Maybe wikipedia should have a "request a photo/picture" page, where people can put requests for photos to accompany articles. Especially when dealing with monuments/buildings/objects in museum.
Considering that Wikipedians are fairly widely spread around the world, it should be fairly easy to get photographs from a wide range of places.
With historical artifacts often the only photographs that are publically available are copyright to the museums (for instance I was trying to find a photo of the ancient board game "Royal Game of Ur" to use in an article, but the only ones I could trace were all copyright to the British Museum who own several of the few boards to have survived).
Imran
That's a great idea. We don't need anything special, just a regular page in the Wikipedia: namespace. If no one has started it yet (and if I can contact the server), I'll set one up.
-- Stephen Gilbert
--- Imran Ghory ImranG@btinternet.com wrote:
Maybe wikipedia should have a "request a photo/picture" page, where people can put requests for photos to accompany articles. Especially when dealing with monuments/buildings/objects in museum.
Considering that Wikipedians are fairly widely spread around the world, it should be fairly easy to get photographs from a wide range of places.
With historical artifacts often the only photographs that are publically available are copyright to the museums (for instance I was trying to find a photo of the ancient board game "Royal Game of Ur" to use in an article, but the only ones I could trace were all copyright to the British Museum who own several of the few boards to have survived).
Imran
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On 17-07-2002, Stephen Gilbert wrote thusly :
I proposed something like that a few months ago but the idea wasn't taken up by the community. Specificaly I was referring to Antonio Gaudi's works and Wikipedians from Catalonia. This idea should be publicized on Intl-Wikipedia mailing list.
Of course I second that proposal. Grab your digital cameras and set out for your hometown. Wikipedia needs your digital pictures !
Regards, kpj.
That's a great idea. We don't need anything special, just a regular page in the Wikipedia: namespace. If no one has started it yet (and if I can contact the server), I'll set one up.
Maybe wikipedia should have a "request a photo/picture" page, where people can put requests for photos to accompany articles. Especially when dealing with monuments/buildings/objects in museum. Considering that Wikipedians are fairly widely spread around the world, it should be fairly easy to get photographs from a wide range of places. With historical artifacts often the only photographs that are publically available are copyright to the museums (for instance I was trying to find a photo of the ancient board game "Royal Game of Ur" to use in an article, but the only ones I could trace were all copyright to the British Museum who own several of the few boards to have survived).
Stephen Gilbert wrote:
That's a great idea. We don't need anything special, just a regular page in the Wikipedia: namespace. If no one has started it yet (and if I can contact the server), I'll set one up.
I've started such a page at [[Wikipedia:Requested pictures]]; if desired, rewrite the intro to taste.
http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Wikipedia%3ARequested_pictures
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
Imran Ghory wrote:
Maybe wikipedia should have a "request a photo/picture" page, where people can put requests for photos to accompany articles. Especially when dealing with monuments/buildings/objects in museum.
What it also needs is a list of public domain image sources that people can use to find copyright free images to upload. I was just looking at a public site that I saw somebody else using and I'm sure there are a thousand pics there that we could use... the problem is wading through and finding them, and recognising them when you see them because most of them are not labelled or categorised.
I found two public domain image sites yesterday:
http://GIMP-savvy.com/PHOTO-ARCHIVE/ (massive but largely uncatalogued public domain library)
http://www.aquarius.geomar.de/omc/omc_intro.html (automatic public domain map-generating program)
http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org11-2.htm (US navy archive of public domain ship photos)
I'm sure there are many more out there...
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