Exactly, we may proceed with a Work Group On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 7:26 AM, Wayne Mackintosh < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Anil, > > These are good suggestions and thanks for your contributions in helping us > think through the process. > > We'll need to do some preparatory work. As you've pointed out -- we''ll > need a few guidelines on how the project will work, and I suspect that we > may need to develop additional support resources, finish the missing > templates etc. > > It's a big task -- we have more than 24,000 uploaded files, so its going to > take a little time :-). > > What do you think -- given that this is a community wide issue, should we > set up a WE community workgroup? > > (See: http://wikieducator.org/Workgroup:WikiEducator_Workgroups/Guidelines). > > Cheers > Wayne > > > > > > > > > > > On 20 March 2010 00:17, aprasad <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear Dr. Wayne, >> >> Exactly, we require a barnraising event. Some thoughts... >> >> >> - Let us take (your) first mail in this discussion as the official >> notification for the need to review image uploading procedure and >> licensing >> of already uploaded images to ensure they are CC-BY-SA complaint. >> - Community Volunteers may place a "License under review" template on >> the edit page of the images that do not specify license >> - Community may be requested to review their own uploads by themselves >> and place CC-BY-SA license in sure cases - community support will be >> available for this process. (Shall we specify a deadline for this?) >> - Members may request deletion on the edit page of images that are >> sure cases of license violation. (For this shall we require a second level >> of reviewers to recommend deletion to the Admin user? ) >> - Initiate a community support system to find out free license >> equivalents when the images marked for deletion are found to be essential >> for widely used OER pages on WE. >> - Create a WE support page exclusively for this venture >> >> Though it will take time, I think there is no way other than examining >> each and every image through a barnraising event, because WE matters now. >> >> >> Warm regards >> Anil >> >> On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 3:55 PM, Wayne Mackintosh < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Anil, >>> >>> You're right we definitely need to think about getting existing images >>> sorted --- >>> >>> Perhaps we should think about organising a community barnraising event ( >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barn_raising) to help. >>> >>> We'll need to think about how we will do this -- I guess there are many >>> questions, for example: >>> >>> >>> - Do we delete or place a warning of sorts on images where we are not >>> sure of the licensing? >>> - I suspect that we will find many images which are clearly personal >>> photographs that have been uploaded -- can we assume that these are >>> licensed >>> under our default CC-BY-SA license? >>> - Should we initiate community strategies to find free licensed >>> equivalents for images where there are clear copyright contraventions. >>> - Other questions? >>> >>> I'm very chuffed and pleased to see these improvements --- getting better >>> one step at a time :-) >>> >>> Cheers >>> Wayne >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 19 March 2010 19:33, aprasad <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Great work! much needed, now community members may also review the >>>> license position of already uploaded images. Definitely, I agree with >>>> Wayne, >>>> uploading images first to commons.wikimedia.org and then link it to WE >>>> is the ideal choice. We may make it a part of image uploading policy. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 11:57 AM, Jim Tittsler <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 19:20, Joshua Gay <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> > Is it possible to get a copy of this code? >>>>> >>>>> It is the code used by the WMF Commons, with only minor changes to >>>>> suit WikiEducator. You can see our versions at >>>>> http://WikiEducator.org/MediaWiki:Upload.js<http://wikieducator.org/MediaWiki:Upload.js>and >>>>> http://WikiEducator.org/MediaWiki:UploadForm.js<http://wikieducator.org/MediaWiki:UploadForm.js>. >>>>> There is some good >>>>> documentation on the original at >>>>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:UploadForm.js/Documentation >>>>> >>>>> I'm still working my way through all of the possible licenses and >>>>> their associated templates... but slowly making progress. I think I >>>>> have the CC-0, CC-BY, and CC-BY-SA cases which are the most common >>>>> here. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "WikiEducator" group. >>>>> To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org >>>>> To visit the discussion forum: >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator+ >>>>> unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words >>>>> "REMOVE ME" as the subject. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Warm regards >>>> >>>> Anil >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "WikiEducator" group. >>>> To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org >>>> To visit the discussion forum: >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator+ >>>> unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words >>>> "REMOVE ME" as the subject. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. >>> Director, >>> International Centre for Open Education, >>> Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. >>> Board of Directors, OER Foundation. >>> Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, www.wikieducator.org >>> Mobile +64 21 2436 380 >>> User Page: http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg >>> Skype: WGMNZ1 >>> Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "WikiEducator" group. >>> To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org >>> To visit the discussion forum: >>> http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator+ >>> unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words >>> "REMOVE ME" as the subject. >>> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "WikiEducator" group. >> To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org >> To visit the discussion forum: >> http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator+ >> unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE >> ME" as the subject. >> > > > > -- > Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. > Director, > International Centre for Open Education, > Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. > Board of Directors, OER Foundation. > Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, www.wikieducator.org > Mobile +64 21 2436 380 > User Page: http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg > Skype: WGMNZ1 > Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "WikiEducator" group. > To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org > To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator+ > unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE > ME" as the subject. > -- Warm regards Anil -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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