I browsed through the bee mites example. Though a bot or tool can be good for mass uploading thousands of images from a 'flat' archive source, i.e. each image has a catalogue record to take suitable data from, the species web pages and diagrams gain a lot of their value by illustrating the page they are part of. So doing the uploads "by hand" to Commons actually makes a lot of sense, rather than a "brute force" mass upload. Where possible, it may be better to upload the PDF version of the same information rather than separate images, though some of the images are nice and illustrative in their own right.
For small numbers of files, say under a couple of hundred, the standard upload wizard can be a useful way of downloading images locally, then uploading ten or twenty at a time, making sure the right text description is against each. For large upload numbers the upload wizard can still be handy, but the other tools at <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Upload_tools> are designed to be quite easy to use for local uploads, or loading from some white-listed sites like Flickr. Anyone with a large archive to upload, like 10,000+ files, should consider creating a request at <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Batch_uploading>. Even if you end up doing the upload yourself, it is handy to have a page discussing the upload method, naming conventions, categorization and the way that metadata will be added. There are only a handful of regular experienced volunteer mass uploaders around, so for very large upload projects the requester should plan on it taking more than a couple of weeks to happen. Cheers, Fae On 3 May 2017 at 16:28, James Heilman <jmh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Marielle there are a lot of great medical images in that textbook, Fae is > there an ability to upload the images to commons by bot? > > James > > On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 1:06 AM, Marielle Volz <marielle.v...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> What made me happy this week was the discovery of some good scientific >> imagery that was openly licensed! >> >> The USDA has created a bunch of identification sites for species of >> agricultural interest and released the images into the public domain. >> I was looking for images of a particular mite and discovered the Bee >> Mite site has released most of their images and all of their text to >> the PD [1]. (I have uploaded to commons although done a bit of a hack >> job on it). There are other sites which would also be a candidate for >> batch upload, which are listed here: http://idtools.org/identify.php >> (anyone interested in molluscs?) >> >> I have also discovered this Clinical Skills textbook licensed under CC >> by 4 attribution.[2] I am in the process of adding some high quality >> medical diagrams to articles on wiki. This same website hosts a bunch >> of other open text books which may be a similarly good source of >> content: https://opentextbc.ca/ >> >> [1] http://idtools.org/id/mites/beemites/ >> [2] https://opentextbc.ca/clinicalskills/ >> >> On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 7:08 AM, Kalliope Tsouroupidou >> <ktsouroupi...@wikimedia.org> wrote: >> > +1 on this. >> > News of the newly recognised User Group put a smile on my face :) >> > >> > K. >> > >> > On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 4:25 AM, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> >> I'm happy to see the development of the Commons Photographers User >> >> Group >> >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_Photographers_User_Group>. >> >> >> >> Personal background story (feel free to skip reading this): >> >> >> >> The first DSLR I touched was easy to use with the automatic settings >> >> for >> >> indoor photography in good lighting. Based on this limited experience, >> >> I >> >> concluded that photography with a DSLR was easy. Some time later I >> >> bought >> >> my own first DSLR, and quickly got lost. The menus were not intuitive >> >> to me >> >> as a DSLR newbie, there were new terms like "aperture" and "f-stop", >> >> the >> >> manual was written for someone who already had good technical knowledge >> >> of >> >> how cameras work, and my lens wouldn't focus like I wanted. Wikipedia >> >> has >> >> some helpful articles about photography concepts, but what would have >> >> helped me a lot is spending time with an experienced photographer. >> >> After a >> >> few years of trial and error, and asking questions of more >> >> knowledgeable >> >> people, I'm happy with my skill level as a photography hobbyist in a >> >> variety of situations. I hope that the new user Commons Photographers >> >> group >> >> will facilitate knowledge exchange, improve camaraderie, and consider >> >> ways >> >> to improve access to equipment -- especially for photographers in >> >> situations where resources are scarce and potential for valuable >> >> open-source contributions are very high. >> >> >> >> What's making you happy this week? >> >> >> >> Pine >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ >> >> wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ >> >> wiki/Wikimedia-l >> >> New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Kalliope Tsouroupidou >> > Community Advocate >> > Wikimedia Foundation >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > -- > James Heilman > MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian > > The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine -- fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
