Hi everyone,
Would it be nice to have a special price for video's made for Wiki Loves
Monuments? We don't have an awful lot of user made video's and this
might be a fun way to promote it.
Maarten
Ps. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_loves_monuments.ogg is a
nice first step :-)
Hi wiki-videoniks,
Thought you'd all be interested in this initiative for "oral
citations"; the project is actually quite deeply video-centric in an
interesting way.
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Achal Prabhala <aprabhala(a)gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 5:08 AM
Subject: [Foundation-l] Oral Citations project: People are Knowledge
To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear friends,
At the beginning of 2011, a group of us began working on a project to
explore alternative methods of citation on Wikipedia. We were motivated
by the lack of published resources in much of the non-Anglo-European
world, and the very real difficulty of citing everyday aspects of lived
reality in India and South Africa.
We are now at a stage where the project is almost complete, and we'd
like to share our work with the broader movement, especially within
India and South Africa.
There are three languages we worked within: Malayalam, Hindi and Sepedi.
The project page documents the process and logistics employed, as well
as the findings and results:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Oral_Citations
A film made on the project is available here:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:People-are-Knowledge.ogv?withJS=Medi…http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:People-are-Knowledge.ogv
or
http://vimeo.com/26469276
There have been discussions on oral citations for some time now within
the language communities we worked with for the duration of the project.
At this stage, we are really interested in *your* feedback, either on
this list, or on the Discussion section of the project page.
There are still some things to come, namely:
- Updates on events, meetings and discussions held around the project
(as they happen)
- Updates on articles created in Malayalam, Hindi and Sepedi as a result
of the project (as they happen)
- English transcripts of the interviews and a full English subtitle track
for further translation (we could use some help here).
We would be very grateful to hear your feedback, and begin a broader
discussion.
Best wishes,
Achal
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Hi,
just wanted to let you know that I wrote a python script to import
videos from Youtube into any MediaWiki instance. This only works if the
video you are trying to import is available in WebM on Youtube.
The script is at: https://github.com/bit/youtube2mediawiki
Example usage:
./youtube2mediawiki.py -u username -p password -w
http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php DWef69ItVrU
A question regarding the import, right now assets are imported with a
page template that looks like this:
== {{int:filedesc}} ==
{{Information
|Description={{%(description)s}}
|Source={{Own}}
|Author=%(author)s
|Date=%(date)s
|Permission=
|other_versions=%(url)s
}}
<!--{{ImageUpload|full}}-->
== {{int:license}} ==
{{self|cc-by-sa-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0}}
%(wiki_categories)s
if anyone got suggestions what should/could be added/changed please let
me know.
j
Hi:
Thx Pharos! I'd be eager to help here - and for now second SJ's nomination of an MIT Open Coursweare clip from the physics classroom.
It'd be great to see if all the tools are in place to harvest Nielsen-type info like how many plays the featured motion picture gets as well as # of page views etc. That info will help more people make the case to put their institutions' educational videos in under these kinds of liberal licenses.
-- Peter.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Pharos [mailto:pharosofalexandria@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 06:37 PM
To: 'Opportunities for video in the Wikimedia universe, tech help'
Subject: Re: [Wikivideo-l] Featured Video (EN-Wikipedia)
Hi wikivideo fans,Amazingly enough, it looks like 'Featured Media' actually hasconsensus on Commons now:http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Featured_picture_candida… up for the challenge of getting the new process jumpstarted? :)Thanks,Richard(User:Pharos)On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Samuel Klein wrote:> Good point, that is also needed; absolutely. The videos I want to> promote are mainly or their educational value, which might be more> appropriate in context on en:wp than in the more abstract commons> (where beauty, resolution, composition, and other structural aspects> of quality might be considered more important)>> SJ>> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Guerillero Wikipedia> wrote:>> I would have linked this to be a en-wiki sort of thing, but this is>> just as good. I will talke a look.>>>> Guerillero>>>> On 6/1/11, Samuel Klein wrote:>>> That's a great idea. I hadn't noticed this thread when I suggested a>>> featured video process today; you can see my reasoning here:>>>>>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Featured_picture_candidates#…>>>>>> I'd be all for combining this into 'Featured Media'.>>>>>> SJ>>>>>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 10:10 PM, Pharos >>> wrote:>>>> On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 11:33 PM, Guerillero Wikipedia>>>> wrote:>>>>> I think we are nearing the point where videos either need to spin off>>>>> as its own process or Featured Sounds needs to go the way of commons>>>>> and become Featured Media. We have had an influx of nominations as>>>>> FSes lately that are a tad shaky as Sounds or Pictures but work very>>>>> well as a whole video [1][2][3] (One of these is my own nomination).>>>>>>>>>> Do any of you have any desire to do anything of this sort?>>>>>>>>>> -Guerillero>>>>> Featured Sound Director>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [1]>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_sound_candidates/Assassinat…>>>>> [2]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_sound_candidates/Welcomin…>>>>> [3]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_sound_candidates/Repeal_o…>>>>>>>> At this stage, perhaps an inclusive strategy makes most sense.>>>>>>>> Given the inertia factor to starting something wholly new (and the>>>> general multimedia energy of the existing FS community!), perhaps the>>>> time has indeed come for evolving toward a Featured Media process on>>>> Wikipedia.>>>>>>>> I would certainly have a few videos to nominate right off :)>>>>>>>> Thanks,>>>> Richard>>>> (User:Pharos)>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________>>>> Wikivideo-l mailing list>>>> Wikivideo-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikivideo-l>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -->>> Samuel Klein identi.ca:sj w:user:sj +1 617 529>>> 4266>>>>>> _______________________________________________>>> Wikivideo-l mailing list>>> Wikivideo-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikivideo-l>>>>>>> _______________________________________________>> Wikivideo-l mailing list>> Wikivideo-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikivideo-l>>>>>> --> Samuel Klein identi.ca:sj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266>> _______________________________________________> Wikivideo-l mailing list> Wikivideo-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikivideo-l>_______________________________________________Wikivideo-l mailing listWikivideo-l@lists.wikimedia.orghttps://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikivideo-l
