Hi Parker, Op 19-5-2011 1:16, Parker schreef: > Hey gang, > > I'm looking for advice on this project: > http://images.freeculture.org/ > > I've scraped out images and metadata from a bunch of federal agency > image libraries, and I want to make them more easily discoverable. I'm > looking for feedback. Do you know that I'm uploading NAVY images every day with an automated script? See https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&user=BotMultichillT for what's coming in. At https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/wiki/Commons:Batch_uploading you can find the different USgov sites in different stages of completion. See https://fisheye.toolserver.org/browse/multichill/bot/usgov for the source code (NAVY and FEMA up and running, rest might work). > * What's the easiest way to cross-post the images to wikimedia commons? Batch upload bot? Maybe you are able to reuse some code. > * What else should I do to make the images easier to find? Good categories is probably the most important thing. > * Any other feedback? There are several open batch uploading request for USgov sites. Maybe you feel like working on that? If you use the pywikipedia library (like I do) you can easily upload the images once you extracted the metadata.
Maarten > This essay has the background on my thinking for this project so far: > http://madebyparker.com/blog/2011/03/usable-more-than-just-open/ _______________________________________________ Commons-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l
