I've found numerous images on Flickr which I've got on to the Commons. Especially for Wikipedia Takes Chennai, back in 2009. It's sad that Yahoo decided to screw up. Something needs to ensure that this is fixed ASAP.
Sent from the touchscreen equivalent of a Nokia 1100, pardon the sender. -- Srikanth Ramakrishnan, Treasurer. On May 1, 2014 2:37 AM, "Federico Leva (Nemo)" nemowiki@gmail.com wrote:
«For years, Flickr has been one of the most important repositories of Creative Commons imagery in the world; now, thanks to a new design, it's all but useless for serving and attributing the CC-licensed images it's been entrusted with by museums, galleries, national archives, libraries, and millions of individuals.» http://boingboing.net/2014/04/07/restoring-cc-attribution-to-fl.html
Didn't pass here yet I think, though many commoners care a lot about this sad fate of Flickr for obvious reasons including the ease with which stuff à la https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Flickr_files/ Appeal_for_license_change earns us new material daily.
Nemo
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