User talk:Xymmax/Archives/2011/July

RE: File:AcornComunicator.jpg
Hi. is understandable, so thanks for the explanation. As suggested, I've contacted Chris Whytehead and have received a very positive response which states: '''Yes, I am willing to release all my photos from Chris's Acorns under a suitable license. [...] Since the purpose of Chris's Acorns is to make the information available to as many people as are interested, I don't have a problem with a blanket license. Chris is a registered Wikipedian and adds: There are approximately 3,000 photographs on Chris's Acorns and annotating and meaningfully naming them all might be a bit much.''' Are you please able to advise on the following (or point us in the right direction)? Thanks very much for your time. I'll now point Chris Whytehead to this discussion too. --Trevj (talk) 03:25, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
 * 1) If all the photos are to be uploaded, is the correct bulk uploading procedure via Commons:Batch uploading?
 * 2) I'm not a File mover on Commons (and this would be a lengthy manual process anyway) so how would we go about meaningfully naming the files?
 * 3) Perhaps one scenario would be to cross-reference each of Chris's filenames to a more meaningful name. These could then be used for both the destination filename and for (initial) inclusion within Template:Information.
 * 4) Captions beneath photos (e.g. A310) would possibly be a good starting point, if they can be automatically extracted as part of the bulk upload.
 * 5) Is it worth considering the use of Template:Information field for other descriptive field names, e.g. Serial No., Motherboard part no.?
 * 6) commons:Category:Acorn Computers is currently rather empty - Chris's images would fall within various subcategories, so could this be part of the automated process?
 * 7) There is a small number of publicity photos which would require excluding - how would this be achieved?
 * 8) Would creation of Category:Images from Chris's Acorns or similar be appropriate?
 * 9) A number of individual files could be uploaded in the short term - is this advisable or would it complicate the potential bulk upload?
 * This is excellent news, and I'm pleased to hear it. I think that the batch uploading process is the proper one to use on Commons, although I'm not terribly active there. I don't expect that it will be too difficult to recruit someone to assist in automating this process once we know the permission is in hand. If Mr. Whytehead is willing to make the requisite release under CC-BY-SA 3.0, then I'll be happy to scare up someone that perform the transfer. The evidence of permission can be sent to OTRS at permissions-commons@wikimedia.org. Happy to help any way I can. Xymmax  So let it be written   So let it be done  17:20, 15 July 2011 (UTC)