Hello all!
We did a Wikipedia event in Sligo , and had 18 teams going around taking pictures.
Logistically, we thought we'd do the scavenger hunt first, which we
celebrated with a little exhibition at the VEC and prize giving. Now we have to
upload them with volunteers. We have an opportunity to work with a group
of students (aged 15-16) next week to upload the images and tag them.
We have about 400 images (I estimate, because we have 750, and there may
some that can't be uploaded or may be of similar content, same
landmarks, etc).
Important things to note:
- Each student will make their own account (I was told at the Drumbeat fest that classes should not make accounts)
- The images were take by participants at the Wikipedia event, and those
individuals selected licenses and attribution requirements. They are
not the same team uploading, but it's part of the same project for
Wikipedia 10.
- The students will learn uploading, categorizing (Category:Sligo or other landmarks/areas) and geocoding.
1) Licensing
When they select "Where is the work from?" What should they click, since it's not their 'own' work?
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Upload
I spoke with each team about attribution directly, even after we had
explained it. Each was given a choice of licenses, and who images would
be attributed to, if they chose that. They also signed paperwork
releasing the images as well. We have signed forms for each participant.
Did we create a situation of a Problematic Source? I didn't forsee this,
and regret not asking before. This was a last minute change to the
plans that the individuals would not be able to upload themselves.
2) Uploading
Is it OK to upload directly to Wikimedia? Do we need to get permission
before this? Do they need a special category to mark them as part of
Sligo Wikipedia 10?
We didn't do the online tool expressedly for scavenger hunts: http://toolserver.org/~contests/admin/
3) Categorizing & Geocoding
Besides Category:Sligo, for example, if it's a mailbox, should they add
this as a category? Or just stick to Sligo? Is that done by other
editors?
Thanks for your help!
I'm going to cross-post this with the Wikipedia Ten list.
- Heather