Jump to content

User talk:John Cummings: Difference between revisions

Page contents not supported in other languages.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
EdwardsBot (talk | contribs)
354,693 edits
Raoli (talk | contribs)
264 edits
→From Commons: new section
Line 451: Line 451:
<div style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">[[m:Global message delivery/Targets/GLAM|Unsubscribe]] · [[m:Global message delivery|Global message delivery]] 23:01, 10 December 2013 (UTC)</div>
<div style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">[[m:Global message delivery/Targets/GLAM|Unsubscribe]] · [[m:Global message delivery|Global message delivery]] 23:01, 10 December 2013 (UTC)</div>
<!-- EdwardsBot 0654 -->
<!-- EdwardsBot 0654 -->

== ''From Commons'' ==

Ciao, since I'm not English, I would need a helping hand to understand and write in English what people have said into this video [[:commons:TimedText:GibraltarpediA introduction video.ogg.en.srt|TimedText:GibraltarpediA introduction video.ogg.en.srt]] (like made in [[:commons:TimedText:Monmouthpedia_video_revised.ogv.en.srt|TimedText:Monmouthpedia_video_revised.ogv.en.srt]]) as part of the project [[:Category:GibraltarpediA|GibraltarpediA]]. In this way, it will translate into all the languages ​​of the world. ''Now is a temporary transcription without synchronization.'' [[:commons:User:Victuallers|Victuallers]] has already given it a helping hand! Grazie mille — [[:commons:User:Raoli|Raoli ✉]] ([[:commons:User talk:Raoli|<span class="signature-talk">talk</span>]]) 00:58, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

Revision as of 22:51, 17 December 2013

50 images from the Science Museum collection

The Science Museum in London have agreed to release 50 of it's images (at a medium resolution) under a Wikimedia compatible license. Do you have anything in particular you need that they have? Feel free to give me a list if you like. The 2 websites that the images would be available from are:

I'm hoping this is the start of something larger but could just be a one off so am trying to come up with a most wanted list. Please leave your suggestions below (linking to specific pages) --Mrjohncummings (talk) 23:44, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Here is my selection:

Hawkeye7 (talk) 02:53, 18 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Just checking out the idea (playing around) but on the odd chance these might be useful:

The 1322 NASA photos are *all* ok regarding copyright, but this may not be the best place to get them. Still, the museum has selected a very beautiful group

The light micrographs are all wonderful, but it looks like they are all properly copyrighted by individuals

Car bodies all look like they fit in with the restrictions we have to deal with, and might be very useful for selected articles, e.g.

Royal Society transactions might be very useful for some articles

All in all there's a wonderful trove here (with some annoying restrictions). Keep up the good work. Smallbones(smalltalk) 16:54, 18 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?image=10418192&itemw=4&itemf=0010&itemstep=1&itemx=63

http://collectionsonline.nmsi.ac.uk/detail.php?t=objects&type=all&f=&s=south+pointing+chariot&record=0

Would both have their uses.Geni (talk) 19:00, 23 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Gibraltar

Well you know my subject... :) These would be useful:

copyfraud

FWIW both these images are in the public domain

See:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USSMonitor1862.3.ws.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monitor_officers.jpg

I'm aware of this (and lots of other examples), am preparing a report on this at the moment. --Mrjohncummings (talk) 19:35, 23 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Chemistry, materials and chemical engineering

These pictures can be useful for pages related to chemistry, materials and chemical engineering:

  1. Apparatus used to discover polyethylene, 1933.
  2. Ammonia synthesis plant, 1977.
  3. Woodall-Duckham continuous tar distillation plant, c 1956.
  4. A selection of electric heaters for laboratory use, c 1920s.
  5. Abel flashpoint apparatus, 1900
  6. Alcohol Hydrometer, 1700-1730
  7. Amal Bunsen burner with five burner heads
  8. Apparatus for determining the empirical formula of organic compounds, 1820s-1830s
  9. Apparatus for electrolysis, 1800-1820
  10. Ball and stick atomic model set
  11. Bottle used in first preparation of viscose rayon, 1892.
  12. Bernal's model of the structure of a monatomic fluid, c 1950.
  13. Plant used for the manufacture of soda by the Solvay process, early 1960s.
  14. Mould to make hot water bottles (3 parts), made b
  15. Simon-Carves-Monsanto contact process sulphuric acid plant, c 1952.
  16. Sulphuric acid works illustrating the lead chamber process, 1890.
  17. Copper sulphate pentahydrate, 1934.
  18. Experimental Viscometer
  19. Objects made from celluloid, 1880s-1920s.
  20. Objects made from cellulose acetate, c. 1930s-1940s.
  21. Rubber ball from Peruvian child's grave, c. 1600.
  22. Differential Pressure Transmitter, 1952
  23. A collection of terylene fibre specimens, donated in 1972
  24. Residual carbon from distillation of crude oil.
  25. Bunsen's thermostat, 1867.

If all or some of them will be uploaded, just let me know and I will add them in the appropriate pages. --Daniele Pugliesi (talk) 01:06, 17 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Museum Guides

Were you aware that it is possible to create maps with links to images and articles eg:

[[1]]

Although I expect the people over at open street maps or even the geohack people on the toolserver could do a better job.Geni (talk) 19:43, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I think it may be hard as the museums are over multiple levels and may get squished on mobile devices (I have an android phone this happens on sometimes) but if you would like to do something I'd be happy to help any way I can, I think these guides will need multiple techniques for different galleries. I tried to use Google Maps to make a multi level map, it works quite well but the GPS signal in the museums is awful. I want to make the guides as understandable as possible by non English language speaks as well. I have been thinking it would be really nice to do image maps for some exhibits if they're quite complex. It's hard to tell from the image but the Giant sequoia has dates for various events, I may do an image map for this or possibly a table.
If you've got an idea for something and need some photos I'm at the museums nearly every week dat so just let me know, I'm going to try to get museum visitors involved in taking images asap, not quite sure how to make a useable list they can use to know what needs photographing though. Mrjohncummings (talk) 20:01, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
If we can't get the museum to release a map of their interiors under a free license the people to talk to are open street maps. In terms of photos of stuff on display most of it has already been nabbed. Things like Old Bess (beam engine) are tricky to photograph well.Geni (talk) 21:41, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Photo request

Hi John, any chance that we can have a photo of the memorial tablet for Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin for those articles? Thanks. Shyamal (talk) 08:02, 27 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

July 2013

Hello, I'm BracketBot. I have automatically detected that your edit to Sinclair, Manitoba may have broken the syntax by modifying 2 "[]"s. If you have, don't worry, just edit the page again to fix it. If I misunderstood what happened, or if you have any questions, you can leave a message on my operator's talk page.

List of unpaired brackets remaining on the page:
  • |thumb|Views of Sinclair, 1909.]]

Thanks, BracketBot (talk) 23:13, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

3D models

Hi John, I could swear that somewhere you said you'd written a guide to uploading 3D models to Commons. I can't find that on Commons itself. Can you point me to it? I hope I haven't just made this up. TIA, MartinPoulter (talk) 21:25, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Afraid not, Commons doesn't support it yet unfortunately (soon please). What I made was a guide to creating 3d models for Wikipedia, a bit redundant till the functionality is added, but still useful for some things Wikipedia:3D_guide. Mrjohncummings (talk) 21:32, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. MartinPoulter (talk) 10:55, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oh i did forget though, look at Thingiverse, it's a bit like Flickr for 3d models, a useful place to put them for now, they should get some good and interesting use on there too, they support the full range of CC licenses as far as I'm aware. --Mrjohncummings (talk) 11:08, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Learning Wikipedia

Hi John, this is the furthest I've got so far. --Benny Verbis (talk) 12:20, 8 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi John

--Laurie.mh (talk) 12:20, 8 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ok I'm just starting to get the hang of this...

--Kate steiner (talk) 12:20, 8 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi John

Hi John --AlisonHess (talk) 12:20, 8 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This Month in GLAM: June 2013



Headlines
Read this edition in full • Single-page

To assist with preparing the newsletter, please visit the newsroom. Past editions may be viewed here.

Unsubscribe · Global message delivery 15:23, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

July 2013

Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia. We always appreciate when users upload new images. However, it appears that one or more of the images you have recently uploaded or added to an article, specifically Wikipedia:GLAM/Natural History Museum and Science Museum/NHM Galleries/Treasures/The Birds of America, may fail our non-free image policy. Most often, this involves editors uploading or using a copyrighted image of a living person. For other possible reasons, please read up on our Non-free image criteria. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Werieth (talk) 09:50, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for deletion of Template:Plants in Gibraltar Botanic Gardens

Template:Plants in Gibraltar Botanic Gardens has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. BDD (talk) 18:22, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This Month in GLAM: July 2013



Headlines
Read this edition in full • Single-page

To assist with preparing the newsletter, please visit the newsroom. Past editions may be viewed here.

Unsubscribe · Global message delivery 02:06, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

This Month in GLAM: August 2013



Headlines
Read this edition in full • Single-page

To assist with preparing the newsletter, please visit the newsroom. Past editions may be viewed here.

Unsubscribe · Global message delivery 08:25, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

bcs ada festival , hello

Hi John thanks for a lovely day --Createaccount909 (talk) 17:56, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

Thanks for the Editathon training today. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shburnett (talk • contribs) 17:55, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi John

Thanks for a great afternoon! Really interesting. --Jscammel (talk) 17:57, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

Thanks for the Editathon training today.--Shburnett (talk) 17:58, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi John

I've been interested to see some of the new pages. Alan, aka Thoughtfortheday (talk). 10:26, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This Month in GLAM: September 2013



Headlines
  • Belgium report: Europeana Fashion Fashion edit-a-thon; Wiki Loves Monuments
  • France report: Aerial pictures of Versailles; In Brief
  • Germany report: Reaching out for new partners
  • India report: Wiki Loves Monuments in India
  • Italy report: Italian Wikipedia takes libraries
  • Mexico report: Wiki Loves Monuments 2013; edit-a-thon in La Merced historical neighborhood
  • Netherlands report: Wiki Loves Monuments; ECNC photo competition; Europeana Fashion Edit-a-thon Antwerp; Fourth Dutch Wikipedian in Residence; Wiki loves libraries workshop; 10 years of CC licenses
  • Spain report: Amical projects: Catalan Culture; Wiki Loves Monuments
  • Sweden report: Sign language and case studies
  • Switzerland report: New cooperation with Botanical Garden; History of Alps update; OpenGLAM workshop at OKCon
  • UK report: The Morning After the Month Before
  • USA report: Wikipedia at the Metropolitan New York Library Council in New York
  • Wiki Loves Monuments report: The world's largest photography contest has struck again, but missed many countries
  • Open Access report: Thanks, OKCon, featured content, stats and a final
  • Calendar: October's GLAM events
Read this edition in full • Single-page

To assist with preparing the newsletter, please visit the newsroom. Past editions may be viewed here.

Unsubscribe · Global message delivery 07:45, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

Ada's Angel Award

Ada Lovelace Award
Thank you for all of the effort you put into the Ada Lovelace events in October 2013. This is an award for coordinating the events in UK and for inspiring people to join the edit-a-thons --Daria Cybulska (WMUK) (talk) 13:58, 4 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This Month in GLAM: October 2013



Headlines
Read this edition in full • Single-page

To assist with preparing the newsletter, please visit the newsroom. Past editions may be viewed here.

Unsubscribe · Global message delivery 07:02, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

Hello :)

Good to bump into you at the Third Estate on Saturday. (Which is actually a pretty good name for a place to bump into another Wikipedian, when you think about it.) Ian McDonald (talk) 12:03, 14 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

--Doudou Yang (talk) 15:43, 27 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

interesting article

Hello John --Smanders1982 (talk) 15:44, 27 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Alfred J. Clements

As you may recall, you kindly took a photo of Alfred J. Clements' memorial at Conway Hall yesterday. His notability is being challenged, so perhaps uploading it and adding it to the article will soothe the naysayers. Edwardx (talk) 21:58, 28 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This Month in GLAM: November 2013



Headlines
  • Australia and New Zealand report: From East to West
  • Belgium report: Wiki Loves Monuments in Belgium and Luxembourg
  • France report: Mass uploads; Wiki Loves Monuments; Edit-a-thon; GLAM conference
  • Germany report: MS Wissenschaft; Science Gallery; Zugang gestalten; Science 2.0; OKFest 2014
  • Italy report: Libraries and librarians (but there are still shoes)
  • Mexico report: Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 award ceremony; Day of the Dead photo contest winners
  • Netherlands report: Edit-a-thon Amersfoort; Wikipedia seminar Oslo; Wikimedia Nederland Conference; Europeana Fashion
  • Spain report: Wiki Loves Monuments; Fundación Joaquín Díaz González; Wiki Party in Salamanca
  • Sweden report: Motorcycles, Norway and shoes
  • Switzerland report: Wiki Loves Monuments Awards Ceremony; Wikipedians in Residence; Image Donations
  • UK report: Open content at the BBC; edit-a-thons; photography
  • USA report: GLAM-Wiki Activities in Philadelphia and Vancouver, Washington
  • Open Access report: Open Access Button and Berlin 11 conference
  • Calendar: December's GLAM events


Read this edition in full • Single-page

To assist with preparing the newsletter, please visit the newsroom. Past editions may be viewed here.

Unsubscribe · Global message delivery 23:01, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

From Commons

Ciao, since I'm not English, I would need a helping hand to understand and write in English what people have said into this video TimedText:GibraltarpediA introduction video.ogg.en.srt (like made in TimedText:Monmouthpedia_video_revised.ogv.en.srt) as part of the project GibraltarpediA. In this way, it will translate into all the languages ​​of the world. Now is a temporary transcription without synchronization. Victuallers has already given it a helping hand! Grazie mille — Raoli ✉ (talk) 00:58, 7 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User_talk:John_Cummings&oldid=586560766"