Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Asking Flickr contributors for donating images to Commons (Was: Bangaloreans, help convince ....)

Hi everybody, (long post, bear with me) In response to the message given below, I also sent a message to Vinu Thomas on the lines of messages I write such as the example below. I usually ask Flickr natural history photographers for permission to use their images. I use the following arguments as outlined in a specimen mail (actually sent by me). For example : Nest of Red-faced spinetail Hi Scott, I'm an editor of Wikipedia from India. I'm writing an article on "Structures built by animals". You can see the article here placed in the main wiki though it is still under development : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structures_built_by_animals It has been viewed over 800 times in the last four weeks or so. Wikipedia needs an image of the nest of the "Red-faced spinetail" for the above article to illustrate a fact that I shall be adding. "The red-faced spinetail places bits of grass and other material loosely streaming both above and below the nest chamber to break its shape and to cause it to resemble random debris without any underlying structure (Hansell 2000)." The image could also be used in the following artcles - * Red-faced spinetail (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-faced_Spinetail) (this article is viewed by 70 people on average every month) * Nest (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nest) (this article is viewed by 7600 people on average every month) Unfortunately, Wikipedia does not have an image of a Red-faced spinetail's nest in its repository called Wikimedia Commons. I wanted to request if you would consider donating your image of the nest for a social cause. www.flickr.com/photos/certhia/5659454247/ Having an image adorn a main aspect of a creature's life, or an important fact in natural history on Wikipedia gives great pleasure to the photographer. If you would like to oblige, please just change the license of this image to allow commercial use and derivatives and send me a message. I would do the rest and keep you informed. If you have any queries, please do let me know. I will be happy to answer them Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur I'm glad to say scott_clark generously obliged and you can see his image here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Red-faced_Spinetail_Nest.jpg The other image in REd-faced spinetail was also provided by another Flickr contributor - Jim Scarff. The purpose of sending this email is to let you know how I do it and that its being done quite successfully. Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------ On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < parakara.ghoda(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l