1 Feb 19:27
Image libraries claiming their money from websites
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,2002905,00.html No mention of Commons! I'll be emailing such a mention in; I hope you will too. - d.
2 Feb 00:35
Re: Image libraries claiming their money from websites
Hm, interesting article. Let us know if you get a reply! cheers, Brianna user:pfctdayelise On 02/02/07, David Gerard <dgerard@...> wrote: > http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,2002905,00.html > > No mention of Commons! I'll be emailing such a mention in; I hope you will too. > > > - d. > > _______________________________________________ > Commons-l mailing list > Commons-l@... > http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l >
5 Feb 21:16
One new and one old tool
Hi there, I just wanted to share two of tools with you: * Flinfo fetches a complete picture description from Flickr by a given picture ID like 151898652: http://wikipedia.ramselehof.de/flinfo.php * WikiBlame searches different versions of an article for one specific string: http://wikipedia.ramselehof.de/wikiblame.php I just wanted to hear your opinions and to tell you, that I'm always open for suggestions and translations of WikiBlame :)) Best regards, Flo PS: I know that fetching the license from flickr as well would be perfect .... I'm working on it ....
6 Feb 03:11
Re: One new and one old tool
On 06/02/07, Florian Straub <flominator@...> wrote: > Hi there, > > I just wanted to share two of tools with you: > > * Flinfo fetches a complete picture description from Flickr by a given > picture ID like 151898652: > http://wikipedia.ramselehof.de/flinfo.php Flinfo is good because it grabs the image description, which ImportFreeImages doesn't do, but it also grabs an appalling list of categories: [[Category:Jersey]] [[Category:Jersey]] [[Category:Stouen]] [[Category:Jersey]] [[Category:Stouen]] [[Category:Milestone]] [[Category:Jersey]] [[Category:Stouen]] [[Category:Milestone]] [[Category:Hand]] [[Category:Jersey]] [[Category:Stouen]] [[Category:Milestone]] [[Category:Hand]] [[Category:Pointing]] [[Category:Jersey]] [[Category:Stouen]](Continue reading)
6 Feb 03:23
Re: One new and one old tool
Florian Straub wrote: > Hi there, > > I just wanted to share two of tools with you: > > * Flinfo fetches a complete picture description from Flickr by a given > picture ID like 151898652: > http://wikipedia.ramselehof.de/flinfo.php > <snip> > > PS: I know that fetching the license from flickr as well would be perfect > .... I'm working on it .... > There's some useful info on that in the Greasemonkey Flickr-verification script: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Para/flickreview.user.js May or may not be helpful in your situation. -- -- Alphax - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Alphax Contributor to Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia "We make the internet not suck" - Jimbo Wales Public key: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Alphax/OpenPGP
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8 Feb 04:43
Fwd: [Foundation-l] Clearing up Wikimedia's media licensing policies
This email from Kat Walsh, who was recently appointed to the WMF board, is great news for Commons in my eyes. To me it confirms that our basic "careful, cautious" approach has been correct. However note this line: === However, no project may have content policies less restricive, or that allow licenses other than those allowed on Wikimedia Commons and limited fair use. === That means when we toss out PD-Italy, PD-Soviet, etc, we are effectively tossing them out for all projects (I think in these cases, some local projects chose to upload some materials locally - true or false?). This probably means that when we delete a longstanding license such as PD-Soviet in the future, we will need to announce the case on foundation-l when it starts and closes (and pray that not too many trolls decide to come). I also wonder how the German logo thing fits in with this, since they are effectively "less restrictive" than we are when it comes to logos. cheers, Brianna user:pfctdayelise ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kat Walsh <kwalsh@...>(Continue reading)
8 Feb 09:52
Re: [Foundation-l] Clearing up Wikimedia's media licensing policies
A further thought. Hopefully this announcement will cause projects to have a look at their image use policies and make them clearer. For those projects that have never allowed fair use, there is now essentially no reason they can't turn off local uploads. So this is a good opportunity for us to develop a more managed process to help local projects make this transition to "Commons-only", for their (and our) benefit. cheers Brianna On 08/02/07, Brianna Laugher <brianna.laugher@...> wrote: > This email from Kat Walsh, who was recently appointed to the WMF > board, is great news for Commons in my eyes. To me it confirms that > our basic "careful, cautious" approach has been correct. > > However note this line: > === > However, no project may have content policies less restricive, > or that allow licenses other than those allowed on Wikimedia Commons > and limited fair use. > === > > That means when we toss out PD-Italy, PD-Soviet, etc, we are > effectively tossing them out for all projects (I think in these cases, > some local projects chose to upload some materials locally - true or > false?). > > This probably means that when we delete a longstanding license such as(Continue reading)
8 Feb 14:38
Vision for Commons, 2007
Hello, Although 2007 is already 1/12 over, there's no reason we can't still think about what we'd like to achieve in the remaining 11/12 of it. :) This has two parts - my hopes for 2007 (medium-term future), and my hopes for the next 3-5 years (long-term, or still medium?). Here are some things I would like to see Commons achieve or continue to do, for 2007. * Continue its aggressive approach to multilinguality. By this I mean actively seeking out translations and translators, rather than passively waiting for whoever feels like it to translate whatever they feel like. This also refers to making sure the most vital pages (policy, newbie guides, signup process) are translated, and making an effort to communicate with users in their preferred language (for example, by asking a bilingual admin to work with them). * Continue its relaxed and welcoming approach to new administrators. Our current attitude is doing a good job of attracting reliable admins. By 'reliable' I mean: I can't recall any case where a month after sysopping someone, we have had reason to doubt that decision. (Or even any length of time, really...) We have also shown respect for users' local experience and there are many cases where a 'image warrior' on a local project has gained adminship at Commons - not *because* of that, but it certainly helps. (I like to think such folk would be successful without the inevitable flood of local project voters such cases usually attract. :))(Continue reading)
8 Feb 19:43
Can't get extended toolbar
My toolbar only shows the standard 11 buttons. I have seen examples in the mediawiki help pages with a larger toolbar allowing tables and other features to be added easily. As I am looking for the tabling functionality, how can I get the rest of the buttons?
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8 Feb 21:41
Re: Can't get extended toolbar
On 09/02/07, Jonathan Buck <jonathanpbuck@...> wrote: > My toolbar only shows the standard 11 buttons. I have seen examples in the > mediawiki help pages with a larger toolbar allowing tables and other > features to be added easily. As I am looking for the tabling functionality, > how can I get the rest of the buttons? I'm not aware of this. Can you please post a link to where you saw this larger toolbar? Then we can figure out if this is availlable for Commons or not. thanks, Brianna user:pfctdayelise > _______________________________________________ > Commons-l mailing list > Commons-l@... > http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l > >
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