Dear all,
a doubt:
is Instagram compatible with Creative Commons?
Can I upload *my* Instagram pics on Commons (so could it be used for WLM)?
Please consider that I'm not suggesting Instagram pics are good for WLM
(they are filtered and all, probably not very suitable for illustrating
monuments on Wikipedia)
but is a legal matter.
Aubrey
Dear all,
We shall need a good international team to have another successful version
of Wiki Loves Monuments after 2014. The team should comprise of experience
volunteers who have conducted WLM or any such event in their country.
There are numerous tasks and first task will be to hunt and find our
countries who shall be willing to organise Wiki Loves Monuments again. To
brief, the International Team is more of coordinating with all
participating countries and without proper coordination, there will be no
international competition for WLM 2015.
Been in the international team is also more of applying for grant,
documenting, following up and keeping track of status of all participating
countries. Time to be spent may vary according to the skill of team
members; more the skills and people, lesser the burden; however you can
assume 10 hours a week during the contest (just horrifying).
Would you be interested to be part of international team for WLM 2015,
please send me a brief introduction of yourself and also a note on how you
would benefit the international team. Please send the same by 6th of Jan.
Regards from Mumbai,
Karthik Nadar.
Hi everyone,
I apologize for the large delay, there were some technical issues to sort
out, but finally the calendar is here:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wlm_calendar_2015.pdf
This is a web version. The print version is over 300 MB so I can't upload
it to Commons. If anyone wants to print the calendar, please let me know
and I will send you the files.
Also, please advise where the best place to link to it in Commons is.
Sincerely,
—Yan (Ynhockey).
Thanks for all the suggestions.
Will work on cutting down the number of images before handing over to a
jury. Lots of the images are kinda 'garbage', (i.e images with low
resolution, some even mere 50kb etc.)
In 2012, there was a tool used to sort and select images out of a category.
I hope a tool of that sort still exists.
rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford
On Jan 8, 2015 5:20 AM, "Karthik Nadar" <karthikndr(a)wikimedia.in> wrote:
> Hi Rexford,
>
> Please let me know if I can add some value to the jury team. I have always
> been part of Indian jury having been organised the contest twice.
>
>
>
>
> Regards from Mumbai,
> Karthik Nadar.
>
> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 8:31 PM, Nkansah Rexford <nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi, I'm rexford, from ghana.
>>
>> Late last year, WLA[1] was organized. ghana uploaded some 800 images[2].
>> We're looking for a jury to select the best 5 images.
>>
>> Myself can't be a part of jury, same as others on our team, because we
>> took part in the event.
>>
>> We'll really appreciate if we could get volunteers to help in selecting
>> the best images from this community.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Africa
>> [2]
>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_Wiki_Loves_Africa_2…
>>
>>
>> --
>> +Rexford <http://google.com/+Nkansahrexford> | Africa Center
>> <http://africacenter.net> | WiR
>> <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence> |
>> WikiAfrica <http://wikiafrica.net> | User:Nkansahrexford
>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nkansahrexford>
>>
>>
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>
>
Hi all,
(Pardon the cross-posting)
Starting today, we want to show Wikimedia some love in a very special way:
talking about diversity! [1]
Diversity in Wikimedia projects is key to achieve our shared vision: that
anyone can contribute in the sum of all knowledge. We know many efforts
have been made to bridge many gaps.
Have you:
* preserved your cultural or national history through photo contests and
editing events?
* worked to enrich a particular language or cultural group on Wikimedia?
* studied diversity issues in online communities?
_What have you learned when trying to encourage diversity on Wikimedia?_
The Learning and Evaluation team invites all community members to share
what they know about bringing diversity on Wikimedia projects. This
initiative seeks to create a body of knowledge around diversity outcomes
for events, projects and programs, in a way to give support to
Grantmaking’s Inspire Campaign (coming up the first week of March). If you
worked to make Wikimedia projects more diverse, in content or community, what
has worked for you? what has not worked? Share what you know with the world!
There are multiple ways to engage:
1. Share a problem
2. Share a solution
3. Endorse problems and solutions to vote them up in importance
4. Writing a Learning Pattern (that addresses any of the problems/solutions
shared)
We will be awarding our brand new L&E Barnstars[2] to contributors during
this special campaign =)
Visit the campaign page [1] to contribute and discuss, and if you are
twitter user, use #ILoveDiversity to promote the campaign for others to
participate.
Happy editing!
*María Cruz * \\ Community Coordinator, PE&D Team \\ Wikimedia Foundation,
Inc.
mcruz(a)wikimedia.org | : @marianarra_ <https://twitter.com/marianarra_>
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_patterns/Project/Diversity_…
[2]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Learning_and_Evaluation_barnsta…