Hoi,
Is Commonist localised ? Is it usable in a Persian context ?
When you look for images on Google in other languages, you will not be well
served. This is something where Commons can make a difference. I have shown
that we can do this.. It takes a lot of commitment and more money then I
have to make this happen. Even when you PROVE that we can do this, it does
not mean that it has any priority.
I know that we can have many more material on Commons. One BIG reason why
Commons underperforms is because it is in effect not a multilingual project.
Thanks,
GerardM
2009/1/14 Matthew Flaschen <[email protected]>
> Gerard Meijssen wrote:
> > Hoi,
> > The other day I blogged about a Wikimedian in Iran who is sitting on 5Gb
> > of images
>
> I am curious as to the nature of that 5 GB
>
> > and it is too much of a pain for him to upload it.
>
> Can you clarify? Uploading ~1000 images is bound to be /tedious/, but
> it's not /difficult/ with something like Commonist
> (http://www.djini.de/software/commonist/)
>
> > If Google is to become usable, it needs to support languages like
> > Persian, Gujarati, Amharic to make the images we have available to all
> > of our community.
>
> I think you're in the wrong place to suggest changes to Google.
>
> > Given that Commons has only 3.7 million files is hardly a sign of its
> > success, compare it to Flickr and you see what the "competition" is
> doing.
>
> This comparison makes no sense. The vast majority of the images on
> Flickr are illegal, non-free, non-educational, or all three. Commons
> does not want those images. There are a small subset that are
> appropriate for Commons, and editors (including me) work on bringing
> them over.
>
> Matt Flaschen
>
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