Almost 5 million free media files - Commons-l

Isabell Long

29 Aug 29 Aug

11:21 p.m.

2009/8/29 Maarten Dammers <maarten(a)mdammers.nl>nl>:

Hi everyone, In a couple of days from now (three?) Wikimedia Commons will hit the 5 million uploaded files (see the statistics at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics). At that point Wikimedia Commons also exists almost 5 years. Wouldn't it be nice to send out a real press release to a couple of news agencies to get some press attention? 5 million files is a big milestone and should get some coverage.

I agree with that, I think there should be something in the news about this! I don't know if this has already been thought of, but Commons doesn't get very much press coverage (mind you nor does Wikipedia in England at least) so it would be very interesting and maybe Commons could gain even more files from it being publicised?! Isabell. -- Regards, Isabell Long. <isabell121(a)gmail.com> [[User:Isabell121]] on all public Wikimedia projects. Freenode Community Co-Ordinator - issyl0 on irc.freenode.net PGP Key ID: 0xB6CA6840

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Isabell Long

11:32 p.m.

2009/8/29 Michael Peel <email(a)mikepeel.net>et>:

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On 29 Aug 2009, at 22:21, Isabell Long wrote:

2009/8/29 Maarten Dammers <maarten(a)mdammers.nl>nl>:

Hi everyone, In a couple of days from now (three?) Wikimedia Commons will hit the 5 million uploaded files (see the statistics at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics). At that point Wikimedia Commons also exists almost 5 years. Wouldn't it be nice to send out a real press release to a couple of news agencies to get some press attention? 5 million files is a big milestone and should get some coverage.

I agree with that, I think there should be something in the news about this! I don't know if this has already been thought of, but Commons doesn't get very much press coverage (mind you nor does Wikipedia in England at least) so it would be very interesting and maybe Commons could gain even more files from it being publicised?!

Wikimedia UK is contemplating sending out a press release about this, also highlighting Wikipedia Loves Art [1] and the upcoming Britain Loves Wikipedia [2]. Assuming we manage to get it written in time...

Oh that's brilliant, I think you should! I would offer to help but really I am not very good at writing long pieces. And I'll take a look at those links. :) -- Regards, Isabell Long. <isabell121(a)gmail.com> [[User:Isabell121]] on all public Wikimedia projects. Freenode Community Co-Ordinator - issyl0 on irc.freenode.net PGP Key ID: 0xB6CA6840

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Sage Ross

30 Aug 30 Aug

3:23 p.m.

On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Huib!<abigor(a)forgotten-beauty.com> wrote:

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I guess it would be a good idea to get more chapters involved with this, but it is kind of short notice to get a lot of press attention (I guess) Huib

I'd love to see one or more stories in the Wikipedia Signpost, as well. Even among Wikipedians, Commons often isn't well-known. Actually, regular reports about Commons activities would be great, if anyone is interested in writing such reports. -Sage Ross (User:Rageoss)

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Otourly Wiki

4 Sep 4 Sep

11:10 a.m.

New subject: Re : Almost 5 million free media files

Hi, Wikimédia France and Wikimedia CH have published a common press release: (french) http://blog.wikimedia.fr/commons-5-millions-de-fichiers-930 Regards, Florian Farge Alias Otourly sur les projets wikimédiens Membre de Wikimédia France Association pour le libre partage de la connaissance ________________________________ De : Michael Peel <email(a)mikepeel.net> À : Wikimedia Commons Discussion List <commons-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Envoyé le : Mercredi, 2 Septembre 2009, 0h31mn 51s Objet : Re: [Commons-l] Almost 5 million free media files The draft press release is now up at: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Press_releases/ Wikimedia_Commons_5_million_files Comments / suggestions / direct edits to the page are more than welcome. I guess we'll hit the milestone in the next 24 hours or so... Thanks, Mike Peel Wikimedia UK On 29 Aug 2009, at 22:28, Michael Peel wrote:

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On 29 Aug 2009, at 22:21, Isabell Long wrote:

2009/8/29 Maarten Dammers <maarten(a)mdammers.nl>nl>:

Hi everyone, In a couple of days from now (three?) Wikimedia Commons will hit the 5 million uploaded files (see the statistics at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics). At that point Wikimedia Commons also exists almost 5 years. Wouldn't it be nice to send out a real press release to a couple of news agencies to get some press attention? 5 million files is a big milestone and should get some coverage.

I agree with that, I think there should be something in the news about this! I don't know if this has already been thought of, but Commons doesn't get very much press coverage (mind you nor does Wikipedia in England at least) so it would be very interesting and maybe Commons could gain even more files from it being publicised?!

Wikimedia UK is contemplating sending out a press release about this, also highlighting Wikipedia Loves Art [1] and the upcoming Britain Loves Wikipedia [2]. Assuming we manage to get it written in time... Mike [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Loves_Art [2] http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Initiatives/Britain_Loves_Wikipedia _______________________________________________ Commons-l mailing list Commons-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l

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Bryan Tong Minh

11:19 a.m.

New subject: Re : Almost 5 million free media files

On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Otourly Wiki<otourly(a)yahoo.fr> wrote:

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Hi, Wikimédia France and Wikimedia CH have published a common press release: (french) http://blog.wikimedia.fr/commons-5-millions-de-fichiers-930

Interesting release, it might be worth to translate it to English as well. A minor remark: Please embed real thumbnails [1] instead of the full resolution version; this causes pages to load faster. Regards, Bryan [1] http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Kj%C3%B8benhavnspo…

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