Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedians in Residence in Amman

[Raya Sharbain]

Thank you Lucy! Andy, I'll message you privately.

On Thu, 20 Feb 2020 at 16:52, Andy Mabbett 
wrote:

> On Thu, 20 Feb 2020 at 14:12, Raya Sharbain 
> wrote:
>
> > The American Centre of Oriental Research in Amman has hired two part-time
> > Wikimedians in Residence to work on the Open Jordanian Heritage
> initiative.
> > I'm working closely with them and was wondering if there's a chance to
> > connect them with experienced WiRs in the UK.
>
> I'd be happy to talk with and assist them.
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[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedians in Residence in Amman

[Raya Sharbain]

Good afternoon everyone,

The American Centre of Oriental Research  in Amman
has hired two part-time Wikimedians in Residence to work on the Open
Jordanian Heritage 
initiative. I'm working closely with them and was wondering if there's a
chance to connect them with experienced WiRs in the UK.

Warm wishes to all,

Raya
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Can you help us review images for Wiki Loves Monuments UK 2019?

[Raya Sharbain]

Would like to help!

Sent from my tiny keyboard.

في الاثنين، ٢٩ تموز ٢٠١٩ ١٧:٠٣ Michael Maggs  كتب:

> Hi lists
>
> Wikimedia UK is supporting the annual Wiki Loves Monuments contest again
> this year, and I am looking for 25-30 volunteers to help review and
> filter the entries.
>
> The contest finishes at the end of September, with reviewing and judging
> taking place immediately after that. We normally have several rounds of
> reviewing during October, enabling us to reduce the expected 10,000+
> entries down to long list of a few hundred from which the winners are
> selected by our panel of judges.
>
> You'd need to be able to commit to a minimum of 4-5 hours online
> reviewing, during the first two weeks of October.  As reviewing is done
> online, volunteers can be based anywhere in the world and you don't need to
> have any UK connections. We’re not looking for expert photographers, but
> you should have a basic ability to be able to distinguish a good photograph
> from a poor or mediocre one. Training in the online reviewing software is
> available.
>
> The contest website is here:  https://www.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk/
>
> If you are able to help, or if you'd like more information, please let me
> know.
>
> Regards
>
> Michael
>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Pride London photographers

[Raya Sharbain]

Hi Fae, any chance I could also sign up as a photographer?

في الجمعة، ١٤ حزيران ٢٠١٩ ١٥:٢٢ Fæ  كتب:

> Good news, I got a quick email back with a link, and have filled out
> the media application form. I have added your name and email in as a
> second photographer for WMLGBT+. It's still just an application, but
> hopefully based on our website presence and active Twitter stream,
> they might just rubber stamp it and email us the details. If you do
> get a press pass (probably a wrist band and lanyard pass), then you
> should be able to get photographs in the more secure stage areas.
>
> If this does not work out, I'll be there as a steward around the main
> stage and Trafalgar Square, so can probably get access to most areas,
> and will try having a session taking photographs around the parade
> assembly area before my 'shift' officially starts, however it is a
> *very* busy event this year and with several different areas as well
> as nearly 600 organizations taking part so even if we had several
> photographers with passes, there is so much going on we can only aim
> to have an interesting sample.
>
> P.S. If we set this up next year, we should do the applications in April!
>
> Fae
>
> On Fri, 14 Jun 2019 at 12:33, Josie Fraser 
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Fae, I’ll be attending UK Black Pride in July this year and was
> planning on taking photographs. Do you know anything about the application
> process for photographer access at that event? Or is anyone else planning
> on attending to take pictures?
> >
> > Best, Josie
> >
> > > On 14 Jun 2019, at 13:11, Fæ  wrote:
> > >
> > > As it's been a fortnight, so I have written to the Pride London events
> > > team about photographer access. I believe that it is too late this
> > > close to the event for them to register passes for Wikimedia
> > > photographers, however I have asked on behalf of the WMLGBT+ user
> > > group and we'll see if they can make an exception.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Fae
> > >
> > >> On Thu, 30 May 2019 at 16:43, Fæ  wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Training of stewards has started for Pride (6 July) and I was
> > >> wondering if WMUK will register a list of photographers for passes
> > >> again this year? Media info is at
> > >> https://prideinlondon.org/media-centre. As there are 580
> organizations
> > >> and several centers to the event, getting varied coverage in photo and
> > >> video on Wikimedia Commons would take several photographers.
> > >>
> > >> I went along to steward training last week, if anyone would like to
> > >> volunteer for one of the support roles, you can find out more at
> > >> https://prideinlondon.org. The event needs 1,000 stewards, with an
> > >> expected viewing public of a million during the day.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks,
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Can you help us review images for Wiki Loves Monuments UK 2018?

[Raya Sharbain]

Hi Michael,

I'd also like to be involved.

Raya

Sent from my tiny keyboard.

On Tue, 17 Jul 2018, 12:44 Michael Maggs,  wrote:

> Hi list
>
> Wikimedia UK is supporting the annual Wiki Loves Monuments contest again
> this year, and I am looking for 20-25 volunteers to help review and filter
> the entries.
>
> The contest finishes at the end of September, with reviewing and judging
> taking place immediately after that. We normally have several rounds of
> reviewing during October, enabling us to reduce the expected 10,000+
> entries down to a long list of a few hundred from which the winners are
> selected by our panel of judges.
>
> You'd need to be able to commit to a minimum of 5-8 hours online
> reviewing, spread out over the month of October.  As reviewing is done
> online, volunteers can be based anywhere in the world and you don't need to
> have any UK connections. We’re not looking for expert photographers, but
> you should have a basic ability to be able to distinguish a good photograph
> from a poor or mediocre one. Training in the online reviewing software is
> available.
>
> If you are able to help, or if you'd like more information, please let me
> know.
>
> Regards
>
> Michael
>
> 
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia Commons question

[Raya Sharbain]

I sent an email including Rupert's feedback and Andy's suggestion to Katja
<katja.ullr...@wikimedia.de> at Wikimedia Germany.

On 26 March 2017 at 00:03, Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:

> On 25 March 2017 at 19:54, Raya Sharbain <raya.sharb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Wikimedia Germany developed a tool that determines the license
> information
> > of Commons items and makes it more user-friendly to determine how you can
> > use the item (e.g. how to attribute, in which context you can use a
> > particular item in, etc.): https://lizenzhinweisgenerator.de/?lang=en
>
> Is there an API version of that? I have a GLAM contact who are looking
> for such a tool.
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia Commons question

[Raya Sharbain]

Hi Steve,

Wikimedia Germany developed a tool that determines the license information
of Commons items and makes it more user-friendly to determine how you can
use the item (e.g. how to attribute, in which context you can use a
particular item in, etc.): https://lizenzhinweisgenerator.de/?lang=en

Original blog post:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/03/17/digest-attribution-generator/

Hope it's relevant to what you're looking for!

Raya
On 24 March 2017 at 14:38, Harry Mitchell  wrote:

> Hi Steve,
>
> Using images from Commons is a lot like using information from Wikipedia -
> it requires due diligence and you sometimes have to apply healthy
> scepticism, though this can be complicated by the varying copyright laws of
> different countries. Commons is hosted in the United States, so it usually
> defaults to American copyright law, which is often more liberal than
> British law (Chris mentions the "sweat of brow" doctrine, for example).
>
> For obvious cases, like a photograph of a building or a statue uploaded by
> the photographer themselves, you're usually safe. (I've been writing about
> war memorials lately and sometimes you get really lucky and find a
> professional-quality photograph that someone has uploaded to Commons). Less
> obvious cases will depend on your knowledge of copyright.
>
>
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> On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 5:23 PM, Chris Keating  > wrote:
>
>> Hi Steve,
>>
>> You certainly could have a more nuanced policy, and use more images as a
>> result!
>>
>> I'd guess the reasons you might be cautious are:
>> - Commons has a good number of files it that are in the public domain in
>> the US, but may not be in the UK (assuming that public domain-UK is
>> sufficient for the BBC to make use of something)
>> - Commons also has a good number of files which we believe are public
>> domain (at least in the US) but where someone still asserts copyright from
>> "sweat of the brow" rights (this set overlapping with the previous one a
>> fair bit)
>> - Some images might simply have been mis-attributed by whoever uploaded
>> them to Commons and are actually in copyright (probably a much smaller
>> group than the first 2)
>>
>> Of course, these kinds of issues aren't unique to Wikimedia Commons, any
>> open image source could have the same problems - so if you are taking PD
>> images from Flickr or elsewhere on the Internet, then you shouldn't have a
>> blanket bank on Wikimedia Commons!
>>
>> Paid photography sources potentially have the opposite problem, in that
>> you  can end up paying royalties for images that you think actually are in
>> the public domain.
>>
>> As Charles says, it's usually possible to come to an informed judgement
>> based on what the Commons page for a given file says, but this needs a
>> reasonable level of awareness of copyright law. I'm not sure if there is
>> any kind of "user-friendly" summary at the minute, but there probably
>> should be - I'm asking around...
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 3:08 PM, Steve Bowbrick > > wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Very occasional post from a long-time subscriber here!
>>>
>>> I run social media for the BBC's speech and classical radio stations and
>>> for some of the BBC's classical brands (orchestras, Proms etc.).
>>>
>>> We have a constant need for images. We use the usual mixed bag of
>>> sources: commercial picture libraries, the BBC archive, commissioned
>>> photos, some public domain and cc sources.
>>>
>>> We have a pretty cast-iron rule forbidding the use of Wikimedia Commons
>>> images. Historically, we've felt that there was sufficient uncertainty
>>> about the ownership of some Commons images that it would be safest for us
>>> to steer clear all together (sometimes, for instance, we find images in
>>> commercial libraries like Hulton Getty that are also in the Commons and
>>> this creates the kind of doubt about ownership that stops us from using
>>> them).
>>>
>>> So, in the interests of updating my knowledge (and possibly our policy),
>>> is there any up-to-date advice for organisations like the BBC about the
>>> safe usage of content from the Wikimedia Commons? Should we rely on Commons
>>> images more often? Is there any guidance for how to judge the ownership of
>>> a Commons image reliably? And what's Wikipedia's policy about the use of
>>> these images in entries?
>>>
>>> Thank you!
>>>
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