User talk:Jsmog

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File permission problem with File:InglewoodLibrary1950.jpg
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Greetings, I am not sure how to proceed. This photograph is part of the Inglewood Public Library's historical collection, some of which are on our website, and all openly available at http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt9g5029q0/ (the online archive of California, a UC project which gave us the grant to digitize the originals.) I am in charge of digital resources for the library and am fully authorized to use them, so I will send a letter from my work e-mail to that effect. Do I have to do this for each photo or can I submit a blanket letter for the entire collection, which we eventually want to put up? Thanks. Joel J. Rane (talk) 18:35, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

I agree to publish that work under the free license [ CHOOSE AT LEAST ONE FROM THIS PAGE: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Choosing_a_license#Common_free_licenses — THIS DECLARATION IS NOT VALID UNLESS YOU FILL SOMETHING IN HERE    ]. I acknowledge that I grant anyone the right to use the work in a commercial product, and to modify it according to their needs, as long as they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws. I am aware that I always retain copyright of my work, and retain the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be claimed to have been made by me. I am aware that the free license only concerns copyright, and I reserve the option to take action against anyone who uses this work in a libelous way, or in violation of personality rights, trademark restrictions, etc. I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the work may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project. [   DATE OF TODAY, NAME OF THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER    ]"
 * Hey, I can help with this... you can definitely do a blanket permission (assuming you will upload purely from this account). Just send a copy of the text below with the relevant details filled in to info-en-c@wikimedia.org (this is not quite the correct address but I can keep an eye out and expedite it for you). Please send it from a work account for verification :)
 * "I hereby assert that I am the creator and/or sole owner of the exclusive copyright of the work uploaded under the Wikipedia account Jsmog.


 * Cheers. --Errant (chat!) 21:14, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

Greetings...thanks for the advice. I'd like to change all the references to "I" to our library...we are the copyright holder, not myself personally, and I hope that in years to come the library will still benefit from having our collection on Wikipedia. Thanks! Joel J. Rane (talk) 04:51, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's fine :) --Errant (chat!) 05:50, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

Hello!
Nice edit here. Just wanted to stop by and say hello and welcome. I also enjoy researching (local) historic buildings and I've written around a dozen articles on them. Let me know if you need anything. :-) Killiondude (talk) 18:39, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

Greetings...are you in the Inglewood area? We are just starting to do a historic survey of the city, hopefully in preparation for a protective ordinance. I'm also trying to get a wider audience for our photograph collection. Joel J. Rane (talk) 19:54, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia Loves Libraries
I would love to attend to learn and acquire knowledge about wikipedia. Has the last week in Oct set now or still pending? please contact me at pappynson@gmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pappynson (talk • contribs) 08:59, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

I'd like to attend. What are you planning? Yours, GeorgeLouis (talk) 23:11, 30 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Pardon me for butting in on this section, but I'm also interesting in attending. Has the date been determined yet? --Olegkagan (talk) 05:47, 31 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Greetings! I will keep you posted; I'm waiting to hear about the date in October, and what kinds of activities we might do.  We have wifi throughout the Library and also in our 200-seat auditorium.  A vague plan is to have Wikipedians come in, maybe work on a page for the Library (there isn't one) but also talk about Wikipedia to the students from the high school across the street and their teachers?

Joel J. Rane (talk) 20:32, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

Hello. I am a graduate of "that school across the street," and I keep an eagle eye on Inglewood, California, I suggest you have the students check out that page as well. I also did Ku Klux Klan in Inglewood, California, as well as Gladys Waddingham. Sincerely, GeorgeLouis (talk) 22:52, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

Joel, I am curious whether you have any news to report. I also have contacts with a library in Southern California (the Reagan Library), so any guidance you can give me about your plans would help me ensure there are no conflicts, if it gets to that point. :-) Dominic·t 20:25, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Let's fix a date! We have an auditorium that seats 200 with wi-fi and a projector available. My suggested dates are in the last week of October, the 24th-27th or Saturday, the 29th. I will make the whole week "South Bay Wikipedia Week" at our library... Joel J. Rane (talk) 23:32, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Okay, great. It's looking like we can do Saturday the 22nd at the Reagan Library. Hopefully that will help build momentum for yours, rather than detracting from it. (And hopefully you can make it!) Dominic·t 17:34, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure what my schedule will look like at that time, but I'm going to try to make it to at least one of those. --Olegkagan (talk) 01:43, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Sounds like great progress, Joel. Can you make a starter page with your preliminary event details at Meetup/LA/5?--Pharos (talk) 19:44, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Hi! We now have a meetup page (I moved it to fall into the Los Angeles sequence) at Meetup/Los_Angeles_5 -- the date is tentatively 24 October (Monday) in the evening. - Joel J. Rane (talk) 18:05, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Meetup
Hi Joel, how did the meetup on the 24th go? --Olegkagan (talk) 05:44, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

Not very well...no one showed up. Joel J. Rane (talk) 03:32, 4 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Oh man, sorry to hear about that. I'd like to try to connect you with some other LA editors by email if that works, and maybe establish a better user talk page mailing list.  BTW, did you see about the LGBT-focused WLL event in LA?--Pharos (talk) 20:55, 4 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Not good, Joel. But we can do better. My email is lifeinoleg@gmail.com, let's try to make this thing happen in-library or not. If we can get five librarian editors in Los Angeles in the same room we'll have a start (we're two already. Pharos, are you local?).
 * P.S. - Re. "LGBT-focused WLL event in LA" that should happen/continue/happen again at my library. I work at the West Hollywood Library which boasts a very nice LGBT collection. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Olegkagan (talk • contribs) 17:16, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

WLL
Hi Jsmog! Thanks for putting together the Wikipedia Loves Library event in MN. It'd be grand to have a report about it (no matter how short or long) for This Month in GLAM. I do hope you or another attendee can provide a description of how the event went, outcomes and perhaps images (with links to any Wiki space). Please visit here and contribute if you can. It can be in the main features or the briefly section. Thanks again for coordinating the event and for contributing to Wikipedia :) SarahStierch (talk) 20:47, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

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