Re: [Commons-l] threat to future

2019-02-15 Thread WereSpielChequers via Commons-l
I don't see declining camera sales as a threat to our future. Yes cameras on smartphones have replaced or will replace cameras for most people. But with all due respect, are we interested in pictures from most people? Or do we prefer pictures from people who consider photography to be one of

[Commons-l] Finding articles without photographs near your current location.

2016-02-16 Thread WereSpielChequers
I've just been introduced to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Nearby which lists articles near your current location and from the thumbnail it is fairly obvious whether it has an image or not. Has anyone tried using this in outreach to photographers? WereSpielchequers

[Commons-l] refresh rate

2015-10-20 Thread WereSpielChequers
Hi, has someone changed something on commons to slow the rate at which things show up when you create categories and so forth? There was a thread on the cultural partners list about who could and could not see images in a new category of UNESCO videos uploaded, and now I'm finding when I

Re: [Commons-l] translation of categories

2012-07-23 Thread WereSpielChequers
Message: 2 Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 10:50:14 +0200 From: Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com To: bawolff...@gmail.com, Wikimedia Commons Discussion List commons-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Commons-l] translation of categories Message-ID: 5007ca46.6040...@gmail.com

Re: [Commons-l] Moving forwards (Was Does Commons have a policy of violating UK copyright?)

2012-07-09 Thread WereSpielChequers
-- Message: 4 Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 10:42:25 +0100 From: Adam Cuerden cuer...@gmail.com To: commons-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Commons-l] Moving forwards (Was Does Commons have a policy of violating UK copyright?) Message-ID:

[Commons-l] The categorisation backlog

2012-02-26 Thread WereSpielChequers
think we'll see the backlog reduce quite noticeably. Regards WereSpielChequers ___ Commons-l mailing list Commons-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l

Re: [Commons-l] Commons search function vs. Google

2011-10-11 Thread WereSpielChequers
suspect the search results will change. WereSpielChequers ___ Commons-l mailing list Commons-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l