Hi Kerry and all (esp Queenslanders), I've now done a batch upload of everything marked as "copyright expired" (~4600 images). The Commons category is here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Photographic_material_from_the_Queensland_State_Archives I'd appreciate any help in categorization. Toby
On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 2:18 PM, Toby Hudson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > <[email protected]>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 >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l >> >> >
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