[Commons-l] POTY 2019 Results

2020-05-01 Thread Steinsplitter Wiki via Commons-l
Hello, The results of POTY 2019 are in: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2019/Results Best, Steinsplitter for the Picture of the Year 2019 Committee P.S. We need someone with a flickr account to notify the winner. Anybody? 

[Commons-l] Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year 2019 competition is now open

2020-03-16 Thread Steinsplitter Wiki via Commons-l
Dear Wikimedians, We are happy to announce that the 2019 Picture of the Year competition is now open. The Commons Picture of the Year is a competition that was first run in 2006. It aims to identify the best freely licensed images from those that during the year have been awarded Featured

[Commons-l] Picture of the Year 2018: The results are in!

2019-03-25 Thread Steinsplitter Wiki via Commons-l
Dear Wikimedians, The 2018 Picture of the Year competition has ended and we are pleased to announce the results: In both rounds, people voted for their favorite media files. * In the first round, there were 963 candidate images. * In the second round, people voted for the 57 finalists

[Commons-l] Picture of the Year | 2018 | round 2 voting open

2019-03-05 Thread Steinsplitter Wiki via Commons-l
Dear Wikimedians, We are happy to announce that the second round of the 2018 Picture of the Year (twelfth edition!) competition is now open. In the second and current round, you may vote for up to 3 finalists you like. Each of these 3 votes counts equal and one candidate must be only voted

[Commons-l] Picture of the Year | 2018 | round 1 voting open

2019-02-05 Thread Steinsplitter Wiki via Commons-l
Dear Wikimedians, We are happy to announce that the 2018 Picture of the Year competition is now open. This is the thirteenth edition of POTY. Wikimedia users are invited to vote for their favorite images featured on Commons (FP) during the year 2018, to produce a single Picture of the Year.

[Commons-l] Update Reiss Engelhorn Museum

2018-12-20 Thread Steinsplitter Wiki via Commons-l
Hello, Update regarding the court case Reiss Engelhorn Museum vs Wikimedia Commons user. The lawsuit concerns copyright claims related to 17 images of the museum’s public domain works of art, which have been uploaded to Wikimedia Commons. The Federal Court of Justice ruled against the

[Commons-l] FW: [Wikimedia-l] +28K images freed from Israel archives and uploaded to commons

2018-11-14 Thread Steinsplitter Wiki via Commons-l
__ FORWARDED MAIL START FROM: Wikimedia-l via mata...@foss.co.il TO: wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org TOPIC: [Wikimedia-l] +28K images freed from Israel archives and uploaded to commons Hello, It is a great pleasure for me to let you all know that

Re: [Commons-l] new blog post: interview with designer George Oates about Wikimedia Commons

2018-10-31 Thread Steinsplitter Wiki via Commons-l
Sorry, i have to correct: everything --> a few things [Edit button missing ;)] Von: Commons-l im Auftrag von Steinsplitter Wiki via Commons-l Gesendet: Mittwoch, 31. Oktober 2018 14:22 An: Wikimedia Commons Discussion List Betreff: Re: [Commons-l] new b

Re: [Commons-l] new blog post: interview with designer George Oates about Wikimedia Commons

2018-10-31 Thread Steinsplitter Wiki via Commons-l
Agree with Federico. Additionally: Wondering why a single person is getting consulted, generally onwiki is the best way to get feedback (at least it was done so for over a decade). Imho the blogpost is biased, i don't agree with everything what is written there. Is she even active on

Re: [Commons-l] Marshall Islands Copyright Law

2018-07-09 Thread Steinsplitter Wiki via Commons-l
Hello, This should probably be discussed here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump/Copyright Where is the template located? There are IP related laws at the Marshall Islands, see http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/profile.jsp?code=MH Best, Steinsplitter

[Commons-l] Wikimedia Commons 2017 Picture of the Year competition is now open

2018-06-12 Thread Steinsplitter Wiki via Commons-l
Dear Wikimedians, We are happy to announce that the 2017 Picture of the Year competition is now open. Picture of the Year 2017 is the twelfth edition of the annual Wikimedia Commons image competition, which recognizes exceptional contributions by users on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia users