Hi, for those who don't know, the Geograph is a photography contest and
site that operates across the UK and Ireland and has a compatible license
to ours. So close to 1.8 million of their images have been imported into
Commons and are a major part of the reason why Commons has such good
coverage
On 9 April 2012 14:52, WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@gmail.com wrote:
It turns out that they aren't aware that the migration has stalled, as their
site still claims that all their images get migrated to Commons
http://www.geograph.org.uk/faq3.php?q=wikipedia
I think there is a big
Oh I so agree, this would make Wiki Loves Monuments really work for us.
Geograph is a brilliant project and WMUK should support them as easily as
we would wikimedia commons.
(I have a suspicion that photos from Geograph will be less tricky to
categorise if they arrive with geotagging built into
Thanks Roger. Would it be appropriae for the Board to get our CEO to make
contact?
Currently the Geograph images are geotagged in Commons, but Commons doesn't
have ideal lookup tables to link them to appropriate towns and villages, I
believe a bot was doing much of it based on proximity to the
Well I think this links in with wiki loves monuments so i'll send a copy to
Fae as I know he took an interest during the recent meeting although we are
still looking around for a UK flag carrier for the WLM project.
Oh and here is an idea - the Wikipedian of the
I know some of the relevant folks through one of my day jobs, and I've
encouraged them to think about Wikipedia/Wikimedia through mailing
lists/ talks and so on. This included corresponding with the WW1
Centenary project's developer, Pat Lockley, about the MediaWiki API.
Since then, Pat has
(Starting a new thread separate from Chris's, to make clear that this
is a call to Wikimedia UK volunteers).
Hi all,
I've put up an explanation about our plans for a trainer-training event:
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Train_the_Trainers_event
If you deliver training for Wikimedia UK, or are
Please see the below if of interest to you UK-based Wikimedians.
J.
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Date: 9 April 2012 20:10
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To: Local Chapters, board and
I know some of the relevant folks through one of my day jobs, and I've
encouraged them to think about Wikipedia/Wikimedia through mailing
lists/ talks and so on. This included corresponding with the WW1
Centenary project's developer, Pat Lockley, about the MediaWiki API.
Since then, Pat has
On 7 April 2012 12:48, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:
Yes, and the archives are cloned elswhere.
Gordo
Consensus seems to be relatively clear - can a list admin make the
appropriate tweak?
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