Re: [Wikimedia-l] Giving Commons a bigger public

2020-05-24 Thread Hay (Husky)
Hey everyone, first of all, thanks for all the compliments on my tool! I'm really glad that people think it is of use. First of all, i made a couple of updates to the tool, including adding i18n support, category search and links to Petscan. I've posted an update on Twitter:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why we changed

2016-02-22 Thread Hay (Husky)
more than 26 million people who have had the courage in the last fifteen years to press the 'edit' button and voluntarily gave their time and knowledge for the common good. When major decisions are made, we should be very sure that they benefit those people. Best, -- Hay / Husky On Mon, Feb 22, 201

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Public Domain Day

2014-01-06 Thread Hay (Husky)
@Jane: Yes, that's pretty much correct. The URAA is a pain in the *** if you know what i mean. For example, virtually all works by Theo van Doesburg are not usable on Commons because they're painted after 1923, even though in the Netherlands his works have been PD since 2002. On Fri, Jan 3, 2014

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [cultural-partners] When was the first...? Your input is needed

2013-11-11 Thread Hay (Husky)
On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 10:39 PM, Ryan Kaldari rkald...@wikimedia.org wrote: The first Wiki photo competition (that I'm aware of) was Wikipedia Takes Manhattan in Spring 2008. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Manhattan/Spring_2008 The first big photo competition was Wiki

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia redefined -- typography and UX and such

2012-08-07 Thread Hay (Husky)
Yup, i think it's pretty nice. I especially like the 'edit' modus with the live edit view. And the colored bars on the top of the main page indicating the number of articles in a certain language. -- Hay On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 11:47 PM, Michel Vuijlsteke wikipe...@zog.org wrote: Well, it's