Hey Itzik,
very nice, thanks for sharing!
Can you confirm that the music used is also free? It is so generally appliccable, that the raw music files might also be useful to upload as such.
Best, Lodewijk
2016-07-07 9:53 GMT+02:00 Itzik - Wikimedia Israel itzik@wikimedia.org.il:
Hi,
We happy announce a new partnership with the Israeli News Company, which produces the primetime news program on Israel’s Channel 2. For the past 23 years, Channel 2 News has covered the history of Israel and the Middle East, as well as events around the world.
The partnership is aiming to introduce a hundred new video files < https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimedia_Israel_-_Channel_2_vid...
on current affairs to be added, remixed, and shared on the Wikimedia projects. Videos cover footage from important historical events like the Oslo Accords https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Channel2_-_Oslo_Accords.webm, the Israel–Jordan peace treaty < https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Channel_2_-_Israel%E2%80%93Jordan_pe...
,Jerusalem and the Western Wall https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Channel_2_-_Jerusalem.webm, the Dead Sea https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Channel2_-_Dead_Sea.webm and even videos of Japan https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Channel_2_-_Japan.webmand India https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Channel_2_-_India.webm, footage of Israeli leaders such as Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu < https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Channel_2_-_Benjamin_Netanyahu.webm
, President Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin < https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Channel_2_-_Reuven_(Ruvi)_Rivlin.web...
,
former *President *Shimon Peres https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Channel2_-_Shimon_Peres.webm and more
You can read more about it on the Wikimedia blog: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/07/06/israel-video-wikimedia/ Our volunteers already started to embed this video on Wikipedia articles in many languages. You are welcome to help in your language!. See project page on HEWP for more information:
https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%93%D7%99%D7%...
You are welcome to visit the project page on Commons to see what video files are available and request other videos! https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Channel_2_(Israel)_project
*Regards,Itzik Edri* Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel +972-(0)-54-5878078 | http://www.wikimedia.org.il Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment! _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe