Wikimedia Commons

“ All collections should be searchable and accessible in an international, digital photo repository. Instead of spending on developing various new platforms for each institution, the ideal candidate for an independent, central imagebase that provides the widest possible reach is Wikimedia Commons. ”

“ Increases in traffic would usually only be temporary—perhaps indicating a sporadic in flux of curious users who were not actively researching the topic.
By contrast, collection items linked to Wikimedia projects were found and used more readily by the average web user. Over the years, editors not affiliated with the library had linked or uploaded collection items to Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. These links have more effectively brought these collections within reach of the average web user, and in the appropriate information-seeking context. ”

“ Files uploaded to Wikimedia Commons are visible as files (and can be used on pages just like local files) on all the Wikimedia projects (i.e. the various language versions of Wikipedia or of Wikisource) . Here on Wikisource the Mediawiki installation has a special extension (called ProofreadPage) that provides functionality specifically to support transcribing and hosting written works (books, magazines, etc.) . ”

“ Most crucially, for working with GLAM organisations, I would recommend increasing the visibility of tools available for the measurement of Wikimedia/Wikipedia content, and would certainly strongly recommend the development of tools with more extensive functionality and with a wider remit than Wikimedia projects alone. To be able to track the impact of content that has been used outside of Wikipedia articles but has come from Wikimedia Commons would be incredibly valuable for providing encouraging statistics to GLAMs who have collaborated or are working to make a case for collaboration. ”

“ The community around our image database, which is called Wikimedia Commons, are very aware of copyright and follow a very strict interpretation of it. These particular people on the internet care a great deal about copyright and correctly identifying public domain, and I'm convinced that the vast majority of images is tagged correctly. ”

“ All this other talk is only about options if Commons starts deleting the scans.--BirgitteSB 14:02, 23 June 2006 (UTC) Based on the above I checked the commons policy on what they include. It reads:
Wikimedia Commons is targeted at media files including photographs, diagrams, animations, music, spoken text and video clips. Wikimedia Commons does not contain text articles like encyclopedia articles, textbooks, news, word definitions and such. Each of these other kinds of content have their own projects: Wikipedia, Wikibooks, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wiktionary and Wikiquote. ”

“ Aims and Objectives Current estimations suggest that the Library holds between 17 and 21 million items in its collection. Initial concepts for an ideal outcome of the Wikimedian-in-Residence programme at the NLS included the opening up of access to these sources by uploading digitised copies to Wikisource or Wikimedia Commons in some cases, and by building strong links between Wikipedia and existing free online collections hosted by the NLS in others. ”

“ Over 890 images that have been rated Featured Pictures by the international Wikimedia Commons community in the past year are fighting to impress the highest number of voters. From professional animal and plants shots, over breathtaking panoramas and skylines, restorations of historically relevant images, images portraying world's best architecture, maps, emblems and diagrams created with the most modern technology and impressing human portrays, Commons features pictures for all flavours. ”

“ However, Wikidata is much more than a data resource. It is, first and foremost, an international community of volunteers who subscribe to the goal of making free knowledge available to the world. It shares this and other goals with the wider Wikimedia Movement [2] to which Wikidata belongs. Indeed, Wikidata is also a project (and website) of the Wikimedia Foundation, along with sister projects such as Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, backed by dedicated staff to create and maintain the infrastructure that enables the work of the community. ”

“ The only metadata fields created specifically for the Wikimedia Commons uploads were "Wiki_Permissions", in which the necessary license templates would be listed for that batch, and "gwtoolset-url-to-the-media-file", which listed the link to the image to be uploaded. Some unnecessary metadata fields, such as notes for NLS cataloguers, were scrubbed from the xml files for upload.
I test uploaded images from NLS collections on the Beta cluster approximately 3-4 times before attempting a live upload. ”

“ Once these steps are undertaken the image can be moved to Wikimedia Commons with the appropriate use and completion of the {{information}} template. The improved file can then be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons with an appropriate license tag allowable by that wiki.
This error message, however, is not helpful even when it does display at the intended time. Commons has a number of tools that make it better suited than Wikisource to adjusting descriptions, file names, etc., in many cases. And users may have their own reasons to prefer to do that work on Commons rather than Wikisource. ”

“ Wikimedia is open to collaboration with GLAMs and many institutions are already uploading their collections to the site including the Digital Public Library of America4, the Cultureel Erfgoed5 and the National Archives of Brazil.6 By using Commons, institutions will also benefit: the platform runs on a free and flexible software where photos can be described and categorised using structured data. Utilising the participation of a large and diverse community in catalogising, tagging, publicising and even researching can save time and cut costs. ”

“ The aim was to set in place a method by which members of the Digital Access team could easily be given access to and training on the tools necessary to upload digital content from future digitisation projects onto Wikimedia Commons on an ongoing basis. XML metadata files specific to the batch upload process were created for the identified content and metadata mapping .json files created for the toolset, and the content was test-uploaded on the Wikimedia Commons Beta Cluster (see Procedure, below) . ”

“ The wind blows on Wikimedia Commons Wikimedia Commons is like the wind, and I feel like I am peeing against it . . . . and getting wet in the process. It seems that there is no one of any kind of authority on Wikimedia Commons, I got into arguments regarding Google notices, where the documents were marked for deletion. Should I upload these documents to Wikisource before they are deleted? — Ineuw talk 17:03, 20 September 2014 (UTC)
IMHO, Commons is Shai-Hulud, a great worm of Arrakis. The machinery is unstoppable. ”

“ Building on the momentum of the GLAM-WIKI conference in Australia in August 2009, this workshop was thought important enough by Museums and the Web conference organizers Jennifer Trant and David Bearman to be given an entire day at the prestigious international conference and had the goal of "exploring and developing policies that will enable museums to better contribute to and use Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons, and for the Wikimedia community to benefit from the expertise in museums." ”

“ By sharing your work on Wikimedia Commons, you grant anyone permission to use, copy, modify, and sell it without notifying you.
We can’t accept works created or inspired by others By default, you can't upload someone else's work. ”

“ Using Commons would provide an immediate opportunity to release cultural heritage for the public while still allowing the long-term development of different digital archives for institutional and preservational purposes.3 Operated by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, Commons is a community managed, open and free multilanguage platform. It provides access to millions of people by sharing images under open licences. Wikipedias of all languages are using Commons to illustrate their articles, and the photos appear on news sites, blogs, and research articles all over the world. ”

“ What you contribute to Wikipedia is free content and becomes part of the commons. It may be edited and reused by others under a free license. When you make an edit to Wikipedia, you're joining a community of hundreds of thousands of people—Wikipedians—who have freely contributed their knowledge to Wikipedia. What Wikipedians are doing has the potential to change the world. ”

“ Perform a Wikisource-specific search using an external engine, eg. Google Uploading the scan
⁠See also: Help:Adding images Usually, the DjVu or PDF file should be uploaded directly to Wikimedia Commons (one of Wikisource's sister sites that holds images and files for general use) . However, Commons chooses to respect the copyright laws of the home country of any work, which Wikisource does not. In cases where non-United States publications are in the public domain in the United States but not in their home countries, they should be uploaded directly to Wikisource instead. ”

“ Clearing up Wikimedia's media licensing policies Wikimedia Commons project scope Orphaned description An orphaned work is one whose copyright exists or may exist, but whose copyright holder is difficult or impossible to contact.
status Orphaned works are prohibited on Wikisource, which seeks to build a free content library. Although the copyrighted works may be freely exploited for the time being or in limited situations, the rights have nonetheless not granted and the works are not free. ”

“ If you want it to exist, you need to upload a PDF or DjVu to Wikimedia Commons at commons:Special:Upload. The second is a valid mainspace page that you have just created. If you wish to have a scan-backed work, you need to upload the original file to Commons, create the index and then add the text from the mainspace to the Page: pages. H:SIDE and H:INDEX can help you navigate this system. Inductiveload—talk/contribs 22:43, 29 October 2011 (UTC) Rendering a page in pdf I came Wikisource in response to a request at w:Wikipedia:Help desk#The Statement of Randolph Carter. ”

“ This is the first upload of each standalone image from the book, and the uploading, I use the tool http://toolserver.org/~luxo/derivativeFX/ and it allows most of the information management.
We try and put all images that are out of copyright there, as that allows them to be used for all Wikimedia projects, and that means for Wikisource, so it basically means that anything at Commons is a virtual library for Wikisource. — billinghurst sDrewth 16:12, 9 September 2010 (UTC) A virtual archive for a virtual library may be a better analogy. ”

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New features
The CommonsMetadata feature was added to all wikis. It creates metadata information about multimedia files (like their license) that can be read automatically by computer programs. It not only works for Commons, but for all wikis, and you can use it for files on your wiki by editing templates used to describe metadata. JavaScript code used on Wikimedia sites is now saved locally on your computer to load faster. ”

“ Discussions Wikiquote notability Belongs to jurisdiction Events/Blogs/Press Cambridge revisited II documents how you can query Wikidata and put the results on a map. Cambridge revisited V shows that maps have popups with texts generated on Wikidata statements and labels. The architecture of the Wikimedia storage of the meta data of media files discusses that integration of Commons is a subset of what we can achieve when we consider the whole of media files. ”

“ This photo has been hosted on Wikisource since 2006, and is used only on the uploader's userpage. The uploader has only ever made two edits on all Wikimedia projects - one to upload the photo and one to create the userpage. Even Commons accepts a small number of personal images for use by users who contribute in some way - is there any reason to keep this photo? It could have been moved to Commons but there is no license. Note: the file was unsuccessfully tagged for speedy deletion a few years ago. ”

“ Glossary edit summary A brief explanation of an edit to a Wikipedia page, which helps other contributors follow the development an article and understand the intention of the edit.
free license A public copyright license that ensures the freedom to use and study a work, to make and redistribute copies of it, to make changes and improvements, and to distribute derivative works, by any person for any purpose. Wikipedia—and each individual contribution to it—uses the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license, which is a free license. See | shortcut WP:CC-BY-SA to learn more. ”

“ Moreover, thematic or project focused communications provide platforms for highlighting the importance of institutional work in that field to local media.
Online programs for the Wikimedia community can also draw participation and collaboration with contributors outside of the geographical scope of the organization, especially on topics of broader interest than local history and culture. Typically, contribution campaigns focus on a theme or topic that the institutions offers digital collections on, and require a fair amount of online Wikimedia community skills. ”

“ The provision in 24 § first part 1 the copyright law, where the exemption in the authors exclusive rights are limited to depictions, does not give Wikimedia the right to from it's database with photographies of art works permanently placed on or by public places outdoors, transmit works by the internet to the public. Where the activity is done for a commercial purpose has no significance. ”