hi,
did anybody of you already have contact with the red cross or the icrc? concerning wikipedia, offline, commons, maps, wikinews? would there be any topic interesting for a cooperation?
rupert
I think John Cummings might know a bit. On 3 Jul 2014 23:27, "rupert THURNER" rupert.thurner@gmail.com wrote:
hi,
did anybody of you already have contact with the red cross or the icrc? concerning wikipedia, offline, commons, maps, wikinews? would there be any topic interesting for a cooperation?
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Definitely the ICRC sounds like a good partner organization. My first thought is that it would be good if they made their photography available on Commons. There might also be some opportunities for collaboration in Wikipedia Zero-like accessibility initiatives, and with the Wiki Med Foundation.
Pine
On 03/07/2014, rupert THURNER rupert.thurner@gmail.com wrote:
hi,
did anybody of you already have contact with the red cross or the icrc? concerning wikipedia, offline, commons, maps, wikinews? would there be any topic interesting for a cooperation?
rupert
As a case study, you may want to look at this Wikimedia Commons thread where I emailed the ICRC photolibrary: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump/Archive/2014/02#The_...
They were quite responsive on clarifying the copyright of the highly useful photographs of Guantanamo prisoners.
Fae
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