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WhatIsThat.php
by Florian Straub 06 Oct '07

06 Oct '07

Hi, I just wanted to thank Magnus again for reinventing the wheel (and such a nice one): http://tools.wikimedia.de/~magnus/whatisthat.php Is there any chance to produce raw output and to include it via AJAX to the edit page? This would be really great, because you'd be able to see, if there are any translations available. Thanks in advance, Flo PS: Was this the right way or should I've used your Issue Tracker on TS?

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(no subject)
by Vezér János 06 Oct '07

06 Oct '07

       confirme2998628d827a503d5f44c424875ce267ca909c5 _________________________________________ Éhes vagy? Internetes ételrendelés, egyszerűen, házhozszállítással! Pizzák, hamburgerek, saláták, stb.... Minden egy helyen! KLIKK IDE!

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Re: [Commons-l] WhatIsThat.php
by Florian Straub 06 Oct '07

06 Oct '07

On Saturday, October 06, 2007 9:54 AM I wrote: > I tried but I stumbled over the same origin policy (SOP) :( Meanwhile I got some pretty ugly iframe implementation at my monobook: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Flominator/monobook.js Regards, Flo

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Obtaining copies of old photos from the Library of Congress?
by David Gerard 06 Oct '07

06 Oct '07

I'm looking for replacements for [[:en:Image:Gifford-pinchot.jpg]], which happens to be the same image as [[:commons:Image:Gifford Pinchot.jpg]] - it's US State, not US Federal, so may not be PD. The LOC has some lovely pics, all pre-1923: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?pp/fsaall,app,brum,detr,swann,look,go… So, it says "we have the neg." How does one get access to a scannable copy of the full-sized thing? Would they have a large scan available, not just the thumbnail? Etc., etc. - d.

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Re: [Commons-l] user language pref
by bawolff 05 Oct '07

05 Oct '07

On 10/4/07, Alexandre NOUVEL <alexandre.nouvel(a)alnoprods.net> wrote: > > Hi list, > > I've seen that some users run bots that add some message templates to > user talk pages, generally in order to warn them about missing tags and > other similar problems. > > The problem is that bots are not able to guess the preferred user > language :) > > As for now, here are some clues about the user preferred language: > * he has a Babel box on his user page or on his talk page => the highest > skill could do it > * he has a Welcome template or another message template that is not in > English => get the lang code from the template translation subpage, but > actually this is quite difficult because templates are generally subst'd > and no link remains to the translation page... > > Then, which tools could we set up to know in an easier way the user > preferred language? > > I'd say: > * other users check the user contributions and guess his preferred > language, then add some {{guessed language|<language code>}} template to > the user talk page. This very template would provide information about > how to add a Babel box. This is not much better than adding a Welcome > template, so I don't think it to be a good solution. > * some toolserver asking the database and returning as raw text the > preferred language code that the user has set up in his preferences. > This seems to me the best way to handle automatically this information, > but shall assume that the user has set up this information. I think it's > okay because when we need to contact this user, that's because he > interacted on the project and has a high probability of having set up > his preferences... > > Any thoughts? Any volunteers to code such a simple tool? :) > > Best regards from France, > -- > Alexandre.NOUVEL(a)alnoprods.net > |-> http://alnoprods.net > |-> L'encyclop?die libre et gratuite : http://fr.wikipedia.org > \ I hate spam. I kill spammers. Non mais. > > _______________________________________________ > Commons-l mailing list > Commons-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l Don't forget {{notify me}}. You can get lang info from that too. -bawolff

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personality rights/copyright
by Brianna Laugher 05 Oct '07

05 Oct '07

Hi all, This "personality rights DB" looks interesting. And happily it is licensed CC-BY. cheers, Brianna ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jordan S Hatcher <jordan(a)opencontentlawyer.com> Date: 5 Oct 2007 17:25 Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] Distribution of picture on the internet in US-law? To: Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts <cc-licenses(a)lists.ibiblio.org> On 4 Oct 2007, at 21:37, Dana Powers wrote: > In the U.S., this question is governed by state privacy law. The most > active cases deal with what is known as the "Right of Publicity," > dealing with commercial exploitation of a person's likeness. The > Wikipedia article is pretty informative: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_of_publicity > I can't resist giving a plug to an earlier project I was working on about this area. It is a wiki of personality rights (rights of publicity plus others). It is a project of the AHRC Research Centre for Studies in IP and Technology law at the University of Edinburgh. Personality Rights Database http://personalityrightsdatabase.com/ It has links to many US cases, as well as the opportunity to build out the law state-by-state. Thanks! ~Jordan ____ Mr. Jordan S Hatcher, JD, LLM jordan at opencontentlawyer dot com OC Blog: http://opencontentlawyer.com IP/IT Blog: http://twitchgamer.net Open Data Commons http://www.opencontentlawyer.com/open-data/ Usage of Creative Commons by cultural heritage organisations http://www.eduserv.org.uk/foundation/studies/cc2007 _______________________________________________ cc-licenses mailing list cc-licenses(a)lists.ibiblio.org http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-licenses -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/

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Too announcement : WatchFlickr
by Magnus Manske 05 Oct '07

05 Oct '07

In response about the discussion on wikien-l about fair use and placeholder images for biographies (and other things?) I have written a new tool, WatchFlickr. Given a category (at selectable depth), it retrieves all articles in that category, checks if it lacks an image, and if so, searches Flickr for relevant CC-BY and CC-BY-SA images. It shows found flickr thumbnails, links to the wikipedia and flickr page, and to Flominator's Flinfo tool. Not that due toolserver problems, several wikipedias, notably en, are not available to search right now. German wikipedia works, though, in case you want to test. URL: http://tools.wikimedia.de/~magnus/watchflickr.php I have already found, uploaded, and used about a dozen "celebrity" images, both adding a new image and (on en.wp) replacing fair use and placeholder images. Cheers, Magnus

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Wikimedia Outreach Project
by Andrew 04 Oct '07

04 Oct '07

Hi, I found really good the Wikimedia Outreach Project, which tries to improve the relationships between sister projects and Commons. The it.wiki community has talked long about this. The description of the pictures are almost always in english (anyway in a single language: the language of the uploader) and this makes things not easy for those who explore commons and want to understand what the descriptions say. I was wondering "what about a requiring-language template?" For example we could add in the information template - in the description field - the main language-templates: {{Information |Description = {{de|...}} {{en|...}} {{es|...}} {{fr|...}} {{it|...}} When a language-template is not filled it could appear en: description of XXX fr: *description in french language required* it: descrizione di XXX ecc.. When a language is missing, the picture could be automatically put in a category like [[Category: French description required]].

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Re: [Commons-l] Obtaining copies of old photos from the Library of Congress?
by David Gerard 01 Oct '07

01 Oct '07

(forwarded and answering) Fantastic! Thank you! Now then everyone, let's see what else we can find ... - d. On 01/10/2007, Dave Pape <depape(a)buffalo.edu> wrote: > (For some reason my e-mail was bounced, saying I'm not permitted to post > to the list, so I'm sending this to you directly until I have a chance to > find out what went wrong.) > > On Sun, 30 Sep 2007, David Gerard wrote: > > I'm looking for replacements for [[:en:Image:Gifford-pinchot.jpg]], > > which happens to be the same image as [[:commons:Image:Gifford > > Pinchot.jpg]] - it's US State, not US Federal, so may not be PD. The > > LOC has some lovely pics, all pre-1923: > > > > > http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?pp/fsaall,app,brum,detr,swann,look,got > > tscho,pan,horyd,genthe,var,cai,cd,hh,yan,bbcards,lomax,ils,prok,brhc,n > > clc,matpc,iucpub,tgmi,lamb,:@FIELD(SUBJ+@band(++Pinchot,+Gifford,+1865 > > +1946++)) > > > > So, it says "we have the neg." How does one get access to a scannable > > copy of the full-sized thing? Would they have a large scan available, > > not just the thumbnail? Etc., etc. > > If the info page has a thumbnail, then the high-resolution scan is also > online (in every case I've encountered so far). You just have to learn > the naming scheme, either by poking around directories or checking the > links for other photos in the same collection. > For example, the Pinchot photo http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c03915 > has its full-res copy at > http://memory.loc.gov/master/pnp/cph/3c00000/3c03000/3c03900/3c03915u.tif > > > -- > Dave Pape Assistant Professor > http://resumbrae.com/ Media Study, University at Buffalo >

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The trouble with licenses
by David Gerard 29 Sep '07

29 Sep '07

http://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/bonobo-conspiracy/?i=749 - d.

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