Wikipedia Commonsworkshop

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What is Wikimedia Commons?

• Wikimedia Commons (often shortened to just “Commons”) is Wikimedia’s multimedia repository, containing images, sounds, video and other files.

• Accessible at http://commons.wikimedia.org

Tropenmuseum• The Tropenmuseum (English:

Museum of the Tropics) is an anthropological museum located in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and established in 1864.

• Uploaded 50,000 images to Wikimedia Commons – many are of Indonesia!

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Tropenmuseum

Langkat, North Sumatra, 1870

Braga Street, Bandung, 1930

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

• Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is Australia's national public broadcaster, founded in 1923.

• Uploaded 23 videos to Wikimedia Commons.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Tropenmuseum

Australia’s Garnet ReportABC News: 'Asia Report', November 1989

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ABC_Garnaut_Asia.ogv

State Libraryof Queensland

• State Library of Queensland is the main reference and research library provided to the people of the State of Queensland, Australia

• Established 1896.• Donated 50,000 images.

Brisbane bridge opening, 1935

Task: Describing images on Commons

Finding an image

1. Go to http://commons.wikimedia.org/2. Click in the “Search” box in the top right-and

corner of the page.

3. Type in: Tropenmuseum batak

Finding an image

Langkat, North Sumatra, 1870

File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Batak-hoogplateau-boven DeliLangkat Serdangenz. Dorp à 1870 TMnr 60025554.jpg

Wiki markupPress the “Edit” button to see the markup format.

== {{int:filedesc}} =={{Information|description=<!--{{id|1=To be translated}}-->{{nl|1=Foto. Batak-hoogplateau-boven Deli,Langkat , Serdangenz. Dorp à 1870}}{{en|1=Traditional Batak Houses in Highland of Langkat, Deli Serdang}}{{id|1=Rumah Tradisional Batak di Tanah Tinggi, Langkat Deli Serdang. 1870}}|date={{other date|ca|1870}}|source={{KIT-source|ObjectNumber=60025554}}|author=K. Feilberg (Fotograaf/photographer).|permission=|other_versions=|other_fields=}}

== {{int:license-header}} =={{KIT-license}}

[[Category:Langkat Regency]][[Category:Stilt houses in Sumatra]][[Category:Mountains of Sumatra]][[Category:Photographs by Kristen Feilberg]][[Category:Villages in Sumatra]][[Category:Black and white photographs]] Categories that the

image is in.

Details of the licence

General information

on the image, including

description and creation

date.

Uploading images to Commons

Uploading images to Commons

• Uploading media to Commons can get quite complicated and involved if there are thousands of images involved, or if there are special requirements.

• However, uploading single images or small batches of images is very simple using Commons’ “upload wizard”, which is what we will be using today.

• While we will be concentrating on images today, uploading other sorts of files (audio, video, etc) follows much the same procedure.

Starting the upload wizard

• Click on the “Upload File” link on the left hand toolbar.

• You must be logged into Commons for this to work.

Selecting a file

• Click on the “Select a media file to donate” button. You will then be prompted to select your file.

Selecting a file …

• Once you’ve selected your file, a thumbnail will be shown. You can upload multiple files this way, but in this example we’ll only be uploading one.

• When ready, press the “Upload” button.

Hopefully, you’ll see this screen…

Specifying a licence

• The next step is to specify which licence the image is released under. If you have created the image yourself, then you can select from a small list of allowable licences.

• If you did not create the image yourself, then select “This file is not my own work.”, specify the source and the image creator(s), and choose whichever licencing condition applies from the list.

Describing the image• Now you can fill in information on the file.

Uploading the image

• Until now, the image has not actually been published. When you press the “Next” button, the image will actually be published to Commons!

• Do not worry if you made a mistake, you can always fix it up later.

Questions?• If you have further questions after this session,

assistance is available at:http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/COM:Helpdesk

These sides are derived from slides created by Craig Franklin:http://www.slideshare.net/cpfranklin