----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 7:00 AM Subject: Commons-l Digest, Vol 49, Issue 34
> Send Commons-l mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Commons-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Berkman audio and video now in Ogg (and CC-BY) (Michael Peel) > 2. Fwd: [WikiEN-l] The edit heard round the world (David Gerard) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:32:11 +0100 > From: Michael Peel <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Commons-l] Berkman audio and video now in Ogg (and > CC-BY) > To: Wikimedia Commons Discussion List <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed > > Is there any sort of plan to import these in bulk to Commons? Seems > like the ideal thing for a bot to do... > > Mike > > On 20 Jun 2009, at 16:22, Erik Moeller wrote: > >> See: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/5444 >> >> -- >> Erik M?ller >> Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation >> >> Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Commons-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:33:06 +0100 > From: David Gerard <[email protected]> > Subject: [Commons-l] Fwd: [WikiEN-l] The edit heard round the world > To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List > <[email protected]>, Wikimedia Commons Discussion List > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Anyone able to help with this? > > (Durova's been doing a lot of restoration work on Commons. There has > also been discussion on wikien-l about crediting restorers - there's > frequently no copyright obligation to credit restorers, but doing so > is (a) polite (b) more accurate sourcing (c) encourages more good > restorations on Commons. Ideas for workable restorer crediting > welcomed.) > > > - d. > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Durova <[email protected]> > Date: 2009/6/27 > Subject: [WikiEN-l] The edit heard round the world > To: English Wikipedia <[email protected]> > > > Hi all, > > Have been working on coaxing the return of a talented editor by the name > of > Shoemaker's Holiday--who is by far WMF's most skilled volunteer at > restoring > historic etchings. ?Turns out he's been working on an important project: > perhaps someone can help obtain source material. > > The subject is Paul Revere's engraving of the Boston Massacre: > > http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.19159 > http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.01657 > > As you can see, both of the Library of Congress copies are missing > sections > of data due to damage. ?If we can obtain a high resolution scan from a > third > copy of this etching, it will become possible to assemble a composite of > the > complete engraving. > > (For Wikimedians who aren't US-Based, the Boston Massacre was a key event > that preceded the American Revolution. ?Paul Revere's famous depiction > helped spread dissatisfaction with colonial rule). > > What we're looking for are editors who to interface with historic > societies > or libraries that own an original copy of the engraving. ?Particularly > within Boston or Massachusetts, although copies probably exist across > various locations in the eastern United States. ?We're looking to obtain > an > uncompressed scan of the document on the order of 25MB-100MB. ?Source > credit > will be provided to the institution, of course, and the final work might > be > selected to run on Wikipedia's main page. > > Please contact me if you can assist or provide contacts. > > -Durova > > -- > http://durova.blogspot.com/ > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Commons-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l > > > End of Commons-l Digest, Vol 49, Issue 34 > ***************************************** > _______________________________________________ Commons-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l
