[Commons-l] Credentialing

Thu Apr 3 03:12:39 UTC 2008

Unfortunately, the time will not work. I am interested though.

----- Original Message ----
From: Craig Spurrier <craig at craigweb.net>
To: Wikimedia Commons Discussion List <commons-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 2, 2008 8:06:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Commons-l] Credentialing

The big problem with this proposal and the current Wikinews system is 
community accreditation is very weak and the Wikimedia Foundation has 
said they can not safely issue credentials. It appears that a separate 
organization is the only workable solution. A few months ago I proposed 
the creation of a Wikinews Foundation. The project has been retitled to 
the Collaborative Media Network. The mission has also been generalized 
somewhat to providing similar services to other like news organizations, 
though Wikinews remains the primary focus. I have been working for a 
while on the details needed to make the Collaborative Media Network 
happen. We are about ready to file the incorporation paperwork and are 
currently working on selecting a board. We will be having an IRC meeting 
to discuss the details on Thursday, April 3 at 21:00UTC (5pm EDT) @ 
#collabmedianet irc.freenode.com. If you are interested in the proposal 
I encourage you to attend. The time and date are definitely not ideal, 
but I think getting things moving asap is very important. Future 
meetings will be held at hopefully better time/dates.
-Craig Spurrier
[[n:Craig Spurrier]]

Geoffrey Plourde wrote:
> Below is the current draft of my proposal. Thoughts?
>  
> WIKIMEDIA COMMONS ACCREDITATION POLICY
> (PROPOSED)
>  
>
> Without credentials, Commons photographers fall under the broad 
> category of freelance photographers. Some museums have indicated 
> disapproval of freelance photography of their collections, which is a 
> significant stumbling block on obtaining good free photographs of 
> historical items. By credentialing photographers, these museums might 
> be persuaded to allow photography of their collections, for 
> educational purposes.
>
>
> Wikinews already has an accreditation process for reporters. Some 
> individuals involved in that process have expressed an interest in 
> having a pool of Commons photographers to accompany reporters. 
> However, the photographers would also need credentials in order to 
> gain access to the events, due to security precautions.
>
>
> Interested photographers would need to be officially vouched by 
> Commons. There will need to be a process for accreditation of users, 
> and for revocation of credentials.
>
> Commons will need to respond to requests for verification. This will 
> allow the requesting organization to make sure that the photographer 
> is indeed accredited by Commons.
>
> In addition, the processes for Commons and Wikinews should at some 
> point be merged on Meta to allow streamlined and efficent excahnge, 
> issuing and verification.
>
> ==Policy on Accreditation==
>
> Photographers will need to request accreditation from the Commons 
> Accredition Project prior to attempting to claim accreditation. The 
> request should be in the form of an entry, signed and dated, on a page 
> specifically designated by the Project. The request must include a 
> rationale for why the user wants accreditation. As an advisory 
> precaution, the community will have 7 days to either voice objections 
> or support for the request. At the expiration of this time period the 
> user will either be granted a pending accreditation, or the vote removed.
>
> The Issuing Authority will only issue a credential after the following 
> criteria have been met.
>
> -User has demonstrated that they are an established contributor
>
> -Provision of their real name
>
> -Verified their account
>
> -Provision of a scanned ID with a picture of the user
>
> -Provision of a passport sized picture that matches the one on the ID
>
>
>
> Upon the fulfillment of the above criteria, the Project's Issuing 
> Authority will generate a printable image of a personalized Commons 
> Photographer ID Card that a user may print and laminate at their 
> expense, and cause the addition of the credential to the Roster.
>
> ==Policy on Verification==
>
> Commons credential verification 
> <file:///wiki/Wikinews:Credential_verification> will be processed by 
> users who volunteer for the task. The request may come in in three forms:
>
>    *
>
>      Visit to a protected page listing community-accepted users with
>      Wikimedia Commons credentials.
>
>    *
>
>      Voicemail message on a Commons phone line
>
>    *
>
>      Fax to a Wikinews fax line
>
> The protected page will be kept by sysops on Commons.
>
> The voice line will be a VoIP <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VoIP> line 
> with online voicemail delivery to a mailing list of users who 
> volunteer to deal with these requests. These users will verify the 
> request against the listing of Commons users with credentials and 
> personally place a call to the requesting organization with the 
> results. Users who are able to respond to verification are current 
> Commons sysops, and must never respond to verification requests about 
> themselves.
>
> The faxes will come in via an online fax provider line which will 
> deliver the electronic version of the fax to the same mailing list of 
> users responsible for voice verification.
>
> Once a verifier processes a request, they must let the rest of the 
> verification list membership know that they have handled the request 
> (to prevent duplicate responses).
>
> -By fax
>
> ==Policy on Revocation==
>
> Any user who misuses the privileges assumed by accreditation, or 
> forges a credential, may have their accreditation revoked either by 
> consensus of the Community or request of the Board of Trustees. Any 
> user may request revocation of a credential, however the request must 
> have a legitimate reason.
>
>
>
> Upon revocation of credential, the Issuing Authority shall immediately 
> place REVOKED on the Credential Roster. The user must immediately 
> deliver all copies of the credential to the Issuing Authority in 
> addition to a signed statement under penalty of perjury attesting to 
> the destruction of any electronic copies. Knowingly using a credential 
> after revocation is fraud and will result in notification of law 
> enforcement and authorization to seize said credential(s)..
>
>
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