyone to use or reproduce the painting reproductions on this website without written permission from the relevant collections and copyright owners where appropriate. Use of The Public Catalogue Foundation Content You may retrieve and display content from this website, print individual pages on paper and store such pages in electronic form on your mobile telephone for your personal, non-commercial use. Except as expressly set out above, you may not reproduce, modify or in any way commercially exploit any of the content. </quote> J. _______________________________________________ okfn-discuss mailing list okfn-discuss(a)lists.okfn.org http://lists.okfn.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss -- Erik Möller Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate

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Wikinews's POTY
by bawolff 23 Jan '09

23 Jan '09

Hi Commoners far and wide: Although it is lesser known, we at Wikinews (english edition) also have a picture of the year competition. Basically the focus is on choosing an image that is both pretty and is newsworthy. All Wikimedians with greater than 50 edits, and have had an account since Jan 10 (on any wikimedia wiki, but please merge your accounts), are invited to vote, and as such I would like to extend an invitation to everyone at Wikimedia Commons, to come down to wikinews and vote. This will be the second time we have done this, last year [[File:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at Columbia 1 by David Shankbone.jpg]] was selected as the 2007 wikinews picture of the year. From the summary on [[wikinews:WN:POTY]]: The aim of this idea is to have an election for a Wikinews Picture of the Year 2008, in an analogy to the Picture of the Year contest on Commons. With this initiative we would like to promote photojournalism and quality images with great news value for use on Wikinews and other Wikimedia projects. This idea is not meant to compete with the election on Commons (the rules and candidates are totally different) or criticise Commons in any way, rather it is aimed to promote more collaboration between Wikinews and Wikimedia photographers. Round 1 voting opens on Jan 24, 00:00 UTC, and closes on the 31st. All images are selected from images that have appeared on [[n:template:News in pictures]] in 2008 (which is on the wikinews main page). For more information, please see: http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Picture_of_the_Year_2008 Sincerely, your friendly neighborhood wikinewsie, [[wikinews:user:bawolff]] p.s. I hope this isn't too off topic

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Vandalism
by Cary Bass 20 Jan '09

20 Jan '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all! The following vandalism on this high profile image: <http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Condi_rice.jpg&diff=nex…> stayed up for three days before someone called the office to complain. Do we have any automated system on Commons to prevent this sort of thing from occurring; does this type of thing happen often enough to merit setting something up? Cary -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJdgkpyQg4JSymDYkRAp+WAJ9AINR1CpXTCOSnic7MBqn+ydd3qwCgp2Q5 8gwKeBrZcshJ74BnxPJAfL4= =2Pb7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [Commons-l] Vandalism
by Mike.lifeguard 20 Jan '09

20 Jan '09

Probably the best thing would be to get a bot in #cvn-commons - currently there is not one, making patrolling for vandalism difficult as one must use old-school methods. The Countervandalism network hasn't been able to provide one for some months, but this should be possible once the new CVNBot is done being coded. Until then, perhaps a member of the Commons community could run a bot for that channel? I can help get someone set up if need be, though I cannot run the bot myself. I think that would be a better solution than an anti-vandalism bot. -Mike ---- Mike.lifeguard mikelifeguard(a)fastmail.fm

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Fwd: [ORG-discuss] Fwd: [Openlab] [OT] [DMRN-LIST] Unlocking Audio 2 conference: registration & call for papers
by David Gerard 19 Jan '09

19 Jan '09

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Rob Myers <rob(a)robmyers.org> Date: 2009/1/19 Subject: [ORG-discuss] Fwd: [Openlab] [OT] [DMRN-LIST] Unlocking Audio 2 conference: registration & call for papers To: Open Rights Group open discussion list <org-discuss(a)lists.openrightsgroup.org> "This conference is a key event exploring the use of sound recordings online, focussing on ways that researchers and other audiences expect to discover, browse, audition and analyse archival audio resources." ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <errordeveloper(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 11:44 AM Subject: [Openlab] [OT] [DMRN-LIST] Unlocking Audio 2 conference: registration & call for papers To: puredata mailing list <pd-list(a)iem.at>, openlab mailing list <openlab(a)lists.pawfal.org> i just found this, i think it might be quite revelant ;) ----- Forwarded message from "Ranft, Richard" <Richard.Ranft(a)BL.UK> ----- Message-ID: <91D70A46A0BDC940AB24EB675947C89601EED2B0(a)w2k3-lonex2.ad.bl.uk> The British Library will be pleased to welcome your participation at Unlocking Audio 2: Connecting With Listeners 16-17 March 2009, The British Library Conference Centre, London NW1 <http://www.bl.uk/unlockingaudio> www.bl.uk/unlockingaudio Supported by the Joint Information Systems Committee celebrating the successful end of the 2nd <http://sounds.bl.uk/> Archival Sound Recordings project Keynotes by <http://www.charlesleadbeater.net/home.aspx> Charles Leadbeater (a leading authority on innovation and creativity in organisations) and <http://www.eduserv.org.uk/foundation/people/andypowell/> Andy Powell (Head of Development at the Eduserv Foundation) This conference is a key event exploring the use of sound recordings online, focussing on ways that researchers and other audiences expect to discover, browse, audition and analyse archival audio resources. It will be of interest to: · content owners · academics & students · service providers · user groups · resource managers · system integrators · designers and implementers of search & content analysis tools Important dates Deadline for abstracts 12:00 hours GMT on 12 December 2008 Deadline for early registration 12:00 hours GMT on 19 December 2008 Deadline for late registration 12:00 hours GMT on 16 February 2009 Conference dates 6-17 March 2009 Call for papers and registration Please visit the conference website: <http://www.bl.uk/unlockingaudio> www.bl.uk/unlockingaudio (authorised blogging tag: unlockingaudio) Contact details: Alison Faraday, "Unlocking Audio" The British Library 96 Euston Road London NW1 2DB United Kingdom Fax: +44 (0)207 412 7441 Email: <mailto:unlockingaudio@bl.uk> unlockingaudio(a)bl.uk ************************************************************************** Experience the British Library online at www.bl.uk The British Library's new interactive Annual Report and Accounts 2007/08 : www.bl.uk/knowledge Help the British Library conserve the world's knowledge. Adopt a Book. www.bl.uk/adoptabook The Library's St Pancras site is WiFi - enabled ************************************************************************* The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended for the addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this e-mail and notify the postmaster(a)bl.uk : The contents of this e-mail must not be disclosed or copied without the sender's consent. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the British Library. The British Library does not take any responsibility for the views of the author. ************************************************************************* ----- End forwarded message ----- _______________________________________________ ORG-discuss mailing list ORG-discuss(a)lists.openrightsgroup.org http://lists.openrightsgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/org-discuss

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British Library: Sounds Familiar
by David Gerard 18 Jan '09

18 Jan '09

http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/sounds/index.html This is proprietary, of course. But do we have materials for someone to build something like this? Is anyone collecting just samples of people talking for Commons? - d.

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Al Jazeera Creative Commons Repository
by Eugene Zelenko 15 Jan '09

15 Jan '09

Hi! Just read in http://planet.mozilla.org/: Al Jazeera released some materials under Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution license. I think such materials is in scope of Commons, but require converting to Ogg. See http://cc.aljazeera.net/ for details. Eugene. PS Please don't start flame wars about politics. Thank you.

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Re: [Commons-l] [Fwd: Pikiwiki - Israel free image collection project - Starting engines]
by ChrisiPK 15 Jan '09

15 Jan '09

I am forwarding this with kind permission from Dror. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dror Kamir <dqamir(a)bezeqint.net> Date: 2009/1/13 Subject: Re: Pikiwiki on commons-l To: ChrisiPK <ChrisiPK(a)gmail.com> Hi, I've just subscribed to commons-l, but it'll take some time until the subscription is approved. In the meantime, I'm sending you my response to some of the comments I saw on the thread: 1. The "Pikiwiki" project has been planned for very long time. I consulted Carry and Brianna before starting the whole thing, and I posted a detailed explanation about it on the Meta. This project has a management and legal counseling. There is no need for any member of the Commons community to verify the legality of the license statement, as we provide full guarantee that anyone who contributes images to the project waives his copyrights in the manner required by the Israeli law. "We" means Wikimedia Israel, The Israeli Internet Association and The Center for Educational Technology. 2. The rules of the project are in line with the rules and scope of the Commons. A person who opens an account on "Pikiwiki" can in principle open an account on the Commons and contribute his images to the Commons directly. However, we believe more Israelis will contribute images on a localized Hebrew-speaking site. 3. The images uploaded will be screened for abuses before and after they are uploaded to the Commons. Of course, once they are uploaded the Commons admins will check them too. All we ask is that the admins inform us before deleting or renaming an image uploaded through this project. 3. We want to show people how they can use the Commons via a localized interface as a tool to learn about their own local history and geography. For this purpose we want to upload the images to the Commons, but at the same time keep our own "catalog", which will have categories and descriptions relevant to Israeli users. Searching the images using this "catalog" will be available through the localized site. The problem is, that we need to locate the image on the commons, once we find its ID on our "catalog". We though to attach an ID to the file's name, but any other idea is welcomed. 4. Naturally, people will describe the images in Hebrew. We can offer them to supply an English description as well (most Israelis speak some English), but we cannot present our project as an Israeli one and force people to use English. Translating the description can be done gradually. Dror ציטוט ChrisiPK: > Hi Dror, > > I wrote a reply to your post on the commons-l mailing list. As I am not sure whether you subscribed the list now, I am giving you the link where you can read what I wrote: > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/commons-l/2009-January/004486.html > > I'd be glad if you could adress my concerns and post your reply to the commons-l mailing list. Subscribing, at least for a limited period of time, wouldn't hurt, I guess, in case more questions come up. > > Thanks and best regards, > > ChrisiPK > >

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[Fwd: Pikiwiki - Israel free image collection project - Starting engines]
by Cary Bass 14 Jan '09

14 Jan '09

Hi, Dror asked me to forward this message on. -------- Original Message -------- Hi, I sent this message to commons-l, but it is being halted because I didn't subscribe. Could you please forward it, or release the original message? Thanks, Dror Pikiwiki - Israel free image collection project Starting engines Hello, The Israel free image collection project is about to take off (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Picwik). We are currently testing the system, a process which could take a while, because we've already found some bugs and unfriendly features, to be repaired as soon as possible. However, we started to upload images as part of the testing phase, so I think it is time to inform the Commons' community about the project. This is a joint project of Wikimedia Israel (wm-il, http://www.wikimedia.org.il) The Israel Internet Association (ISOC-IL) and the Center for Educational Technology (CET). The basic idea (as described in details on the Meta) is to call upon the Israeli public to look in their family albums and private collections for pictures of Israeli-related pictures of special historical, anthropological, archeological, geographical, zoological and/or botanical value. These pictures should be in good quality and depict historical events, landscapes, archeological findings, cultural events, animals and plants as long as they are related to the State of Israel or to the geographical region commonly known as Palestine or Eretz Yisrael (we are going to be flexible about these definitions). For this end, we created a localized site in Hebrew (*http://www.pikiwiki.org.il* <http://www.pikiwiki.org.il/>). Anyone who is willing to contribute his images can open an account there and declare that the pictures are his own and that he is willing to release them either to the public domain or under cc-by-2.5 license (i.e. with attribution). We also initiate calls to local archives and collectors. Some of them have already sent us interesting images, which we will upload to the Commons soon. Images donated through this localized site will be accessible through the site itself or the Commons. We would like the localized site to serve not only as an upload site but also as an attraction to pupils, students, teacher and the general public, where they can look for images using Hebrew interface. This means that the interfaces between the localized site and the Commons is quite complicated and delicate. The localized site saves the images temporarily and eventually sends them to the Commons. We have two main problems to overcome: 1. Users will name the images and describe them in Hebrew. We will add the prefix "Pikiwiki" to the name, and probably an ID which will enable us to locate the image in our own catalog. So a typical name might look something like "pikiwiki_123456_ציפורים_נודדות_מעל_מכתש_רמון.jpg". If friendlier names are required, we will have to think of a better idea. 2. As mentioned above, we would like to present the images on the localized site too, according to localized categories. Therefore, we would like to attach an ID to each image, so we could trace it easily on the Commons. Currently, adding this ID to the image name seems the easiest option. Here are some technical details about the way the upload process is handled as provided by our programmer: A synchronization component handles all data synchronization with WikiMedia Commons. It simulates user behavior and data posting via CURL. The component rechecks the data of the images needed to handle, to prevent un-needed execution This operation has several steps: 1. Login into WikiMedia Commons 2. Uploading new images - the data is processed and posted with appropriate tags and licensing. 3. Updating images changed since last synchronization. 4. Removal of requests for removed images, which were uploaded to WikiMedia. A removed image is flagged in a watch list to allow future tracking and verification of successful removal. Access to the component is secured via hard-coded token, to prevent unwanted execution. A Visual debugging function exists in the code, to allow fast problems tracing Each synchronization step is rechecked based on existing data, pulled from the output of WikiMedia, to attempt to verify successful operations and marking of un-successful operations 1. Uploading - WikiMedia Commons does not have an API or other completely supported interface, to allow any operations in their system, without manual intervention. (The perl script originally provided by one of their users also attempts to utilize existing forms on the site). This component simulates user behavior and heavily depends on existing WikiMedia state - once WikiMedia decide to change or block some of the current screens in their system, the code might need to be updated or modified accordingly. 2. Updating or editing existing user images on WikiMedia is not support or publicized on their site. The component uses user simulation and fetches WikiMedia security token to allow this behaviour. (The token is originally there to prevent such operations.) Once WikiMedia create other or additional security precautions, this operation will require code modification and might become impossible. 3. Removal of images - as WikiMedia Commons is a system designed for common information sharing, it does not support direct image removal, let alone image removal via external system. This synchronization component simulates fake JS requests and image information updates to notify WikiMedia Commons system regarding the fast image removal demand. Currently this allows quick (although not on the spot) removal. If WikiMedia change their system or implement further security precautions, this operation will require code modification and might become impossible. * The component uses hard-coded credentials for WikiMedia Commons, required to use their system and all the operations in their system are done in the name of the provided user * All the images are uploaded one by one to prevent the user from potentially getting blocked by WikiMedia Commons Thank you very much, Dror Kamir, Wikimedia Israel

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