Hoi, Blogger is the platform I use now for many years to blog about the subjects that are important in my appreciation of a Wiki world. At first I did not illustrate my blogposts but thanks to Pfctdayelise I started to pepper my blog posts with illustrations.
At this moment it is no longer possible for me to upload pictures to blogger. The message that I get is that I have to ensure that I have a license for the pictures that I upload. This is true for pictures that I have downloaded from Commons and cropped, it is for screen shots of the interaction with the Blogger user interface..
It is possible for me to get pictures displayed when I refer to the upload page of a Commons picture but that does me no good when it is a svg picture. Obviously I can download the picture and save it as an png ... but that does me no good.
There are several "solutions" to this problem. I can upload the png, I can use Wordpress instead. The obvious solution is for Google to get its act together.
The solution that I like best is for Commons to become a true repository of images that is not only intended for the illustration of Wikipedia and its sister projects but also for the illustration of blogs like mine. Commons is my first choice for illustrations for my blog but for some topics it just does not provide me with the illustration that I am looking for.
I think that Commons has already many images that are usable, what would be needed is just a different kind of pictures or more pictures that are grouped by subject and easier to find. Thanks, GerardM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Farsi.svg The svg I would like to use as a png http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2010/08/big-boost-for-mediawiki-localisa... blog post that needs an illustration
Not to see the 404 error click here :) http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2010/08/big-boost-for-mediawiki-localisa...
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerard Meijssen" gerard.meijssen@gmail.com To: "Wikimedia Commons Discussion List" commons-l@lists.wikimedia.org; "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 9:22 PM Subject: [Foundation-l] Problems using pictures from Commons in Blogger - making it more of a stock photo repository
Hoi, Blogger is the platform I use now for many years to blog about the subjects that are important in my appreciation of a Wiki world. At first I did not illustrate my blogposts but thanks to Pfctdayelise I started to pepper my blog posts with illustrations.
At this moment it is no longer possible for me to upload pictures to blogger. The message that I get is that I have to ensure that I have a license for the pictures that I upload. This is true for pictures that I have downloaded from Commons and cropped, it is for screen shots of the interaction with the Blogger user interface..
It is possible for me to get pictures displayed when I refer to the upload page of a Commons picture but that does me no good when it is a svg picture. Obviously I can download the picture and save it as an png ... but that does me no good.
There are several "solutions" to this problem. I can upload the png, I can use Wordpress instead. The obvious solution is for Google to get its act together.
The solution that I like best is for Commons to become a true repository of images that is not only intended for the illustration of Wikipedia and its sister projects but also for the illustration of blogs like mine. Commons is my first choice for illustrations for my blog but for some topics it just does not provide me with the illustration that I am looking for.
I think that Commons has already many images that are usable, what would be needed is just a different kind of pictures or more pictures that are grouped by subject and easier to find. Thanks, GerardM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Farsi.svg The svg I would like to use as a png http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2010/08/big-boost-for-mediawiki-localisa... blog post that needs an illustration _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Gerard Meijssen wrote:
Hoi, Blogger is the platform I use now for many years to blog about the subjects that are important in my appreciation of a Wiki world. At first I did not illustrate my blogposts but thanks to Pfctdayelise I started to pepper my blog posts with illustrations.
At this moment it is no longer possible for me to upload pictures to blogger. The message that I get is that I have to ensure that I have a license for the pictures that I upload. This is true for pictures that I have downloaded from Commons and cropped, it is for screen shots of the interaction with the Blogger user interface..
What did you do? I don't use blogger myself as I'm damned if I'm going to give Google (thieving bastards) the time of day. Besides I have two sites on which I've installed wordpress mu and drupal. But anyway I've just created a blogger account and had no creating a post with images. Blogger Blogs that I follow seem to be uploading images too.
Did someone file a DMCA report against your blog?
Hoi, I have never had a DCMA report filed against me. Thanks, GerardM
On 16 August 2010 23:34, wiki-list@phizz.demon.co.uk wrote:
Gerard Meijssen wrote:
Hoi, Blogger is the platform I use now for many years to blog about the
subjects
that are important in my appreciation of a Wiki world. At first I did not illustrate my blogposts but thanks to Pfctdayelise I started to pepper my blog posts with illustrations.
At this moment it is no longer possible for me to upload pictures to blogger. The message that I get is that I have to ensure that I have a license for the pictures that I upload. This is true for pictures that I have downloaded from Commons and cropped, it is for screen shots of the interaction with the Blogger user interface..
What did you do? I don't use blogger myself as I'm damned if I'm going to give Google (thieving bastards) the time of day. Besides I have two sites on which I've installed wordpress mu and drupal. But anyway I've just created a blogger account and had no creating a post with images. Blogger Blogs that I follow seem to be uploading images too.
Did someone file a DMCA report against your blog?
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Gerard Meijssen wrote:
Hoi, I have never had a DCMA report filed against me. Thanks, GerardM
Then you need to get in touch with them. To find out what is happening because not being able to post images doesn't seem to be normal blogger behaviour. When I uploaded a test image a short while ago, there was a bit of text warning about copyright, but nothing stopped me linking to, nor uploading an image.
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