Re: [Wikimedia-l] The British Library releases 1 million images

[geni]

On 19 December 2013 09:07, Jane Darnell  wrote:

> I like the stray text around the images - it  shows that the picture
> is from a book, rather than a separate unattached file like a photo or
> engraving, and the captions are necessary in most cases.



Not for use in articles. For example:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eaton_Socon_Castle


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] The British Library releases 1 million images

[Andrew Gray]

I did put a few of the books up in the past (as PDFs provided by the
BL, then manually converted to DjVu):

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kennedy,_Robert_John_-_A_Journey_in_Khorassan_(1890).djvu
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kennedy,_Robert_John_-_A_Journey_in_Khorassan_(1890).pdf
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Journey_in_Khorassan_and_Central_Asia

I kept running into size limits & wasn't quite sure how best to get
the right material to Wikisource, but if there's particular titles,
let me know & I'll see what can be done.

On 19 December 2013 09:07, Jane Darnell  wrote:
> I like the stray text around the images - it  shows that the picture
> is from a book, rather than a separate unattached file like a photo or
> engraving, and the captions are necessary in most cases. The
> problematic images are the ones of letterheads and margin decorations,
> which, though perhaps interesting for articles on publishing or
> printing, are not really useful in the quantities available unless
> Wikisource is able to ingest the books in such a way that they use
> those too. As I understand it however, you cannot recycle a Commons
> image in a djvu file (yet). I do think some of the more encyclopedic
> books would be great to have in their entirety on Wikisource.
>
> 2013/12/18, geni :
>> On 17 December 2013 20:08, Matthew Flaschen
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> As Andrew said, the interesting question is whether the Commons community
>>> can effectively help curate/add metadata for this unidentified content.
>>>
>>
>> Even if we could a lot of the images could do with some preprocessing to
>> remove things like stray text.
>>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Ombudsman Commission applications

[Maggie Dennis]

With thanks to those who have already submitted applications, I wanted to
just push out a reminder here.

The deadline for applications is January 1, any timezone. With major
holidays coming for many parts of the world, I didn't want people to
overlook the opportunity. If you are interested in serving on the ombudsman
commission, please drop me a note detailing your experience on the
projects, your thoughts on the commission, and what you hope to bring to
the role.

Thanks!

Maggie


On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 9:04 AM, Maggie Dennis wrote:

> Hi
>
> It's coming close to time for annual appointments of community members
> to serve on the Ombudsman commission. This commission works on all
> Wikimedia projects to investigate complaints about violations of the
> privacy policy, especially in use of CheckUser tools, and to mediate
> between the complaining party and the individual whose work is being
> investigated. They may also assist the General Counsel, the Executive
> Director or the Board of Trustees in investigations of these issues. For
> more on their duties and roles, see
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ombudsman_commission
>
> This is a call for community members interested in volunteering
> for appointment to this commission. Commissioners should be
> experienced Wikimedians, active on any project, who have previously used
> the CheckUser tool OR who have the technical ability to understand the
> CheckUser tool and the willingness to learn it. They are expected to be
> able to engage neutrally in investigating these concerns and to know when
> to recuse when other roles and relationships may cause conflict. (In the
> past, commissioners have turned in other roles that could cause conflict.)
>
> Commissioners are required to identify to the Wikimedia Foundation and
> must be willing to comply with the appropriate board policies (such as
> the access to non-public data policy and the privacy policy). This is
> a position that requires a high degree of discretion and trust.
>
> If you are interested in serving on this commission, please drop me a
> note detailing your experience on the projects, your thoughts on the
> commission and what you hope to bring to the role. The commission is
> deliberately quite small, so slots are limited, but all applications are
> appreciated. The deadline for applications is January 1. Any timezone. :)
>
> Please feel free to pass this invitation along to any users who you
> think may be interested.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Maggie
>
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] The British Library releases 1 million images

[Jane Darnell]

I like the stray text around the images - it  shows that the picture
is from a book, rather than a separate unattached file like a photo or
engraving, and the captions are necessary in most cases. The
problematic images are the ones of letterheads and margin decorations,
which, though perhaps interesting for articles on publishing or
printing, are not really useful in the quantities available unless
Wikisource is able to ingest the books in such a way that they use
those too. As I understand it however, you cannot recycle a Commons
image in a djvu file (yet). I do think some of the more encyclopedic
books would be great to have in their entirety on Wikisource.

2013/12/18, geni :
> On 17 December 2013 20:08, Matthew Flaschen
> wrote:
>
>>
>> As Andrew said, the interesting question is whether the Commons community
>> can effectively help curate/add metadata for this unidentified content.
>>
>
> Even if we could a lot of the images could do with some preprocessing to
> remove things like stray text.
>
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