I think that would be fantastic - particularly in light of http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/02/05/1233423410351.html?feed=fairfaxdigitalxml
Hope the photographer is ok, cheers, Peter, PM. On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 9:50 PM, Liam Wyatt <[email protected]> wrote: > In terms of activist groups potentially contributing to Commons: > When I was in Hobart recently for Linux Conference Australia 2009 the > "Steve Irwin" (the Flagship of the Sea [[Shepherd]] anti-whaling group) had > just pulled in to port for refueling and supplies. I had a chat with their > photographer who was documenting events and said that wikipedia would be > very interested in hosting their "action shots/videos". [I didn't have the > time to explain the difference between Wikipedia, Commons etc. :-) ] I gave > him my card and will hopefully hear from them when the whaling season is > over. I made sure to explain the priniciple of encyclopedic NOPV - and that > we would not be "promoting" their cause but would be very willing to host > their documentary images/video if it were licensed appropriately. We'll see > how we go! > > All the best, > [[witty lama]] > > On 07/02/2009, at 9:41 PM, private musings wrote: > > This looks interesting! > > > http://forums.whyweprotest.net/15-media/photographers-wikimedia-commons-images-needed-38443/ > > It seems members of the anti-scientology movement are interested in > contributing to commons - I've heard tell of some early en-wiki volunteers > being previously active in usenet scientology discussions, so it's > interesting to see the next generation plugging in... > > cheers, > > Peter, > PM. > _______________________________________________ > Commons-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > Commons-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l > >
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