Hi everyone,
*[Apologies for the crossover, I know some of you already saw this message.]* As Wikimedians in Residence, I know all of you are really interested in structured data, data modeling, and visual knowledge on Wikimedia and so I want to share with you two pieces of information (updates) related to the Flickypedia https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Flickypedia project that I think would be of interest to you.
This project is a partnership between the 501(c)(3) Flickr Foundation and the Wikimedia Foundation, with the support of its Culture and Heritage team. The goal is to revamp the Flickr2Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Flickr2Commons tool, which is responsible for bringing millions of files from Flickr to Wikimedia Commons.
Here there are:
*1 - Flickypedia Licensing Framework* The Flickypedia team published the Licensing Framework https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Flickypedia/About for the tool. They are recommending that images marked as 'No Known Copyright Restrictions' will not be eligible for use in Flickypedia because many think that approach fails the project scope.
Another major concern is related to how copyright infringement can happen with descriptive text being transferred between platforms. Directly copying something that someone else has written to describe their pictures can be seen as copyright infringement.
That are some other concerns on the page and a list of activities Flickypedia is going to accomplish to encourage responsible licensing, which includes backfilling the 10 million-plus already-uploaded Flickr images.
Any thoughts, questions, or concerns from you about this topic would be greatly appreciated here!
*2 - SDC modeling page* The Flickypedia team has been writing and testing code for structured data contributions, which they have shared on their modeling page https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Flickypedia/Data_Modeling#A_couple_of_examples. Your feedback would be extremely valuable here.
Please, let us know through the links I shared the opinions you have about what has been happening so far. We believe your points of view would assist the progress of the project a lot.
I'm also available for questions, thoughts, and sharing more information about the project.
Thanks very much!
Best, Giovanna
Giovanna Fontenelle (she/her)
Program Officer, Culture and Heritage
Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org/