Just discovered the Commons project-site, too. Good to break down the massive amount of unsorted material in countries first. Could help to address interested editors quicker.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:British_Library/Mechanical_Curator_collection Jens 2013/12/15 Michael Peel <em...@mikepeel.net> > There’s been quite a lot of discussion of this on the cultural-partners > mailing list (https://intern.wikimedia.ch/lists/listinfo/cultural-partners). > As a result of that, Tom Morris has set up a working page on Commons at: > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:British_Library/Mechanical_Curator_collection > > Thanks, > Mike > > On 15 Dec 2013, at 17:37, Jens Best <jens.b...@wikimedia.de> wrote: > > > Just discovered a short note of Andrew Gray, why Flickr was preferred > > instead of Commons. > > http://www.generalist.org.uk/blog/2013/mechanical-curator-on-commons/ > > > > > > 2013/12/15 Jens Best <jens.b...@wikimedia.de> > > > >> Thanks for the news. > >> > >> A question comes to my mind when I read this article: Why did the > British > >> Library use Flickr instead of Wikimedia Commons? Maybe it has to do > >> something with a better usability of Flickr? - > >> > >> The usability of Wikimedia Commons most be increased to make it more > >> attractive to individual and institutional users. Don't you think so? > >> > >> The next steps mentioned in the article indicates good opportunities for > >> us to get involved and show the potential of an experienced platform for > >> crowdsourcing information and knowledge: > >> > >> "We are looking for new, inventive ways to navigate, find and display > >> these 'unseen illustrations'. and furtheron in the blogpost, "We plan to > >> launch a crowdsourcing application at the beginning of next year, to > help > >> describe what the images portray. Our intention is to use this data to > >> train automated classifiers that will run against the whole of the > content." > >> > >> > >> > http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digital-scholarship/2013/12/a-million-first-steps.html > >> > >> Best regards, > >> > >> Jens > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> 2013/12/15 Emilio J. Rodríguez-Posada <emi...@gmail.com> > >> > >> Quote from full announcement > >>> > >>> > http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digital-scholarship/2013/12/a-million-first-steps.html > >>> > >>> We have released over a million > >>> images<http://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary>onto Flickr Commons > >>> for anyone to use, remix and repurpose. These images > >>>> were taken from the pages of 17th, 18th and 19th century books > digitised > >>>> by Microsoft< > >>> > http://pressandpolicy.bl.uk/Press-Releases/The-British-Library-19th-Century-Book-Digitisation-Project-343.aspx > >who > >>> then generously gifted the scanned images to us, allowing us to release > >>>> them back into the Public Domain. The images themselves cover a > >>> startling > >>>> mix of subjects: There are maps, geological diagrams, beautiful > >>>> illustrations, comical satire, illuminated and decorative letters, > >>>> colourful illustrations, landscapes, wall-paintings and so much more > >>> that > >>>> even we are not aware of. > >>> > >>> > >>> Flickr account http://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary > >>> Example of image > http://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/11307195524/ > >>> Example of all images from a book > >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/tags/sysnum002660292 > >>> Stuff for coders https://github.com/BL-Labs/imagedirectory > >>> > >>> So... :-) > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Wikimedia-l mailing list > >>> Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > >>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > >>> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> -- > >> Jens Best > >> Präsidium > >> Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. > >> web: http://www.wikimedia.de > >> mail: jens.best <http://goog_17221883>@wikimedia.de > >> > >> Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. > >> Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts > >> Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. 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