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Aberdeen Plaques

Jez, you may find this spreadsheet useful. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15wa1laK0uCzWZdF9YCylMeO9mwfp-_1_Q5mUCjASB0c/edit?usp=sharing

Ian — Preceding unsigned comment added by Watty62 (talk • contribs) 13:45, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

File tagging File:Emily Davison plaque.tiff

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Gunnex (talk) 09:47, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

File tagging File:Emily Davison plaque Epsom.tiff

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Gunnex (talk) 09:47, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

email to the licencing team

I've sent the following email to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org

Hi,

Re: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emily_Davison_plaque.tiff and https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emily_Davison_plaque_Epsom.tiff

I am the lead developer on an open source project Open Plaques http://openplaques.org/ We are the worldwide database of commemorative plaques.

The project enables users create plaque/marker records on our system and to collect Creative Commons licenced images on other platforms (which we then link to). This was originally via Flickr, but after talking to Wikimedian @pigsonthewing we ask our users to donate direct to Wikimedia Commons.

Occasionally, a user is not technically able enough to upload images themselves (I know, it is quite simple, but some people just get scared). In this case we ask them to email us the image and state that they are happy to 'donate it for anyone in the World to use under a Creative Commons licence'. I then upload them via my personal account https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListFiles/Jnicho02&ilshowall=1

I have roughly 350 images donated in this way, all marked as 'Open Plaques donation'. I'm not sure that I want to go through the email trails for all 350 and justify them all.

Is there any way that Open Plaques donations can be seen as an acceptable reference?

Regards, Jez (from the Open Plaques team)— Preceding unsigned comment added by Jnicho02 (talk • contribs)

Hi Jnicho02! I understand and my tagging was somehow a little exaggerated. Nevertheless you should add all details available to the file information as I did it now for (e.g.) File:Emily Davison plaque.tiff via this edit = (essential) adding the source, the location, the original license as stated at http://openplaques.org + the template {{LicenseReview}} which will initite a human license review by trusted Commons user, confirming the license as stated at http://openplaques.org. With this, you need not to "to go through the email trails for all 350 and justify them all.". Well, try to keep this as routine for future uploads.

"Is there any way that Open Plaques donations can be seen as an acceptable reference?" Well, we could create an OTRS confirmed license template but at http://openplaques.org (so far I could see) multiple licenses are involved which makes it more complicated. If you are planning to upload hundreds of plaques images within a short time we should consider a special solution for this. If not (only uploads from time to time), the above routine would be IMHO sufficient. Gunnex (talk) 07:01, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

I still think there is a minor confusion. Open Plaques only displays open licenced images that are stored on other sites (Flickr, Wikimedia Commons, Geograph). We are donating to Wikimedia Commons any images that are emailed direct to our project. This will be the main and only copy. The image displayed on Open Plaques actually *is* the Wikimedia Commons image (we displayed the wrong licence by mistake).

For example, Alan Haines just emailed me a photo and stated that he was happy for us to upload it to a site that stores photos under a Creative Commons reuse licence. He is the copyright holder. It is not my own work. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brittania_Barracks_Plaque.JPG is now the only copy on the web. I have linked it to http://openplaques.org/plaques/8120 and display the Wikimedia image. Jnicho02 (talk) 12:22, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

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