Commons-l February 2009

24 participants
21 discussions

Re: [Commons-l] [Foundation-l] dumps
by Samuel Klein 25 Feb '09

25 Feb '09

Copying the Commons list. I am interested in hosting (and running some scripts on) copies of the commons media dump on offline regional servers for offline-reading purposes. This is difficult without an image dump. The last time I looked, I was able to find an image dump from 2007? Now I have a hard time finding that... can someone help me out / point me to a recent torrent? My 300+G copy from 2007 was deleted in an unfortunate fileserver cleanup, by someone who said "hey, you can always download another copy later." Perhaps I waited too long... SJ On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 7:49 AM, River Tarnell <river(a)loreley.flyingparchment.org.uk> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > hi, > > currently the dump process is a bit broken. what is the > Foundation's position on this? < > (for an example of a problem, there is *no* successful enwiki dump at all on > download.wikimedia.org--the last 5 dumps, going back to 2008-03-12, all > failed.)

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Wikimania 2009: Call for Participation
by Casey Brown 22 Feb '09

22 Feb '09

Apologies in advanced for the cross-posting. :-) Please circulate this call among Wikimedia communities, researchers and other people that may be interested! This call is also online at http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/wiki/Call_for_Participation == Call for Participation == Wikimania is an annual global event devoted to Wikimedia projects around the globe (including Wikipedia, Wikibooks, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wiktionary, Wikiversity, Wikiquote, Wikispecies, and Wikimedia Commons). The conference is a community gathering, giving the editors and users of Wikimedia projects an opportunity to meet each other, exchange ideas, report on research and projects, and collaborate on the future of the projects. The conference is open to the public, and is a chance for educators, researchers, programmers and free culture activists who are interested in the Wikimedia projects to learn more and share ideas about the Wikimedia projects. This year's conference will be held from '''August 26-28''' in Buenos Aires, Argentina at '''San Martín Cultural Center'''. For more information, please visit the official Wikimania 2009 site at http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org. We are accepting submissions for presentations, workshops, panels, posters, open space discussions, and artistic works related to the Wikimedia projects or free content topics in general. Please carefully follow the submission guidelines below. === Important dates === * '''Submissions will open on:''' March 1 * '''Deadline for submitting workshop, panel, and presentation submissions:''' April 15 * '''Deadline for submitting posters, open space discussions, and artistic works:''' April 30 * '''Notification of acceptance of workshops, panels, presentations:''' May 15 * '''Notification of acceptance of posters, discussions, and artistic works:''' May 31 * '''Conference dates:''' August 26-28 === Themes and tracks === There are two tracks for submission: the '''Casual Track''', for members of wiki communities and interested observers to share their own experiences and thoughts and to present new ideas; and the '''Academic Track''', for research based on the methods of scientific studies exploring the social, content or technical aspects of Wikipedia, the other Wikimedia projects, or other massively collaborative works, as well as open and free content creation and community dynamics more generally. Submissions to either track should address one or more of the following themes: * '''"Wikimedia Communities,"''' including the topics of conflict resolution and community dynamics; reputation and identity; multi-lingualism and languages and cultures. * '''"Free Knowledge,"''' including open access to information; ways to gather and distribute free knowledge, use of the Wikimedia projects in education, journalism, research; ways to improve content quality and usability. * '''"Latin American challenges,"''' centering on efforts and limitations for expanding the reach of Wikimedia projects in Latin America; promotion of projects in Native American languages; specific problems of the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking Wikimedia communities. * '''"Technical infrastructure,"''' including issues related to MediaWiki development and extensions; Wikimedia's technical infrastructure; and new ideas for development. Papers should be of interest to members of the Wikimedia communities, and fit within one of the themes above. === Types of Submissions === We are seeking submissions for: * '''Presentations''' (10–30 minute talks with discussion afterwards) :* This type of submission is appropriate for presenting substantial research or community projects * '''Workshops''' (60–120 minute session with a discussion leader and more audience involvement) :* This type of submission is appropriate for sessions designed to teach a specific subject or explore it in depth * '''Panels''' (group of 2-5 speakers to discuss aspects of a topic with audience questions, 45-90 minute sessions) :* This type of submission is appropriate for discussions on a topic of wide interest among community members, with several participants who may be presenting their work. For less formal discussions of limited interest, consider an open space discussion instead. * '''Open space discussions''' (informal discussion on a specific topic; the discussion leader helps moderate the conversation but the session is open to anyone interested to join in) :* This type of submission is good for a topic that several participants want to discuss or brainstorm about in an informal setting * '''Posters''' (printed visual displays that can stand on their own, with no associated presentation) :* This type of submission is good for presenting research in progress, or smaller community projects * '''Artistic works''' (plays, competitions, comedy, visualizations, displays or other representations of some aspect of the projects) :* This type of submission is good for showing creativity or showcasing beautiful work about the projects. In addition there will be the chance to give lightning talks, which are 5-minute short presentations. Lightning talk sessions will be organized on the Wikimania 2009 wiki shortly before the conference begins, without any need to submit them via the submission system. These talks are best for those who want to quickly present an idea or project without giving a formal presentation. These are informal talks that are open to everyone to participate in. === Submission Guidelines === Wikimania is organized by volunteers, so please help us minimize wasted effort by submitting via the submission system and following these guidelines. All submissions MUST include the following: # '''Event title:''' an English or Spanish title. # '''Abstract:''' a short English or Spanish abstract of your event in 50 to 100 words. The abstract will be used for the public schedule. # '''Themes and track:''' list the track you wish to submit to (Casual or Academic) and the single theme you think your submission fits in best (Wikimedia Communities, Free Knowledge, Latin American challenges, Technical infrastructure). Note that posters and artistic works have their own track in the submission system. # '''Information about the speaker:''' full name, email, and a short biography. # '''Submission file:''' A plain text, PDF or OpenDocument file, in English or Spanish, containing: #* '''A long description of the submission''', in English or Spanish that can be used for reviewing, not to exceed 1000 words. Please give an overview of the areas to be covered or taught. State clearly the relevance to the Wikimedia projects and whether submission concerns a specific wiki project. You can also include links, Include graphics an diagrams if they do not exceed one page. #* '''Event type:''' please state if the event is a presentation, workshop, panel, open space discussion, poster, or artistic work; if a presentation or panel, whether the presentation is expected to be a certain length. #* '''For panel submissions only:''' name of a suggested moderator and short biographies of each suggested panelist #* '''Language:''' list the language you plan to present in. The conference will be bilingual in English and Spanish. #* '''Special requirements:''' list any special requirements, including any equipment. In the "Comments for conference director" field you should tell us whether you will attend to Wikimania (a) surely, (b) probably, (c) only if your submission is accepted, or (d) only if we provide travel and/or accommodation. You can also add yourself to the public list of attendees at the Wikimania 2009 wiki: http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/wiki/Attendees Please note that all submissions must be dual licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License version 1.2 or later ''and'' the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 3.0! By submitting for Wikimania 2009 you agree to this condition. ===Submissions=== Once you are sure you have included all of the required information, please send your submission before the respective deadline through our '''submission system''': http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submission If you have further questions, email wikimania-program(a)wikimedia.org (in English or Spanish).

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photographer needed in LA on sunday. Anybody
by bawolff 20 Feb '09

20 Feb '09

[warning, cross-posted to wikinews-l and commons-l. This was previously on WC. reposting so that more people see.] Hi folks. Zaninum has access to the Oscars, but we don't have a photographer. Obviously it would be good for both commons and wikinews to have someone there. Any takers. See http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Water_cooler/assistance#Los_Angeles_ph… . An ad on craiglist was also posted (Its copied below): ----- Wikinews has red carpet access to the The Hollywood Reporter/Children Uniting Nations Oscar viewing and afterparty. Its being held at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, this Sunday afternoon and evening. We need a volunteer photographer for this event (Wikipedia, Wikimedia, Wikinews are all charitable foundations) to attend and take photos on our behalf. These photos will be used on Wikinews, and you will receive a paragraph of credit in the Wikinews article, including a link to your portfolio website. The images will also be used on Wikipedia, where you will receive credit on the image's description page. Images must be released as CC-BY-3.0, meaning they can be used freely, so long as you receive credit, as the photographer. According to the press release, "This year, DJ AM, the Jabbawockeez and Doug E. Fresh will keep the guests on their feet and in the mood to celebrate and join hosts comedian Tommy Davidson and Fox 11's reporter/journalist Christine Divine. Confirmed guests include: Jane Seymour (Dr. Quinn), Stephen Dorff, Garcelle Beauvais (NYPD Blue, The Jamie Foxx Show), Camryn Manheim (The Practice, Ghost Whisperer), Christina Milian, additional attending guests, performers and honorees will be announced shortly." Also on the guest list is Ari Folman, whose Waltz with Bashir film is nominated for the Best Animated Film. Previous years our photographers have got photographs of Christina Milian, Ice-T, DMC of Run-DMC, Tommy Davidson, Gary Busey, Cheryl Burke, Julianne Hough, Tom Arnold, Buzz Aldrin, Drew Lachey, Mickey Rooney, David Faustino, Mitchell Musso, Lainie Kazan, Kay Panabaker, Bruce Davison, David Faustino, Nick Carter, Rosie Perez, and many more. http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Billboard_holds_benefit_Oscar_party_for_Childre… http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Oscar%27s_after_parties_include_Children_Unitin… ----- Anyways, if you're interested please tell Zaninum -cheers, Bawolff

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Astronomy Images Recognition
by Eugene Zelenko 19 Feb '09

19 Feb '09

Hi! Just read on Slashdot about http://astrometry.net - service which recognize astronomical objects ob photos placed on Flickr (http://code.flickr.com/blog/2009/02/18/found-in-space/). May be we should invite folks to help us organize astronomy section? Eugene.

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Fwd: [Wikitech-l] Wider trials of Abuse Filter
by Brianna Laugher 19 Feb '09

19 Feb '09

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Andrew Garrett <andrew(a)werdn.us> Date: 2009/2/20 Subject: [Wikitech-l] Wider trials of Abuse Filter To: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hi all, After a few weeks on test.wikipedia.org, the Abuse Filter is rolling out for wider testing. For the moment, it's active on MediaWiki.org, but we're interested in deploying it to other small projects interested in targetting pattern vandalism. The Abuse Filter extension allows very specific rules to be defined about the sorts of edits that may be made. It can take actions in response to edits ranging from simple tagging of an edit with a special mark indicating it needs extra attention, all the way up to emergency desysopping. Projects can ask for any subset, or all of these actions to be enabled on their wiki, and for advanced permissions to be required to use the higher-level ones. The extension includes considerable useful tools for testing and debugging filters, and for evaluating their performance. A study last year indicated that a particular filter, if applied in August 2007, would have blocked 60% of all page-move vandalism on English Wikipedia over the subsequent year, with just five false positives (0.6%). Primarily we're looking at the performance impact of the extension, so English Wikipedia (which the extension was written for) can't quite have it yet (as we're not sure that it will perform adequately under such high load). If other medium or small projects such as Meta, Commons, Wiktionary, Wikibooks, Wikisource and similar are interested in deploying this extension, they're free to develop a rough consensus and request deployment on Bugzilla. If, after a few weeks, we find that the extension seems to work fine, we can hopefully deploy it on English Wikipedia (hooray!). Thanks! -- Andrew Garrett _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/

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Fwd: Open Video Conference: Call for proposals
by Brianna Laugher 19 Feb '09

19 Feb '09

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Elizabeth Stark <emstark(a)gmail.com> Date: 2009/2/20 Subject: [Commons-research] Open Video Conference: Call for proposals To: commons-research(a)lists.ibiblio.org Please spread the word about this event we're organizing to launch an international movement for open video, and let me know if you have any questions. -------------------------------------------------- Please circulate this notice far and wide. Open Video Conference: call for proposals ** Submission deadline: March 19 ** We are now accepting proposals for panels, workshop sessions, demo sessions, and other programming for the inaugural Open Video Conference in New York. Join us and over 400 participants during our groundbreaking two-day conference and make your imprint on the online video space. Visit http://openvideoalliance.org/proposals/ to make a submission. Open Video Conference June 19-20, 2009 New York City 40 Washington Square South (NYU Law School) The Open Video Conference The conference is a co-production of the Yale Law School Information Society Project, the Participatory Culture Foundation, Kaltura, and iCommons. The conference will feature talks from internet luminaries, panels and discussions, screenings of video art, and demonstrations of the newest internet video technology. We expect more than 400 participants. Here are some goals for the gathering: 1. Bring together stakeholders in the online video space (video makers, coders, lawyers, academics, entrepreneurs, etc.) for cross-pollination and development of the Open Video movement. 2. Raise public interest and awareness around the Principles for an Open Video Ecosystem, a community effort to define best practices in online video. 3. Raise the public profile of video creators and artists working in the online space. What Types of Proposals are You Seeking? We are requesting proposals and ideas for panels, presentations, workshops, and other sessions that will address how we can shape online video and the public debates around the medium. Proposals may be intended for the main conference track, or for more focused unconference-style sessions. Proposal topics may be legal, technical, or cultural in focus, though we encourage proposals in all relevant areas. The more complete and fleshed out a proposal, the more likely it will be accepted—but we welcome the submission of all good ideas. We are also seeking submissions of video art to showcase the creative potential of artists in the open video space. To submit a proposal or idea for Open Video, please visit http://openvideoalliance.org/proposals/. The deadline for submissions is March 19, 2009. If you have any questions about the Alliance, the conference, or the submission process, please contact Ben Moskowitz at conference(a)openvideoalliance.org . Why is Open Video Important? YouTube and other online video applications are rightly celebrated for empowering end-users; however, online video lacks some of the essential qualities that make text and images on the web such powerful tools for free speech and technical innovation. Email, blogs, and other staples of the open web rely on ubiquitous and interoperable technologies that have low barriers to entry; they are massively decentralized and resistant to censorship or regulation. Video, meanwhile, relies on centralized distribution and proprietary technologies which can threaten cultural discourse and innovation. Open Video is the growing movement for transparency, interoperability, and participation in online video. These qualities provide more fertile ground for bottom-up innovation and greater protection for free speech online. Many organizations are already taking steps to change the nature of video on the web: Mozilla is moving to support open video formats in Firefox, the Participatory Culture Foundation promotes open source and standards in video publishing and distribution, and Wikipedia has increased its focus on the open Theora codec. About the Open Video Alliance The Open Video Alliance is a coalition of leading organizations dedicated to fostering the growth of open infrastructure, tools, and standards for the online video medium. Yale Law School's Information Society Project hosted a stakeholder meeting on October 31st, 2008; representatives from nearly 30 organizations convened to discuss common goals for technologists, maker communities, and legal experts. For more information, see http://openvideoalliance.org. _______________________________________________ OVA-Announce mailing list OVA-Announce(a)lists.openvideoalliance.org http://lists.openvideoalliance.org/listinfo.cgi/ova-announce-openvideoallia… _______________________________________________ Commons-research mailing list Commons-research(a)lists.ibiblio.org http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-research -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/

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Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year 2008 voting now open
by Brianna Laugher 18 Feb '09

18 Feb '09

Hi, I didn't see it announced yet, so here goes - voting for the 2008 Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year is now open. <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2008> Voting eligibility: all Wikimedians who were registered before 1 January 2009 and with at least 200 edits on any Wikimedia project (at time of voting) Voting period: Round 1 closes on Feb 26. Images: There are 501 images, which were made Featured Pictures during 2008. They are arranged into 11 categories (14 galleries). The top 10% from each category will go to Round 2, the final round. There will be category winners as well as the overall "picture of the year". More coverage: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2009-02-16/Common…> cheers, Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment: http://modernthings.org/

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Fwd: [Wikitech-l] Email notification
by Huib Laurens 16 Feb '09

16 Feb '09

About the mail spam. Best regards, Huib ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Tim Starling <tstarling(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:18:02 +1100 Subject: [Wikitech-l] Email notification To: wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org I've deleted all the slow refreshLinks2 jobs which have apparently been preventing the job queue from making any headway for the last few months. Some people report that they have received hundreds of edit notification emails in the last few hours, due to the months of backlog now being cleared. -- Tim Starling _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l -- Leave nothing but footprints, take nothing but pictures http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:SterkeBak

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Re: [Commons-l] Policy
by Gerard Meijssen 15 Feb '09

15 Feb '09

Hoi, The notion that you "have to" desysop people when they are inactive is a falacy on several levels. When people are trusted, they can imho be an admin. In many ways it is an old debate but the difference is that you delete people. Thanks, GerardM 2009/2/15 <abigor(a)forgotten-beauty.com> > Hello, > > > > I need some information I can't really fin don Commons. > > > > We have a policy that says you have to do 5 admin actions in 6 months to > keep your adminship, we have sererval users that doesn't have any admin > actions for more than a year, can those user be desysoped on Meta or is > there a other policy? > > > > Best regards, > > Huiv > > _______________________________________________ > Commons-l mailing list > Commons-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l > >

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Policy
by abigor＠forgotten-beauty.com 15 Feb '09

15 Feb '09

Hello, I need some information I can't really fin don Commons. We have a policy that says you have to do 5 admin actions in 6 months to keep your adminship, we have sererval users that doesn't have any admin actions for more than a year, can those user be desysoped on Meta or is there a other policy? Best regards, Huiv

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