I believe this is particular interesting considering the fact that sometimes you appear in some of the pictures.
I hope it would solve most of the challenges we go through with that. Thanks On 25 April 2017 at 19:41, Sam Oye <[email protected]> wrote: > This is a very useful information. Thanks for sharing! > > > Sam. > ------------------------------ > *From:* African-Wikimedians <african-wikimedians-bounces@ > lists.wikimedia.org> on behalf of Isaac Olatunde <[email protected] > > > *Sent:* 25 April 2017 20:06:24 > *To:* Mailing list for African Wikimedians > *Subject:* [African Wikimedians] Attributing Images to User Group > > Greetings, > > I am happy to draw the attention of active Wikimedia User Group in Africa > to a just concluded discussion on Wikimedia Commons where it was > established that images taken by community members at Wikimedia events may > be attributed to the user group provided all the photographers (who are > community members) agree to it rather than wrongly uploading them as "Own > work" by the organizers.[1] > > There are cases where organizers of Wikimedia event upload images taken at > the event as 'Own work" when they are clearly not the photographer who took > those images (such as the Iranian Wikimedia User Group issue that led to > the discussion). When told to correctly attribute the works, they sometimes > say " My camera was used, so I am the copyright holder" , " I organized the > event" or "The images were taken by some members of the user group and I > don't know who took XYZ images" . Yes, this is possible if different people > were asked to take images either with their personal camera or equipment > belonging to the organizers. Regrettably, these images usually get > nominated for deletions by Commons's user per the community precautionary > principle (COM:PRP) if not properly attributed [2] > > In the course of the discussion I noted above, a user created a template > for Iranian Wikimedia User Group which was really useful in resolving the > aforementioned copyright issue. I am drawing the attention representatives > of user groups to this template with the hope that they can adopt it and > use it when a case like this occur. > > > Regards, > > Isaac. > > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Administrators'_ > noticeboard/User_problems#Photos_by_Iranian_Wikimedians_User_Group [1] > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Iranian_Wikimedians_User_Group > [2] > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > -- Justice Okai-Allotey Mobile: +233 (054) 039 4970 |Social Media Lead - Wikimedia Ghana User Group <https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaGhanaUG/>| |Linkedin: Justice Okai-Allotey <https://www.linkedin.com/in/justice-okai-allotey-306b6354?trk=hp-identity-name> | Facebook: Justice Okai-Allotey <https://www.facebook.com/wyzzlewany> | Twitter: @Owula_Kpakpo <https://twitter.com/Owula_Kpakpo> | |Website: wyzzlewany.wordpress.com|
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