Greetings, What made me happy this week was the establishment of Wikimedia Hub in two academic institutions in Nigeria, University of Ibadan and Nigeria Institute of Journalism. I want to thank members of my community (Wikimedia User Group Nigeria) who made this happened.
Regards, Isaac https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/05/02/digest-women-in-red/ On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 11:28 AM, James Heilman <jmh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Marielle there are a lot of great medical images in that textbook, Fae is > there an ability to upload the images to commons by bot? > > James > > On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 1:06 AM, Marielle Volz <marielle.v...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > What made me happy this week was the discovery of some good scientific > > imagery that was openly licensed! > > > > The USDA has created a bunch of identification sites for species of > > agricultural interest and released the images into the public domain. > > I was looking for images of a particular mite and discovered the Bee > > Mite site has released most of their images and all of their text to > > the PD [1]. (I have uploaded to commons although done a bit of a hack > > job on it). There are other sites which would also be a candidate for > > batch upload, which are listed here: http://idtools.org/identify.php > > (anyone interested in molluscs?) > > > > I have also discovered this Clinical Skills textbook licensed under CC > > by 4 attribution.[2] I am in the process of adding some high quality > > medical diagrams to articles on wiki. This same website hosts a bunch > > of other open text books which may be a similarly good source of > > content: https://opentextbc.ca/ > > > > [1] http://idtools.org/id/mites/beemites/ > > [2] https://opentextbc.ca/clinicalskills/ > > > > On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 7:08 AM, Kalliope Tsouroupidou > > <ktsouroupi...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > +1 on this. > > > News of the newly recognised User Group put a smile on my face :) > > > > > > K. > > > > > > On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 4:25 AM, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > >> I'm happy to see the development of the Commons Photographers User > Group > > >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_Photographers_User_Group>. > > >> > > >> Personal background story (feel free to skip reading this): > > >> > > >> The first DSLR I touched was easy to use with the automatic settings > for > > >> indoor photography in good lighting. Based on this limited > experience, I > > >> concluded that photography with a DSLR was easy. Some time later I > > bought > > >> my own first DSLR, and quickly got lost. The menus were not intuitive > > to me > > >> as a DSLR newbie, there were new terms like "aperture" and "f-stop", > the > > >> manual was written for someone who already had good technical > knowledge > > of > > >> how cameras work, and my lens wouldn't focus like I wanted. Wikipedia > > has > > >> some helpful articles about photography concepts, but what would have > > >> helped me a lot is spending time with an experienced photographer. > > After a > > >> few years of trial and error, and asking questions of more > knowledgeable > > >> people, I'm happy with my skill level as a photography hobbyist in a > > >> variety of situations. I hope that the new user Commons Photographers > > group > > >> will facilitate knowledge exchange, improve camaraderie, and consider > > ways > > >> to improve access to equipment -- especially for photographers in > > >> situations where resources are scarce and potential for valuable > > >> open-source contributions are very high. > > >> > > >> What's making you happy this week? > > >> > > >> Pine > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > >> wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > >> wiki/Wikimedia-l > > >> New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > , > > >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Kalliope Tsouroupidou > > > Community Advocate > > > Wikimedia Foundation > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Wikimedia-l > > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > -- > James Heilman > MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian > > The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
