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Javascript-Extension Configuration-Framework
by Dschwen 06 Jul '07

06 Jul '07

With the increasing amount of Javascript code included in the default configuration of Commons I feel the need for a convenient configuration mechanism to enable and disable specific extensions and to set customizable parameters. I created such a framework here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:JSconfig.js It allows the creation of parameters (with descriptions and default values). These parameters are used to dynamically generate a new Tab in on the MediaWiki Preferences page. The preferences on this page are saved as cookies (and automatically restored from the cookies). Extensions can conveniently define a parameter set and query it without having to worry about a user interface to change them and a logic to store them. It needs some further polishing to make the preferences page more structured, but I allready have some ideas. If this gets adopted I'll certainly put some more work into it. -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dschwen http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dschwen http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dschwen http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dschwen

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JSconfig
by Dschwen 05 Jul '07

05 Jul '07

I activated the new config framework and tests confirm it works in Konqueror, Firefox 2.0.0.4 Linux, IE7 Windows, and Safari Windows. If you refresh your browser cache you'll see a new config item in the ''misc'' tab of [[Special:Preferences]], you can toggle and save, and see how you can make the "Subpages" link in the toolbox vanish. If this is confirmed to be working (really make sure your caches are cleared and wait about half an hour before reporting a bug, I had similar problems as some people on the list today) we can add more config options and make more tools configurable. Right now the options are stored in cookies, but you can also set options in your monobook.js if you want them more permanent. -- [[:en:User:Dschwen]] [[:de:User:Dschwen]] [[:fr:User:Dschwen]] [[:commons:User:Dschwen]]

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March deletion requests
by White Cat 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

Most of the remaining discussions from march seems to be over license templates. I am uncomfortable in closing any due to the MASS AMOUNT of them. Any thoughts? Similar discussion at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Administrators%27_noticeboard#Com… - White Cat <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Administrators%27_noticeboard#Com…>

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Should Commons be renamed?
by Brianna Laugher 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

Hi all, Erik (user:Eloquence) conducted a smallish survey on Meta about Wikimedia brand identities. (See the relevant parts of his email below.) Some people identified "Wikimedia Commons" as a confusing name, in that it doesn't clearly identify what the project actually is or does. Do Commoners think the project should be renamed, and if so, to what? IMO Commons had rather no choice but to choose a confusing name, because the obvious name - Wikimedia! - already stands for some other idea that doesn't actually have a lot to do with media but only wikis. Perhaps Wikimedia (& Wikimedia Foundation) should become Wikimmunity (wiki-community - but it kind of sounds like wiki-immunity :)) and then Commons can take over the Wikimedia label. Otherwise we're looking at "Wikimedia Media"... er... then should MediaWiki be "Wikimedia Wiki"? :) If I search in google for "Commons", Wikimedia Commons is 7th, behind Jakarta Commons (something to do with Java), Creative Commons, "Commons" (NIH grants?), two Wikipedia articles, and the UK govt "House of Commons" website. Clearly using the word Commons is going to be an uphill battle in terms of creating an identity. (Doesn't mean it's impossible, though.) Is there any other word like "media" in English that covers the meaning of images/graphics + audio + video (+ documents) ? Wikimedia Formats? (urgh) Wikimedia Multimedia? Mediagenic? (I just learnt of this word via Wiktionary. It's formed from media + photogenic, I quite like it. but there's some companies that have taken it already I think.) Does Commons need a "Wikimedia" identifier in the name? (None of the other projects have one.) Does Commons need a "wiki" identifier in the name? (All of the other projects have it, but I think it's not as essential to Commons as to other projects.) Ideas welcome, Brianna user:pfctdayelise ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Erik Moeller <erik(a)wikimedia.org> Date: 01-Jul-2007 22:16 Subject: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Brand Survey Analysis To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> == Current names == Of all the names, "Wikimedia Commons" is widely identified (by 12 people, according to my count) as a confusing name which does not really identify what the project stands for, is not easily translatable, too long, and too close to "Creaitve Commons." [...] == Follow-up == I'd like to recommend several follow-up steps. Some of these can be only taken by the Board/Staff, while others can be initiated by any community member: [...] * There should be a dedicated brainstorming about the Wikimedia Commons name and possible alternatives. [...] -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/

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Image boxes clicky thingy
by Magnus Manske 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

(starting new thread, as the exhibitionist one doesn't entirely encompass this topic;-) I went ahead and hacked a little javascript to draw clickable image boxes. To see it (it is completely invisible to everyone by default, except for a template that adds a new category to the image description page), look at [[Template:Imagebox]] and follow the instructions. To view the only example of this (my own picture, as I didn't want to vandalize someone else's;-) look at [1]. It marks the bee in a semi-transparent box with a red border, with the name of the category it links to ("Bee") written on it. If you click on the box, you go to that category. Notes: * This is just a demo. If you want it for real, gimme feedback! * This is the very first halfway working version. There's no show/hide toggle, no "box drawing" function, nothing. * Almost everything about this can be changed. * No, I won't do circles or ellipses ;-) * For me, it didn't work so well together with my other commons javascripts ;-) If you have problems and use other javascript, surround the other JS /* like this */ for testing purposes. Cheers, Magnus [1] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Valeriana_officinalis_2007-06-02_%2…

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Centralizatorul Media
by Catalin Mihaila 01 Jul '07

01 Jul '07

Buna ziua, MC Regional pune acum in mod gratuit la dispozitia celor interesati Centralizatorul Media. Acesta, odata "lipit" pe desktop, aduce aproape de dumneavoastra zeci de programe TV, radio si ziare, nationale, doar pe internet, sau locale impartite pe judete. Delectare placuta!

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sxc.hu images
by bawolff 28 Jun '07

28 Jun '07

I just tried sending a permission email to an author, but I have a feeling she's not going to say yes :(. Anyways, thats not what this email is about. The images still havn't appeared on commons ticker. I'm very anxious to try and figure out which ones affect wikinews. (not that I hope all of them are saved, but i'm most concerned with the images used on wikinews). If anyone would be able to figure out how to make them all appear, it would be appriciated. Thanks. -bawolff

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Photograph metadata
by Andrew Gray 26 Jun '07

26 Jun '07

This may be of interest to some. "At its annual general meeting held in Tokyo last week, more than 50 IPTC [International Press Telecommunications Council] delegates from around the world unanimously approved publication of the Photo Metadata White Paper. It outlines photo work flow at many types of agencies that buy, sell and use images, and offers crucial suggestions for expanding the amount and types of metadata that are embedded in photos. The white paper targets the entire photo industry, not just journalists." Press release: http://www.iptc.org/pages/prel_20070606.php PDF of full document: http://www.iptc.org/goto?phmdwp2007 -- - Andrew Gray andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk

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SXC.hu images
by bawolff 26 Jun '07

26 Jun '07

> Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 22:24:17 +0200 > From: "Bryan Tong Minh" <bryan.tongminh(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [Commons-l] SXC.hu images > To: "Wikimedia Commons Discussion List" > <commons-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Message-ID: > <fd5886130706231324i1fd5ee22w2547cd2cdd57645b(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Hello, > > May I remind you all that within a week, all images from SXC.hu that > are not explicitly licensed under a free license, may be deleted. > Please try to contact as many authors as possible to obtain a free > license. I have contacted all authors of Featured Pictures, but I > cannot do all ~1000 images. > > For more information, please see [[Category:Sxc-warning]]. > > Bryan Can you guys put some deletion template (or category) in the sxc template so that all those images show up in commonsTicker? This way, us at various other projects will see the list, and be scared to death, but we'd know what is happening better. -bawolff

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SXC.hu images
by Bryan Tong Minh 24 Jun '07

24 Jun '07

Hello, May I remind you all that within a week, all images from SXC.hu that are not explicitly licensed under a free license, may be deleted. Please try to contact as many authors as possible to obtain a free license. I have contacted all authors of Featured Pictures, but I cannot do all ~1000 images. For more information, please see [[Category:Sxc-warning]]. Bryan

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