1. Wikipedia Commons
workshop
http://slideshare.net/jayvdb

2. 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

3. 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

4. Langkat, North Sumatra, 1870

5. Braga Street, Bandung, 1930

6. 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

7. Australia’s Garnet Report
ABC News: 'Asia Report', November 1989
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ABC_Garnaut_Asia.ogv

8. State Library
of 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.

9. Brisbane bridge opening, 1935

10. Task: Describing images on
Commons

11. 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.
1. Type in: Tropenmuseum batak

12. Finding an image

13. Langkat, North Sumatra, 1870
File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Batak-hoogplateau-boven DeliLangkat Serdangenz.
Dorp à 1870 TMnr 60025554.jpg

14. Wiki markup
Press the “Edit” button to see the markup
format.

15. == {{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.

16. Uploading images to Commons

17. 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.

18. 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.

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

20. 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.

21. Hopefully,
you’ll see this screen…

22. 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.

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

24. 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.

25. Questions?
• If you have further questions after this session,
assistance is available at:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/COM:Helpdes
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These sides are derived from slides created by Craig Franklin:
http://www.slideshare.net/cpfranklin