Not sure if this still works (disclosure: I work with Commons Machinery)
but we had a similar conversation regarding Flickr and some people on
twitter found this useful:
http://commonsmachinery.se/2014/02/copyrdf-addon-updates-oembed-site-rules/
On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 10:38 AM, Fæ wrote:
> On 1
I know that the real issue here is that most Flickr users have
absolutely no idea how to either find or change their licenses,
however two pragmatic technical pointers:
1. The flickrapi gives you back the licence based on a simple query
using the photo_id. I recently used this to double check lice
On 1 May 2014 06:04, Fæ wrote:
> 2. I use a bookmarklet to quickly find images that can be used on Commons:
Correction to bookmarklet:
javascript:(function(){if(%22%s%22.length==0){window.location=%22http://www.flickr.com/recent_activity.gne?days=1%22}else{window.location=%22http://www.flickr.com
I've found numerous images on Flickr which I've got on to the Commons.
Especially for Wikipedia Takes Chennai, back in 2009. It's sad that Yahoo
decided to screw up. Something needs to ensure that this is fixed ASAP.
Sent from the touchscreen equivalent of a Nokia 1100, pardon the sender.
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Creative Commons imagery in the world; now, thanks to a new design, it's
all but useless for serving and attributing the CC-licensed images it's
been entrusted with by museums, galleries, national archives, libraries,
and mil
Hi folks,
Here are our plans for the multimedia team’s next development cycle.
This 6-week cycle starts tomorrow, May 1, and ends on June 11 (second half of
fiscal Q4), and will include 6 weekly sprints. In this next cycle, we plan to
switch our focus to Upload Wizard and Technical Debt, while
