Commons-l March 2016

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Picture of the Year | 2015 | voting open
by Steinsplitter Wiki 31 Mar '16

31 Mar '16

Dear Wikimedians, We are happy to announce that the 2015 Picture of the Year competition is now open. Hundreds of images that have been rated Featured Pictures by the international Wikimedia Commons community. From professional animal and plant shots to breathtaking panoramas and skylines, restorations of historically relevant images, images portraying the world's best architecture, maps, emblems, diagrams created with the most modern technology, and impressive human portraits, Commons features pictures of all flavors. For your convenience, we have sorted the images into topic categories. Two rounds of voting will be held: In the first round, you can vote for as many images as you like. The first round category winners and the top ten overall will then make it to the final. In the final round, when a limited number of images are left, you must decide on the one image that you want to become the Picture of the Year. Users must vote with an account meeting following requirements: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2015/Rules To see the candidate images just go to the POTY 2015 page on Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2015 Round 1 will end 10 April 2016. Thanks, POTY 2015 committee

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by idea pc 27 Mar '16

27 Mar '16

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Crowdfunding campaign for User:Rehman
by Azeez Abubakr 09 Mar '16

09 Mar '16

Hello everyone, Cross-posting User:Odder's message from Commons VP: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump#Crowdfunding_campai… <quote> Hi everyone, just as I did with the crowdfunding campaign for Jee, I think it important to let you know that a crowdfunding campaign is currently running to support one of our contributors, photographers and administrators, Rehman; Azeez is the organiser and author of a truly fabulous video presenting Rehman's work on energy-related subjects in Sri Lanka. The campaign is being run on Indiegogo's Generosity site, and was co-ordinated at User talk:Rehman/Campaign (in case anyone wants to comment). I'm sure that Rehman will deeply appreciate even the tiniest of donations, if anyone is willing to support his campaign. odder (talk) 22:07, 25 February 2016 (UTC) <unquote> Thank you, User:Azeez

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Camera insurance
by Pine W 07 Mar '16

07 Mar '16

For those Wikimedians with cameras, particularly for those who go to conferences like Wikimania where I believe that camera theft has happened in the past, I'd like to make the suggestion that you consider purchasing insurance for your cameras, lenses, and any related gear. If you have homeowner's or renter's insurance then you may be able to purchase supplemental coverage for your camera that will travel with you outside of your home, possibly including international travel. Take care, Pine

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Re: [Commons-l] [WikimediaMobile] IEG proposal: Improve Upload to Commons Android app
by Josephine Lim 04 Mar '16

04 Mar '16

Awesome, thanks Jordan! :) On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 5:57 PM, Jordan Adler <jmadler(a)google.com> wrote: > Super cool. Ping me when you get to phase 3 :) > > On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 8:45 PM Josephine Lim <josephinelim86(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> >> I've been working on the Upload to Commons Android app[1] for the past >> few months as an Outreachy project (which was recently completed >> successfully[2] :)). A few changes were made to the app to make >> categorization of pictures easier, via suggestion of nearby categories and >> more flexible category search. However, there are lots of improvements >> (documented on our GitHub page[3]) that we couldn't fit into the scope of >> the Outreachy project. I would love to be able to continue working on the >> app to improve it further - hence an IEG proposal. >> >> My IEG proposal for the app involves: >> - Fixing long-standing bugs and looking into old crash reports to try and >> prevent them from recurring, to provide a smoother user experience >> - Making several enhancements to the app to make it more user-friendly >> and newbie-friendly, new location-based features (e.g. a list of nearby >> articles lacking pictures), and further enhancing categorization. >> - Increasing awareness of non-Wikimedians about this app to grow the >> contributor base >> >> Several of the proposed features are based on previous suggestions by >> users, and I would very much appreciate more feedback and suggestions! If >> you are interested, please do take a look at the current proposal[4], feel >> free to ask questions and make new suggestions on the Discussion page, and >> review it as you see fit. If you would like to be part of the project, >> volunteers and additional advisors are always welcome. >> >> Thank you so much! >> >> [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fr.free.nrw.commons >> [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T126848 >> [3] https://github.com/nicolas-raoul/apps-android-commons/issues >> [4] >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Improve_%27Upload_to_Commons%27_… >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Josephine >> _______________________________________________ >> Mobile-l mailing list >> Mobile-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l >> > -- Regards, Josephine

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IEG proposal: Improve Upload to Commons Android app
by Josephine Lim 04 Mar '16

04 Mar '16

Hi folks, I've been working on the Upload to Commons Android app[1] for the past few months as an Outreachy project (which was recently completed successfully[2] :)). A few changes were made to the app to make categorization of pictures easier, via suggestion of nearby categories and more flexible category search. However, there are lots of improvements (documented on our GitHub page[3]) that we couldn't fit into the scope of the Outreachy project. I would love to be able to continue working on the app to improve it further - hence an IEG proposal. My IEG proposal for the app involves: - Fixing long-standing bugs and looking into old crash reports to try and prevent them from recurring, to provide a smoother user experience - Making several enhancements to the app to make it more user-friendly and newbie-friendly, new location-based features (e.g. a list of nearby articles lacking pictures), and further enhancing categorization. - Increasing awareness of non-Wikimedians about this app to grow the contributor base Several of the proposed features are based on previous suggestions by users, and I would very much appreciate more feedback and suggestions! If you are interested, please do take a look at the current proposal[4], feel free to ask questions and make new suggestions on the Discussion page, and review it as you see fit. If you would like to be part of the project, volunteers and additional advisors are always welcome. Thank you so much! [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fr.free.nrw.commons [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T126848 [3] https://github.com/nicolas-raoul/apps-android-commons/issues [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Improve_%27Upload_to_Commons%27_… -- Regards, Josephine

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Crowdfunding for user Jacek Halicki
by Diego Delso 01 Mar '16

01 Mar '16

Hi, ...in the case that somebody wants to make a contribution: there is a new crowdfunding campaign started to help Jacek with a new computer for the processing of his pictures. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-jacek-halicki-buy-a-new-computer--2… Jacek has uploaded over 9000 pictures since september 2012 and is one of the most active users in QI, VI and FP delivering quality content from Poland. If you don't know him here is an entry about him in the WM Blog: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/05/08/there-are-no-barriers-to-free-knowledg… Cheers, Diego

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Is commons Healthy?
by Nkansah Rexford 01 Mar '16

01 Mar '16

Common pages show, images keep loading forever. Status message is, "Sending Request". Its been so for the past 10 minutes. Commons (multimedia division) #downrightnow? -- +Rexford <http://google.com/+Nkansahrexford> | khophi.co

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