Dear all,
a doubt:
is Instagram compatible with Creative Commons?
Can I upload *my* Instagram pics on Commons (so could it be used for WLM)?
Please consider that I'm not suggesting Instagram pics are good for WLM
(they are filtered and all, probably not very suitable for illustrating
monuments on Wikipedia)
but is a legal matter.
Aubrey
Hi all,
Here is more information for those of you who have signed up to use
Montage for your jury process this year. [1]
The developers of Montage (cc-ed) have been working hard in the past
months on the latest release of Montage which will, among other
things, bring some of the features and functionalities you told us
about last year. [2] We are excited to bring these improvements to
you, and here is the timelines for it [2]:
* 2017-09-30 around 21:00 UTC: I will start creating campaigns for
each country that has signed up in [1].
* 2017-10-01 around 21:00 UTC: We will share the link to where the new
montage version will live with you. Your jury coordinator (listed in
[1]) can create round 1 of your jury process then.
* 2017-10-02 around 21:00 UTC: your jury can start the jury process.
Any issue in [3] tagged with "high priority" will be ready by
2017-10-01, 21:00 UTC. These are features that you need in place to
create your round 1. Issues tagged with "normal priority" will be done
starting 2017-10-02. These are features that are either not critical
in the early days of your jury process or we know that are relevant
only when you get to the final ranking round.
While you are waiting the new version of Montage to become available:
please make sure you have your jury ready and also make sure you have
read https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikilovesmonuments/2017-September/008…
Questions and comments are welcome.
Best,
Lily
[1] If you haven't signed up and you want to use Montage, please sign
your country up at
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Montage as soon as
possible.
[2] We may be able to meet the deadlines earlier than the times
specified here, but we can't promise that. If we have things ready
earlier, we will shift deadlines for you to start earlier.
[3] Such features and functionalities (in Github language: issues) are
listed at https://github.com/hatnote/montage/issues
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User: LilyOfTheWest
Hi there!
WLM 2017 is coming to it's end and we are wrapping things up over here in
Europe. Cleaning up the templates, doing last checks and off course
enjoying the beautifull images.
Looking at the Dutch Campaign page on Commons
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Campaign:wlm-nl>, it's adds the 2017
images to the 2015 images of the last time we joined. That can't be right,
right? Can somebody please correct that and delte the images uploaded in
2015 from this campaign?
We don't have 11.000 images this year, but 5.000+.
Thanks!
Ciell
Hi Platonides !
Thanks for the jump in !
It is getting late for me and I am half falling asleep.
Some answers
Le 30/09/2017 à 02:06, Platonides a écrit :
> Hello Florence
>
> I have setup a campaign based on your data. It is available at
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:UploadWizard?campaign=wla
>
> Please note that you need to create Template:Wiki Loves Africa 2017
I guess... I am not sure how to do that.
I copied the one from 2016 changing it in 2017... and yeah... result is
quite *atrocious**
*https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2017
I really have no idea how to fix that.
In the current
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:UploadWizard?campaign=wla
We should have
Wiki Loves Africa 2016 Upload Wizard. ---->
Wiki Loves Africa 2017 Upload Wizard.
The link for the "website" should be just removed
The link for the Get Started should go from
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2016/Participa…
---->
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2017
Follow us on twitter should be replaced by
Follow uson Facebook (with url https://www.facebook.com/wikilovesafrica/)
> Also, tell me if you want a default category to be added to the images.
Last year, elements added by default to all images were
In the description : {{Wiki Loves Africa 2016 country|XX}}
With XX being the code of the country
So ideally, this year, adding in the description {{Wiki Loves Africa
2017 country|XX}}
Then the following in the file itself
{{Wiki Loves Africa 2016}} (in all cases)
[[Category:Images from Wiki Loves Africa 2016 to check]] (in all cases)
[[Category:Images from Wiki Loves Africa 2016 without categories]] (when
no other categories was added by the uploader)
[[Category:Uploaded via Campaign:wlafrica]] (in all cases)
So ideally this year...
{{Wiki Loves Africa 2017}}
[[Category:Images from Wiki Loves Africa 2017 to check]]
[[Category:Images from Wiki Loves Africa 2017 without categories]]
[[Category:Uploaded via Campaign:wlafrica]]
Example here :
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Sandance_OneTime_Film.…
> Should the UploadWizard be asking both the country where the photo was
> taken and the uploader's country?
Last year, it only asked one question : Select the country where you
made this photo.
> What should it do with them?
That was the only question asked. Then there was a thank you step
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Upload_campaign_use_Wiki_Loves_…
That's it.
That got all the images in [[category:Images from Wiki Loves Africa 2016]]
Then also available in countries categories such as Images from Wiki
Loves Africa 2016 in Botswana
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_Wiki_Loves_Africa_2…>
(or in [[Images from Wiki Loves Africa 2016 in an unknown country
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_Wiki_Loves_Africa_2…>]]
if there was no country selected)
+ all of them in [[Category:Images from Wiki Loves Africa 2016 to check]]
Resulting :
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_Wiki_Loves_Africa_2…
Then the template was displayed on the image description. I just did a
quick copy of last year for the english :
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2017_country/…
> Is
> there a template to be used to wrap the answers?
I fear I do not understand what the question is.
> It can be refined later, but hopefully, this should be enough for
> getting uploads for the time being :)
Hmmm. Starting on ... how to fix ?
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2017
Errrr. Confused... Very.
3 am. I go to sleep. Thanks for the help in the meanwhile !
Best
Florence
> Best regards
>
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 30, 2017 at 1:32 AM, Florence Devouard
> <fdevouard(a)anthere.org> wrote:
>> Hello everyone
>>
>>
>> I need urgent help for the Wiki Loves Africa photo contest.
>>
>>
>> The contest starts in less than 24 hours. Due to family issues, Romaine, who
>> set up our site notice and landing pages last years, appears to be missing
>> in action.
>>
>> As a result, we have no site notice set up (which is something annoying, but
>> at worse... we will do for a few days without a site notice, just some fun
>> on Facebook and Twitter and blogs).
>>
>> But there is also no dedicated upload wizard (which is significantly more
>> annoying as pictures will not get taggued and categorized.
>>
>>
>> So... I am looking for someone who know how to do this and I thought WLE and
>> WLM were places where I could find such person maybe...
>>
>>
>> We do not start from nowhere.
>>
>>
>> == Landing pages ==
>>
>> I know that I do not know how to do it (been there, done that).
>> Last year landing pages and messages are listed there :
>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2017#Site…
>>
>> And I already put the elements that Romaine usually asks me (the language,
>> image etc.) here :
>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2017#Site…
>>
>>
>> Does anyone know how to do a dedicated upload system ? Does anyone know
>> someone who know how to do that ? Who can help us ?
>>
>>
>> == Banners==
>>
>> Banner wise, we used two banners last year, which may be reused probably in
>> a very similar way.
>>
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:CentralNotice&subactio…
>>
>> If someone knows how to create the campaign and two banners for 2017 out of
>> the 2016 model... that would be awesome.
>>
>> But I think that I can probably do it myself and if needed, I'll do it
>> tomorrow. I am less worried about this one (perhaps I should though ;))
>>
>>
>> Anyway... biggest problem at the moment is really no landing page with
>> upload tool.
>>
>> Your help would be very very very very welcome
>>
>>
>> Florence
>>
>>
>>
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>> Wikilovesearth(a)lists.wikimedia.org
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Hello everyone
I need urgent help for the Wiki Loves Africa photo contest.
The contest starts in less than 24 hours. Due to family issues, Romaine,
who set up our site notice and landing pages last years, appears to be
missing in action.
As a result, we have no site notice set up (which is something annoying,
but at worse... we will do for a few days without a site notice, just
some fun on Facebook and Twitter and blogs).
But there is also no dedicated upload wizard (which is significantly
more annoying as pictures will not get taggued and categorized.
So... I am looking for someone who know how to do this and I thought WLE
and WLM were places where I could find such person maybe...
We do not start from nowhere.
== Landing pages ==
I know that I do not know how to do it (been there, done that).
Last year landing pages and messages are listed there :
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2017#Site…
And I already put the elements that Romaine usually asks me (the
language, image etc.) here :
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2017#Site…
Does anyone know how to do a dedicated upload system ? Does anyone know
someone who know how to do that ? Who can help us ?
== Banners==
Banner wise, we used two banners last year, which may be reused probably
in a very similar way.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:CentralNotice&subactio…
If someone knows how to create the campaign and two banners for 2017 out
of the 2016 model... that would be awesome.
But I think that I can probably do it myself and if needed, I'll do it
tomorrow. I am less worried about this one (perhaps I should though ;))
Anyway... biggest problem at the moment is really no landing page with
upload tool.
Your help would be very very very very welcome
Florence
Hi everybody,
I'm writing to ask for news about Montage.
Saturday is not so far, and I want to start organizing my juries
(national and locals) for this edition.
Are we fast ready to start and to create new campaigns on Montage? For
now is "503 Service Unavailable".
I'm pretty sure I didn't lose any communication, but sorry if I had!
Cristian
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Wiki Loves Monuments - National coordinator in Italy
Wikimedia Italia - Associazione per la diffusione della conoscenza libera
cristian.cenci(a)wikimedia.it | +39 393 8005889 | www.wikimedia.it
Anche nel 2017 è possibile destinare il 5x1000 a Wikimedia Italia.
Libera la cultura! Scrivi il codice fiscale 94039910156.
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Hi all,
If you are a Wiki Loves Monuments organizer, jury coordinator in the
national level, or a jury member, this email can contain crucial
information for you. Everyone else, you can safely stop here. :)
This email contains some best practices on how to run your local jury
process with regards to criteria, jury membership and process. Finally, it
includes some instructions on how to choose your jury tool.
==Timeline==
You should plan to start the jury process as soon as the competition
ends in your country, this is October 1 for many of you. :) The
international team expects to receive the top 10 photos of your
country no later than October 31 [0-1]. This is a strict deadline due
to international jury process timeline.
==Jury coordinator==
Make sure your local team has one person in charge of jury
coordinations. This person will need to make sure your jury team is in
place and that your jury process starts and ends on time.
==Judging criteria==
While every national competition can choose the judging criteria based
on the specific needs of the country, the international team
recommends the following three judging criteria to be considered in
the country-level jury processes: technical quality, originality, and
usefulness of the photo for Wikipedia. If you are interested to learn
more about these criteria, please
read more about the judging criteria [2].
==Local jury set-up==
National competitions typically have a jury with at least 3 members (the
more photos, the more jury members). The local jury set-up is usually
defined based on the judging criteria you will choose to go with. The
international team recommends that, depending on the number of photos
you expect to have by the end of the contest, you have 1-3 Wikimedians
(maybe those with quality/featured images on Commons), 1-3 people who
are familiar or are experts in the heritage of your country
(especially the monuments), and 1-3 people who are professional or
(quality) amateur photographers. Of course, all jury members should be
excluded from winning prizes awarded by the jury. The national jury
can then nominate maximum 10 photos per country for the international
finale.
Putting the jury team together is local team's responsibility and we
are happy to help you where we can. If you have a hard time finding a
jury member for your team and you are looking for specific
qualifications, please email me off-list. We can't guarantee that we
will find someone for you, but we can guarantee that we will try.
==Jury process==
The jury process on the national level is defined by each country. The
international team recommends the following process:
Round 1: Yes/No or rating
The goal of this round is to lower the number of competing photos to
400-700. If your total number of pictures is less than 500, you can skip
this round.
Jury members are asked to vote yes/no for each photo they are shown
and are requested to stick to a maximum number of ‘yes’ votes (for
example, 500). Based on these votes, a set of 400-700 photos is
selected for the next round. If you have many photos, you may have to
repeat this round one more time to reduce the number of photos in two
steps, especially if you go with Yes/No round (as opposed to rating).
Round 2: Rating
The goal of this round is to come to a selection of the top-50 images.
Jury members are asked to rate/score each image with 1-5 stars. Based
on the average from their votes, the top-50 is selected for the next
round. If there are many pictures with similar scores, the coordinator
can choose to select a top-40, top-60, etc.
Round 2.5: Now you have a list of ~50 photos that will need to go
through the final ranking process. As a jury coordinator, you can take
a few steps here to make your life easier later on:
* Check the license of these photos and make sure they're the correct licenses.
* Check upload time, uploader ID, etc. to make sure you don't spot
something that is against your local rules.
* Do backward checking to make sure to a reasonable extent that the
photo uploaded is the work of the uploader. There are different ways
to do this. [3]
* Show the photos to your jury and ask them if any of them thinks a
photo should be excluded from the final round. Note that you have a
jury with a diverse background and there are rare cases in which one
juror sees major issues with a photo that others don't spot. Giving
your jurors a chance to deliberate and discuss in case a photo needs
to be removed can be helpful.
If you or your jurors spot any issue that results in a photo to be
excluded from the next round, create a Yes/No round with the 50 photos
and remove photos that should be removed by a No vote. Note that these
kind of exclusions are rare.
Round 3: Live meeting or ranking
The goal of this round is to arrive at a final ranking and winning
pictures. If geographically feasible, the jury can meet in person. The
jury tool supports an alternative method: ranking. Each jury member is
asked to rank their favorite 20 photos in order. Based on this
ranking, points are awarded to each photo (20 for the number 1, 19 for
number 2, etc). The total number of points determines the final
result. Jury members are also asked to give a reason for selecting
their top images. You can use this latter information to explain why
the winner was selected, an information that can be useful for your
jury report and press releases.
==Jury report==
We highly recommend that you document every step of your jury process:
how many photos entered each round, how many jurors, how many jurors
voted on each photo, the logic behind any exclusion, etc. This
documentation should ideally be shared with your audience when you
announce the winners of your competition. Remember, jury process is a
very important in Wiki Loves Monuments. Having a sound and transparent
jury process is important to build trust with your current and future
participants.
==Jury tool==
There are quite a few tools available for you to use for your jury
process. [4] The international team develops and maintains Montage [5]
and we recommend that you use this tool unless you have already used
another tool in the past and would like to continue using it. Below
you can find more information about Montage.
==Montage==
The next version of Montage will go live some time before October 1.
In this new version, we have created features and workflows based on
the feedback that we have collected from the users of the tool in
different campaigns: Wiki Loves Monuments, Earth, Africa, and Folk.
There are two features of the tool that are worth pointing out: The
tool is designed and developed in a way that can accommodate the
recommended jury process explained above (yes/no, rating, ranking
features are supported). The developer team will also guarantee to
provide timely support (within 24 hours) starting October 1.
If you're a national jury coordinator or a jury member and want to
test the current version of the tool, please leave a note on the
tool’s discussion page [6]. You should feel free to leave
questions/comments about the tool in the same page. If you are
familiar with GitHub, you can also create issues on GitHub [7] while
testing the tool. Please note that the developers will continue adding
features and smoothing the workflow until the end of this month when
the major release happens. :)
Please sign up for Montage if you haven't already done so and know you
want to use it. [8]
Questions and comments are welcome.
Best,
Lily, on behalf of the international team
[0] For the countries that have a Flickr photowalk, we may need to
coordinate with you for your jury process to start up to a day or two
later than October 1 as we will need time to move photos from Flickr
to Commons (Some walks are organized on September 30). We will work
with you to find a timeline that works with your jury process in this
case.
[1] Unless we have already agreed for a different date with your country.
[2] http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org/judging-criteria/
[3] https://ctrlq.org/google/images/
[4] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Jury_tools
[5] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Montage
[6] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Montage
[7] https://github.com/hatnote/montage/issues
[8] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Montage#Wiki_Loves_Monument…
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User: LilyOfTheWest
hey all,
tonight (tomorrow morning for me - yawn!), we'll be joining a special
episode of Wikipedia Weekly <http://wikipediaweekly.org/>!
It is always nice to share a bit about what you're doing in your country,
and for the conversation it would be nice to tap into some of those
stories. I know a bunch because of talking with a lot of you - but I would
definitely appreciate a bit more sharing.
This is extremely short notice (about 7-8 hours to go), but if you have
cool stories about your country, what kind of stuff you're doing, how
you're reaching out to new users, how you're targeting the most important
monuments to you, or how you're trying to do the impossible - please share!
I can't promise we work it into the conversation - but either way you'll
bring a smile on my face. And I can promise you that such a smile is always
welcome at 04:00 in the morning :) Thanks in advance!
Looking forward to them,
Lodewijk
