Thanks Kerry, The full image collection looks consistently formatted, so might be easy enough to import as a batch upload: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Batch_uploading (checking for copyright expiry each time). Let me know if anyone wants to pursue this. Toby
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Kerry Raymond <kerry.raym...@gmail.com>wrote: > Queensland State Archives are putting some of their image collection on > Flickr:**** > > ** ** > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/queenslandstatearchives/**** > > ** ** > > The good news for us is that many of the older ones are CC-BY (newer ones > are “All rights reserved”). **** > > ** ** > > And there is a much larger image (and other digitised documents) > collection on the QSA’s website:**** > > ** ** > > http://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/Image/ImageBasicSearch.aspx**** > > ** ** > > where it seems the older photos are labelled “Copyright expired” without > any requirement for attribution being mentioned. Not sure why there would > be this difference, but I guess it doesn’t matter too much either way for > loading onto Commons.**** > > ** ** > > Tip for the novice on the QSA website, there are 2 types of searches: one > on the catalogue and one on the digital collection. Make sure you are using > the “image search” (digital collection) and not the “archive search” (paper > collection), unfortunately the way they do the linking between pages can > sometimes switch you back into “archive search” mode and you wonder why you > can’t find something you found earlier.**** > > ** ** > > Kerry**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l > >
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