[Foundation-l] Problems using pictures from Commons in Blogger - making it more of a stock photo repository

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gerard Meijssen" <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com>
To: "Wikimedia Commons Discussion List" <commons-l at lists.wikimedia.org>; 
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Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 9:22 PM
Subject: [Foundation-l] Problems using pictures from Commons in Blogger - 
making it more of a stock photo repository


> Hoi,
> Blogger is the platform I use now for many years to blog about the 
> subjects
> that are important in my appreciation of a Wiki world. At first I did not
> illustrate my blogposts but thanks to Pfctdayelise I started to pepper my
> blog posts with illustrations.
>
> At this moment it is no longer possible for me to upload pictures to
> blogger. The message that I get is that I have to ensure that I have a
> license for the pictures that I upload. This is true for pictures that I
> have downloaded from Commons and cropped, it is for screen shots of the
> interaction with the Blogger user interface..
>
> It is possible for me to get pictures displayed when I refer to the upload
> page of a Commons picture but that does me no good when it is a svg 
> picture.
> Obviously I can download the picture and save it as an png ... but that 
> does
> me no good.
>
> There are several "solutions" to this problem. I can upload the png, I can
> use Wordpress instead. The obvious solution is for Google to get its act
> together.
>
> The solution that I like best is for Commons to become a true repository 
> of
> images that is not only intended for the illustration of Wikipedia and its
> sister projects but also for the illustration of blogs like mine. Commons 
> is
> my first choice for illustrations for my blog but for some topics it just
> does not provide me with the illustration that I am looking for.
>
> I think that Commons has already many images that are usable, what would 
> be
> needed is just a different kind of pictures or more pictures that are
> grouped by subject and easier to find.
> Thanks,
>     GerardM
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Farsi.svg The svg I would like to use as 
> a
> png
> http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2010/08/big-boost-for-mediawiki-localisation-in.htmlthe
> blog post that needs an illustration
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