Wikinews:Water cooler/miscellaneous/archives/2013/June

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Use of watermarked images

When writing an article for Wikinews is it acceptable to use watermarked image(s) to illustrate the news article? In this case, the source of the image(s) does not want them to be published without a watermark because that person is concerned that the image(s), since they are new and of potential interest worldwide, may be "stolen" by unscrupulous entities. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.215.202.131 (talk • contribs) 16:17, 2 June 2013‎

We can't use images copyrighted by another news agency. See WN:FU. --Pi zero (talk) 17:24, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Trademark discussion

This was posted at the en.wb Reading room. You gotta love the unbiased way they apologize for posting these things in English even when posting on English projects. --Pi zero (talk) 03:00, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, apologies for posting this in English, but I wanted to alert your community to a discussion on Meta about potential changes to the Wikimedia Trademark Policy. Please translate this statement if you can. We hope that you will all participate in the discussion; we also welcome translations of the legal team’s statement into as many languages as possible and encourage you to voice your thoughts there. Please see the Trademark practices discussion (on Meta-Wiki) for more information. Thank you! --Mdennis (WMF) (talk)

Just went off to check for myself, and now see in the cut comment text from Wikibooks, why the notice is so awkwardly done. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 06:46, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sprekers gevraagd voor Wikimedia Conferentie Nederland, Wikipediadag 2013

Dit Nederlandstalige bericht is geplaatst in De Kroeg of soortgelijke pagina op de projecten Wikipedia, WikiWoordenboek, Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wikisource, Wikispecies, Wikiversity, Wikivoyage, Wikinews, Commons, Wikidata, Outreach in de bestaande taalversies Nederlands, Fries, Limburgs, Nedersaksisch en Zeeuws van deze projecten.
Dit bericht is in de eerste plaats bedoeld voor mensen die in Nederland wonen.
Voel je vrij om dit Nederlandstalige bericht te vertalen in het Fries, Limburgs, Nedersaksisch of Zeeuws.
De Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland ondersteunt onder andere het werk van de vrijwilligers die op Wikipedia of een van de zusterprojecten daarvan actief zijn.
Voor zaterdag 2 november aanstaande hebben we onze jaarlijkse Wikimedia Conferentie gepland, onder de naam Wikipediadag. De Wikipediadag is een eendaags evenement voor iedereen die geïnteresseerd is in wiki’s en Wikimedia-projecten, zoals de online encyclopedie Wikipedia. De conferentie vindt plaats in Utrecht. We hopen net als voorgaande jaren boeiende sprekers te krijgen op tal van Wikipedia-gebieden. Voorgestelde thema's zijn: vrouwen & Wikipedia, samenwerken aan Wikipedia (lezers, bewerkers en moderatoren), vakgebieden: experts over hun vakgebied & Wikipedia, De achterkant van Wikipedia: techniek en portals, en Vrije licenties & ontwikkelingen in het auteursrecht. Het programma biedt mogelijkheden voor uiteenlopende initiatieven en ook voor korte bliksemsessies.

Wij nodigen iedereen met een interessant idee voor een presentatie, discussie, workshop, poster voor de postersessie of iets anders van harte uit om een voorstel in te sturen. De voertaal tijdens de conferentie is Nederlands, maar ook presentaties in het Engels zijn welkom.

Lees verder op http://www.wikimediaconferentie.nl/oproep-voor-sprekers/ Ad Huikeshoven (talk) 19:43, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I hope it goes well, Ad. My Nederlands is nowhere-near good enough; you'll just have to compete with the Flemish to see who are the best Nederlands speakers. ;-) --Brian McNeil / ^talk 20:55, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Providing "In the news" section for Simple English Wikipedia?

Hello there,

I am an editor of Simple English Wikipedia ([1]). This wikipedia is a project that recently hit 100.000 articles; the language used is English, with a few tweaks that make it easier to understand. Currently, there are about 30 regular, named editors. There was a proposal to add a section "In the News", to the main page of the project. There are drawbacks of course:

If we can gain 4-5 editors of the 30 for this cause this is a lot.
We lack most articles about "current" events; which would need to be created (to be referenced)
"Simple English" needs getting used to, but has a steep learning curve

I am just posting this here to let you guys know. The main forum of the community is at: Simple Talk. Feel free to drop in, if you like. --Eptalon (talk) 16:57, 18 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Feel free to use Wikinews's headlines and first paragraphs (lede) to fill data into such a section, as you see some of them on the main page, with proper attribution. I don't think there would be a need to write special things (other than possibly simplify the ledes) and it would not have to be a large volume of work. --Gryllida 04:53, 20 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

X!'s Edit Counter

(Sorry for writing in English [even though this is an English-language wiki :P]. You can translate the proposal.)

Should X!'s edit counter retain the opt-in requirement? Your input is strongly encouraged. Voice your input here.—cyberpower ^Chat_Automation 03:41, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

Distributed via User:PiRSquared17, who wants to keep enwikinews informed even without the bot... (Wrong page? Just ask me to write it on a different one.)

This page is a good place to put such a notice. Thanks. --Pi zero (talk) 11:21, 23 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats

One of our own won a WMF board seat through community election process. Wow. --LauraHale (talk) 22:53, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

meta:Wikimedia Foundation elections 2013/Results. --Pi zero (talk) 23:25, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Erm, which one is being referred to, above? -- Cirt (talk) 00:02, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Raystorm. --LauraHale (talk) 00:17, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

More info at m:Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/Board_elections/2013/Candidates#Mar.C3.ADa_Sefidari_.28Raystorm.29 and es:Usuario:Raystorm, very cool. :) -- Cirt (talk) 02:34, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

She has a Featured Article on English Wikinews. Brian owes her 50 pounds. --LauraHale (talk) 06:49, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Just one? :P What is it? -- Cirt (talk) 15:13, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Of the four articles in Category:Raystorm (Wikinewsie), the two interviews are both featured. --Pi zero (talk) 15:24, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

New contributor. She became involved in February as part of some OR I did about disability skiing. Hoping to work with her again on a photoessay for Pride in Madrid coming up in early July. --LauraHale (talk) 19:40, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I see, neat accomplishments! -- Cirt (talk) 21:18, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, all! :D Raystorm (talk) 21:55, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]