Great news! 2017-04-26 7:10 GMT+00:00 Florence Devouard <[email protected]>:
> This is a very useful information. Thank you for it Isaac. > > Flo > > Le 25/04/2017 à 21:06, Isaac Olatunde a écrit : > > 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 > [email protected]https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > >
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