Commons-l April 2016

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Video skills and equipment
by Lars Aronsson 16 Apr '25

16 Apr '25

I just tried to watch some presentation videos from Wikimania. Some had very weak sound, some had no sound in the first minutes, some only played the first minute and then stopped. I don't think the Wikimania videos are unique in having such problems. Video is new to Commons, and the expert contributors are more familiar with still images. How can we learn to make better videos? Are there some good instructions? Perhaps a free instruction video (Wikibooks, but a video instead of a book) on how to produce good videos is what we need. In fact, the English Wikibooks has a title on "Video Production", http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Video_Production but it doesn't have a clear focus (pun not intended). It starts out with discussing satellite TV and has long sections on file formats in different operating systems. There is a help page on Commons for converting video to the Ogg Theora format, but that is only the last step in a long chain. Given that video is new, how can we find and rate videos, nominate "good/featured videos", and give advice on how to improve quality? Is the Commons village pump enough for this? Commons has a separate graphics village pump. Do we also need a separate video village pump? Current digital video cameras use hard disks or memory cards, instead of tape cassettes. Many new models cost less than 300 euro (or dollars), some as little as 120 euro (memory card perhaps not included). Some have a special "Youtube mode", and I guess that kind of usage is what drives the price down. What models are good, and what should one watch out for? We can find free still photos on Flickr and copy them to Commons. Is there somewhere we can find free videos and copy them? Yes, at the Internet Archive. Somewhere else? -- Lars Aronsson (lars(a)aronsson.se) Aronsson Datateknik - http://aronsson.se

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FW: [Wikimedia-l] Legal IRC Office Hours on Freedom of Panorama April 19th
by Steinsplitter Wiki 18 Apr '16

18 Apr '16

> From: jrogers(a)wikimedia.org > Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 17:11:52 -0700 > To: wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Legal IRC Office Hours on Freedom of Panorama April 19th > > TLDR: > > What: IRC chat with members of Wikimedia Foundation legal > > Topic: Freedom of panorama > > When: Tuesday, April 19 at 11:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time / 18:00 UTC > > Reminder: We can’t do legal advice. > > Hi all, > > We’re happy to announce the return of Legal Team IRC office hours, starting > tomorrow, April 19 at 11:00 AM PDT / 18:00 UTC! We’re planning to host > these once every 3 months or so going forward. > > IRC office hours provide an opportunity for members of the Wikimedia > communities to chat directly with members of the Wikimedia Foundation legal > team on topics of interest including public policy, legal issues facing the > Wikimedia movement, and what you can do to get involved. Please keep in > mind that under California law we can’t give out legal advice, so rather > than giving out legal advice, we will talk about the Wikimedia Foundation’s > stance on issues. > > For this format, we’ll begin at 11:00 by doing a brief introduction and > then start taking questions from everyone that’s present. We’ll aim to have > a few people on at the same time to be able to respond faster and to > discuss different aspects of the issues. > > For our first office hour, we’re planning to discuss the freedom of > panorama (FoP). With the recent decision in Sweden > <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/04/04/strike-against-freedom-panorama/>, > holding that Wikimedia Sweden's website/database was in violation of > Swedish copyright law for making available on the internet photographs of > artwork permanently situated in public areas, FoP has become more pressing > than ever. We believe that the ability for members of the public to > photograph public monuments and landscapes is a fundamental part of free > expression. We plan to raise this issue to the European Commission this > summer, and need your help to let them know that it’s important. This first > one of a series of IRC office hours will be a great opportunity to exchange > thoughts about it. > > If you have questions that you would like to discuss during the office > hour, you can add them on Meta Wiki here > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal_Team_IRC_Office_Hours>. > > -- > > Jacob Rogers > Legal Counsel > Wikimedia Foundation > > NOTICE: This message might have confidential or legally privileged > information in it. If you have received this message by accident, please > delete it and let us know about the mistake. As an attorney for the > Wikimedia Foundation, for legal/ethical reasons I cannot give legal advice > to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, volunteers, or staff > members in their personal capacity. For more on what this means, please see > our legal disclaimer > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>. > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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WikiProject Pronunciation
by Riley Huntley 13 Apr '16

13 Apr '16

Hey all, I've been bold and created Commons:WikiProject Pronunciation. Commons has over 500,000 pronunciation files and they need a LOT of work! Any help would be appreciated, especially with foreign languages. Check out Commons:WikiProject_Pronunciation#Open_tasks, find your favourite language at Commons:WikiProject_Pronunciation#Categories and help out. Anything helps! Cheers, Riley Huntley

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Re: [Commons-l] Fwd: Biggest donation of photos in Italy - Paolo Monti (BEIC)
by ankry.wiki 12 Apr '16

12 Apr '16

Categorization of these images seems to be a big problem. Category names shouldn't be in Italian. Ankry W dniu 2016-04-08 17:15:20 użytkownik Federico Leva (Nemo) <nemowiki(a)gmail.com> napisał: > Forwarding on request. > > Nemo-BEIC > > -------- Messaggio inoltrato -------- > Oggetto: [cultural-partners] Biggest donation of photos in Italy - Paolo > Monti (BEIC) > Data: Fri, 8 Apr 2016 16:26:20 +0200 > Mittente: marcok > > Hi to all, > I’m the Wikipedian in residence at the digital library of Fondazione > BEIC, Milan, Italy. > > In the last days we at BEIC are uploading almost the entire photo > archive of a notable Italian photographer, Paolo Monti, counting 15.000 > images. > The whole archive was acquired by Fondazione BEIC in 2008. > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Photographs_by_Paolo_Monti > > For what I know, this is the biggest donation of images in one shot ever > made in Italy. It’s also the first time that a digital archive from a > famous photographer is almost completely uploaded into Commons. > > This notable result was possible thanks to the long-lasting > collaboration between BEIC and Wikimedia Italia, started in 2014, and > also thanks to the technical assistance of Federico Leva aka Nemo, the > previous WiR at BEIC, now GLAM specialist at Wikimedia Italia. > > The photos of the Paolo Monti archive represent a variety of subjects > (art, events, architecture, people, portraits, nature, artistic nudes, > experimental) and were shot since 1950s to 1980s. Many of them are B/W, > but there are also many fascinating colourful artistic/experimental > pictures. > > We are now beginning to work on: > * fixing categories (often translating the basic original italian > keywords into english Commons categories) and providing a more detailed > categorization > * inserting useful images into Wikipedia articles (in italian, english > and other languages) > * selecting the best photos to candidate them as "featured pictures” > in Wikimedia Commons (only those with 2 Megapixel or more). > > Please help us, this is a huge work! > If you have any other ideas on how the images may be used, let us know! > > Thank you, > > Marco Chemello > Wikipedian in residence, Fondazione BEIC, Milan > (also Wikipedian in residence at the Science Museum, Milan) > > See: > http://www.beic.it/en/articles/digital-library > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:BEIC > https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progetto:GLAM/BEIC (main project page) > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/BEIC > http://www.beic.it/en/node/1969 (Fondo Paolo Monti - in Italian) > > > _______________________________________________ > Cultural-Partners mailing list > Cultural-Partners(a)wikimedia.ch > https://intern.wikimedia.ch/lists/listinfo/cultural-partners > Please treat emails sent to this list as confidential.Ask senders for > permission before forwarding emails off-list. > > > _______________________________________________ > Commons-l mailing list > Commons-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l >

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Fwd: Biggest donation of photos in Italy - Paolo Monti (BEIC)
by Federico Leva (Nemo) 08 Apr '16

08 Apr '16

Forwarding on request. Nemo-BEIC -------- Messaggio inoltrato -------- Oggetto: [cultural-partners] Biggest donation of photos in Italy - Paolo Monti (BEIC) Data: Fri, 8 Apr 2016 16:26:20 +0200 Mittente: marcok Hi to all, I’m the Wikipedian in residence at the digital library of Fondazione BEIC, Milan, Italy. In the last days we at BEIC are uploading almost the entire photo archive of a notable Italian photographer, Paolo Monti, counting 15.000 images. The whole archive was acquired by Fondazione BEIC in 2008. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Photographs_by_Paolo_Monti For what I know, this is the biggest donation of images in one shot ever made in Italy. It’s also the first time that a digital archive from a famous photographer is almost completely uploaded into Commons. This notable result was possible thanks to the long-lasting collaboration between BEIC and Wikimedia Italia, started in 2014, and also thanks to the technical assistance of Federico Leva aka Nemo, the previous WiR at BEIC, now GLAM specialist at Wikimedia Italia. The photos of the Paolo Monti archive represent a variety of subjects (art, events, architecture, people, portraits, nature, artistic nudes, experimental) and were shot since 1950s to 1980s. Many of them are B/W, but there are also many fascinating colourful artistic/experimental pictures. We are now beginning to work on: * fixing categories (often translating the basic original italian keywords into english Commons categories) and providing a more detailed categorization * inserting useful images into Wikipedia articles (in italian, english and other languages) * selecting the best photos to candidate them as "featured pictures” in Wikimedia Commons (only those with 2 Megapixel or more). Please help us, this is a huge work! If you have any other ideas on how the images may be used, let us know! Thank you, Marco Chemello Wikipedian in residence, Fondazione BEIC, Milan (also Wikipedian in residence at the Science Museum, Milan) See: http://www.beic.it/en/articles/digital-library https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:BEIC https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progetto:GLAM/BEIC (main project page) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/BEIC http://www.beic.it/en/node/1969 (Fondo Paolo Monti - in Italian) _______________________________________________ Cultural-Partners mailing list Cultural-Partners(a)wikimedia.ch https://intern.wikimedia.ch/lists/listinfo/cultural-partners Please treat emails sent to this list as confidential.Ask senders for permission before forwarding emails off-list.

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