Congrats to the WMIL team! Welldone! Sam. ________________________________ From: Wikimedia-l <[email protected]> on behalf of Ivan Martínez <[email protected]> Sent: 27 February 2019 7:27 PM To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Agreement Reached Between Wikimedia Israel and Israeli Archives
Congratulations Michal and Wikimedia Israel! El mié., 27 feb. 2019 a las 2:33, Itzik - Wikimedia Israel (< [email protected]>) escribió: > You can also read more about it on Haaretz: > > > https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-after-uploading-28-000-historical-images-wikimedia-signs-deal-with-national-library-1.6976376 > > > > *Itzik Edri* > Chairperson > [email protected] > +972-54-5878078 > > > > > On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 6:19 PM Michal Lester <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > I'm happy to share with you that last Monday, nearly four months after > > Wikimedia Israel’s extraction of nearly 28-thousand public-domain > > photographs <http://wikimedia.org.il/image-mining-project/> from > archives > > affiliated with the State of Israel and the Zionist movement, an > agreement > > was finally reached to reconcile the differences between the parties and > to > > assure future cooperation. > > > > The archives from which the photographs had been extracted last November > > questioned the legitimacy of Wikimedia Israel’s move and demanded an > > apology for the misuse of their websites. They agreed, on the other hand, > > to enhance access to public-domain material stored in their archives and > to > > further cooperation with Wikimedia Israel. > > > > Following the agreement, Wikimedia Israel released a statement saying it > > “regrets the situation that has resulted from lack of communication > between > > the archives and Wikimedia Israel”. The statement further says that > > “different world-views and organizational cultures harmed the dialogue > and > > distorted the understanding of the intentions of the archives and of > > Wikimedia Israel”. The statement ends by saying that “this is not how the > > affairs should have been conducted, and we wish to apologize to anyone > who > > sees themselves offended by the move”. > > > > The agreement calls for better access to public material, while > maintaining > > better sensitivity, and “respecting the rights of those who deposited the > > material and the Israeli law”. In addition, Wikimedia Israel offered its > > help in the effort to digitalize the material and make it more > accessible. > > This should serve not only Israelis, but also people throughout the > Middle > > East, who could find interest in historical photographs taken decades ago > > in neighboring countries and territories. > > > > I hope that in the near future this agreement will lead to a better > > collaboration and releasing of materials. > > > > Michal > > > > > > > > *Michal Lester,* > > > > *Executive DirectorWikimedia Israel* > > _______________________________________________ > > 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: [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?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: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> -- *Iván Martínez* *Voluntario - Wikimedia México A.C.User:ProtoplasmaKid * // Mis comunicaciones respecto a Wikipedia/Wikimedia pueden tener una moratoria en su atención debido a que es un voluntariado. // Ayuda a proteger a Wikipedia, dona ahora: https://donate.wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ 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: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?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: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
