Cyriac Gbogou

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-- Wikimedia Commons Welcome (talk) 08:16, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

Licence et auteur

Hello Cyriac

Tu as uploadé la photo File:Alain Lobognon Michel.jpg. Tu as indiqué comme auteur Hounsou Hyacinthe et comme source Service de communication du Ministère de la Promotion de la Jeunesse, des Sports et Loisirs. et comme licence CC zero. Comment peux-tu nous prouver que la service de communication a bel et bien diffusé cette photo sous licence cc zero ? Anthere (talk) 13:34, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

Hello Anthere. Je crois que votre post me permet d'aller en profondeur dans les notions de licence. Ici ce que je voulais dire est que Hounsou Yao qui est l'auteur de la photo et aussi membre du service de communication est celui qui m'a remis la photo. Je ne peux pas prouver la diffusion de cette photo sous licence cc zero.

Bon. Pas d'urgence. Je vais vous préparer un petit doc d'explication et on règlera le problème de cette photo ensuite. Anthere (talk)

Ok, en attente du doc. Dis si la photo a été publiée sur Facebook, quelle utiliser si c'est l'auteur qui nous dis qu'on peut la prendre?

Dites si la photo a été publiée sur Facebook, quelle utiliser si c'est l'auteur qui nous dis qu'on peut la prendre? Svp quand une photo a été publié sur facebook par exemple et que l'auteur nous en donne le droit de l'utiliser, sous quelle licence la mettre pour l'exploiter?--Cyriac Gbogou (talk) 19:06, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

Licensing

Here is a short and very simplified walkthrough related to images when you are in the situation where you want an article to be illustrated but do not have the image to do so. What can you do ?

First thing is to remember that ALL images published on Wikimedia Commons MUST be either public domain or under a free licence. I invite you to read this as well as Commons:Licensing to see which licences are okay. Generally, cc by sa 3.0 is the classical choice.

1. First option: look in databases of images published in the public domain or under a free licence. Images published by the USA gov are typically under public domain. In Flickr, you may also find many images published under cc by sa. You may also look into google image, using advance search in restricting search to those images with free licences. See more on w:en:Help:Public domain image resources

2. Second option: take your own camera and go make that picture yourself. Remember that images for notorious people should be taken in public event, such as political meetings, book fairs and such. Or you may contact the person to ask him/her if you can show up to take a picture from them. Or you may try to get access to certain events by asking the organisers (for example, sport events). Take opportunity of open doors for building.

3. Third option: reuse of a picture that already exist. In this case, you need to get permission from the author of the picture. But the tricky thing is that it should not be a private authorisation that can not be "checked". Even if you are no more around in 5 years, we need a way to be SURE that the author REALLY gave his go and really understood the implications. So, how do we do that ? The author of the picture MUST send an email giving explicitly his ok for the publication of his image under a free licence. We have models of the email content to facilitate your life. Here is a typical model in French or here in English Commons:Email templates. In this case, the author must send this email to a specific email address (such as permissions-commons@wikimedia.org). The email will be treated by w:en:OTRS members and archived where some trusted wikipedians can check it in the future.
Practically, if someone (such as the communication department of a politician) send you a picture saying "yes, you can use it", the proper way of doing things is

• you upload the image
• then you prepare the email content for the permission to simplify the life of the author
• you send an email to the author asking him to send this template email to Permission email
• then the team on OTRS will manage the request, archive it and place a little "text" on the image description to say that the authorisation has been received and is just fine. An example of such authorisation I treated may be seen here (look at the little orange ticket). Here is another one

For the sake of simplicity, we try as much as possible to do the options 1 or 2. But 3 makes sense in particular to get a unique picture that would be hard to reproduce (such as the image of a dead person or of an old building, but also a great portrait from a politician).

Note that we do not really bother to ask for such permission when the picture is of rather poor quality (hmmm, obviously made by an amator). But when the picture is obviously a good shot, made by a professional or a studio, then we DO care about making sure that permission has REALLY been given because we know such people can cause us trouble (complains, lawsuits...) and we do not want to "steal" their work.

I hope this clarify things. I know it is a bit complex but do not worry, we'll do it together and after one or two times, you'll feel confortable with the process.

Anthere (talk) 10:59, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

File:Monument Akwaba 02.jpg

File:Monument Akwaba 02.jpg has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry. If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

Túrelio (talk) 20:32, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

Île aux chimpanzés

Bonjour Cyriac.

Pour une excursion, je suis à la recherche de l’Île aux chimpanzés vers Grand-Lahou. Tu as publié à https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Ile_aux_chimpanz%C3%A9s_%C3%A0_Grand-Lahou.JPG?oldformat=true de cette île. Pourrais-tu me donner les coordonnées de l’île afin que je puisse la trouver sur une carte ?

Cordialement — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sommerluk (talk • contribs) 10:38, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

Sommerluk (talk) 10:39, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Africa 2019

Dear Cyriac Gbogou,

You have contributed in the past to the Wiki Loves Africa competition. Your images have helped people learn more about Africa and see Africa more clearly from an African perspective. Overall, nearly 5000 people like you have contributed to this photo contest, and contributed nearly 40000 images about Africa. Pictures from Wiki Loves Africa illustrate more than 7000 Wikipedia articles and they received... 278.859.973 views between 2015 through the end of 2018. WOW ! How does it feel to be part of this and really make a difference when it come to Africa representation on Wikipedia ?

This February, you have another opportunity to create beautiful photographs on the theme of "play" that could change how the world understands people and culture in your part of Africa.

Wiki Loves Africa is a annual public contest where people across Africa can contribute media (photographs, video and audio) about their environment to Wikimedia Commons for use on Wikipedia and other project websites of the Wikimedia Foundation.

When does it take place?
The 2019 competition will start on 1st February 2019 and close on 1st March 2019.

What should we contribute?
Pictures ! audios ! videos ! The theme for the 2019 contest is... Play.
This theme encompasses a host of approaches and is intentionally open to interpretation. The theme Play! encourages the submission of visual representations of joyful and serious games, sport, and recreation in the form of board or mental games, physical fun or contests, playful interactions, theatrical and musical performances, etc.

In addition to the value your photos contribute to human understanding and african visibility on the Internet, there are several prizes on offer – including two separate prize categories for photos and media that encompass

• (a) capture Women in sport or
• (b) culturally specific and traditional formal forms of play, recreation or events.

For rules and information about how to participate, or to join the contest, click on: Contribute to the Wiki Loves Africa photo contest.

Warmest,

Anthere, for the Wiki Loves Africa Team

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Cher ou chère Cyriac Gbogou,

Par le passé, vous avez participé au concours photographique Wiki Loves Africa. Vos photos ont aidé de nombreuses personnes à mieux comprendre l'Afrique et à la voir sous un autre angle, l'angle des africains eux-même. Depuis sa création en 2014, près de 5000 personnes ont contribué au concours photo, en ajoutant près de 40000 photos relatives à l'Afrique. 5000 personnes, dont vous, qui ont fait une vraie différence sur la représentation de l'Afrique sur Wikipédia et en ligne. Mieux encore... ces photos illustrent aujourd'hui près de 7000 articles Wikipédia et totalisent 278.859.973 vues entre 2015 et fin 2018 !

Ce mois de février vous avez à nouveau l'opportunité de proposer de fabuleuses illustrations sur le thème du "Jeu", qui participeront à changer la façon dont les êtres humains à travers le monde comprennent les habitants et la culture de votre région..

Wiki Loves Africa, c’est un concours public annuel où chacun est invité à partager des illustrations via Wikimedia Commons, en rapport avec le thème de l’année, illustrations qui pourront être utilisées sur Wikipédia ou les autres sites de la Wikimedia Foundation.

Quand le concours se déroule t-il?
Le concours 2019 démarre le 1er février 2019 et cloture le 1er mars 2019.

Quelles sont les contenus attendus?
Des photos ! Des enregistrements audio ! Des vidéos ! Le thème du concours 2019 est ... Jouer.
Ce thème englobe de nombreuses approches, il est aussi intentionnellement ouvert à l’interprétation. Le thème Jouer ! encourage à proposer des représentations de jeux de détente et sérieux, du sport et des divertissements sous la forme de jeux de société ou de jeux intellectuels, d'activités physiques de divertissement ou de compétitions, d'interactions ludiques, de performances théâtrales ou musicales, etc..

En plus de la valeur intrinsèque que vos photos apporteront à la compréhension et à la visibilité du monde africain sur Internet, il y a de nombreux prix à gagner. Dont deux prix spéciaux pour les photos qui représentent

• a) femmes et sport ou
• b) formes de jeux, de divertissements ou d’évènements culturellement spécifiques ou traditionnels.

Pour plus d'informations, règles de participation et pour participer au concours, cliquez sur Contribuer au concours photo Wiki Loves Africa.

Bien à vous,

Anthere, pour l'équipe Wiki Loves Africa

Salut!

Cyryky la star — Preceding unsigned comment added by GedPhoto (talk • contribs) 12:13, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

Study shows Wiki Love Africa recruitment makes a difference

Hello Cyriac Gbogou

We are writing because you have participated in the Wiki Loves Africa (WLA) photo competition in the past. Results have been published and winning pictures may be seen here !

This year WLA partnered with the research organization CAT Lab (previously CivilServant) to help us evaluate the effectiveness of one of our recruitment efforts. You may or may not have received a message on your user talk page encouraging you to participate again in this year's competition.

We are excited to share with you their study found our recruitment message was a success and may have resulted in as many as 2,000 additional contributed photos. We hope you agree this is great news for Africa and its representation across Wikimedia. You can read more about the study and the results in this blog post.

If you have any questions about the study, we encourage you to ask CAT Lab's research manager Juliakamin(cs).

Anthere, for the Wiki Loves Africa Team

Notification about possible deletion

Some contents have been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether they should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at their entry. If you created these pages, please note that the fact that they have been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with them, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

Affected:

• File:Cathédrale Saint Paul d'Abidjan Plateau.JPG

And also:

• File:Cathédrale Saint Paul d'Abidjan.JPG
• File:Cathédrale Saint Paul du Plateau.JPG
• File:Cathédrale Saint-Paul d’Abidjan.JPG

Yours sincerely, JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 05:36, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Africa

Dear Cyriac Gbogou

In the past, you contributed to the Wiki Loves Africa competition. You have another opportunity to create and submit beautiful photographs on the theme of "Health and Wellness" that could change how the world understands people and culture in your part of Africa. As with previous years, there are also many exciting national and international prizes.

For rules and information about how to participate, theme, or prizes click on Contribute to the Wiki Loves Africa photo contest or directly add picture from the button !

Warmest, Anthere, for the Wiki Loves Africa Team

Cher ou chère Cyriac Gbogou,
Au cours des années passées, vous avez participé au concours photographique Wiki Loves Africa. Vous avez à nouveau l'opportunité de proposer de fabuleuses illustrations sur le thème de "la santé et le bien-être", qui pourraient profondément modifier la façon dont le reste du monde voit l’Afrique et comprend ses habitants et ses coutumes. Bonus, comme lors des années précédentes, il y a plusieurs prix à la clé !

Pour plus d'informations, règles de participation, le thème ou les prix, cliquez sur Participer au concours Wiki Loves Africa ou téléversez des photos en cliquant sur le bouton !

Bien à vous, Anthere, pour l'équipe Wiki Loves Africa

Notification about possible deletion

Some contents have been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether they should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at their entry. If you created these pages, please note that the fact that they have been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with them, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

Affected:

• File:Intérieur de la basilique Notre-Dame de la Paix de Yamoussoukro.JPG

Yours sincerely, -M.nelson (talk) 18:54, 19 October 2021 (UTC)