The last World Economic Forum in Davos released on Flickr some pictures about "very important people" with a free license compatible with Commons. It seems that they intentionally released such pictures to be uploaded on Commons, as this seems to be confirmed at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Benjism89/WEF and at http://blog.anthere.org/
Unfortunately, many people on Commons don't believed that this might be true and the view uploaded images were requested for deletion ( See http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Project%3AWEF )
This situation should be clarified as soon as possible, otherwise all uploaded pictures on Commons from WEF might be deleted, and it would be really a pity.
Guérin Nicolas
I can confirm that this is valid. I asked them to do this, although I have no idea if my asking had any impact on their decision.
--Jimbo
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The last World Economic Forum in Davos released on Flickr some pictures about "very important people" with a free license compatible with Commons. It seems that they intentionally released such pictures to be uploaded on Commons, as this seems to be confirmed at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Benjism89/WEF and at http://blog.anthere.org/
Unfortunately, many people on Commons don't believed that this might be true and the view uploaded images were requested for deletion ( See http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Project%3AWEF )
This situation should be clarified as soon as possible, otherwise all uploaded pictures on Commons from WEF might be deleted, and it would be really a pity.
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On 28/03/2008, Nicolas Guérin nguerin.zurich@gmail.com wrote:
Unfortunately, many people on Commons don't believed that this might be true and the view uploaded images were requested for deletion ( See http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Project%3AWEF )
Best place to alert to stuff like this is commons-l, where a lot of experienced Commons regulars will see it. (I forwarded your message there.)
- d.
Nicolas Guérin wrote:
The last World Economic Forum in Davos released on Flickr some pictures about "very important people" with a free license compatible with Commons. It seems that they intentionally released such pictures to be uploaded on Commons, as this seems to be confirmed at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Benjism89/WEF and at http://blog.anthere.org/
Unfortunately, many people on Commons don't believed that this might be true and the view uploaded images were requested for deletion ( See http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Project%3AWEF )
This situation should be clarified as soon as possible, otherwise all uploaded pictures on Commons from WEF might be deleted, and it would be really a pity.
Guérin Nicolas
The situation IS clear.
Benjism contacted them by email to double check: Their answer is copy pasted here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Benjism89/WEF
I also sent special thank you to the organizer of the technology pioneers. He did not answer "no, actually, Matthias Lüfkens is a banned organizer, and the Flickr licenses are just misleading on purpose".
Ant
Hi,
The situation IS indeed clear. As I was surprised by the licence I had seen on those pictures on Flickr, I sent them a mail to check there wasn't a mistake. They have actually done that on purpose so that Wikimedia projects could use those pictures. And the fact that the Flickr account does belong to the WEF makes no doubt, as there is a link from the WEF's website to that Flickr account.
Yours,
Benjamin, aka Benjism89
Florence Devouard a écrit :
Nicolas Guérin wrote:
The last World Economic Forum in Davos released on Flickr some pictures about "very important people" with a free license compatible with Commons. It seems that they intentionally released such pictures to be uploaded on Commons, as this seems to be confirmed at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Benjism89/WEF and at http://blog.anthere.org/
Unfortunately, many people on Commons don't believed that this might be true and the view uploaded images were requested for deletion ( See http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Project%3AWEF )
This situation should be clarified as soon as possible, otherwise all uploaded pictures on Commons from WEF might be deleted, and it would be really a pity.
Guérin Nicolas
The situation IS clear.
Benjism contacted them by email to double check: Their answer is copy pasted here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Benjism89/WEF
I also sent special thank you to the organizer of the technology pioneers. He did not answer "no, actually, Matthias Lüfkens is a banned organizer, and the Flickr licenses are just misleading on purpose".
Ant
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Florence Devouard a écrit : <snip>
I also sent special thank you to the organizer of the technology pioneers. He did not answer "no, actually, Matthias Lüfkens is a banned organizer, and the Flickr licenses are just misleading on purpose".
Time for a press release maybe ? :o)
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