Wikimedia Tunisie/Creative Commons/Report2018En

The Creative Commons annual report of activities 2018

2018 was the year that Wikimedia TN User Group launched the creation of its Creative Commons section . This new project aims to defend works under CC licenses, setting up partnerships with governmental and non-governmental institutions to make their publications, texts and photos available for users and facilitate the share of information with the respect of copyrights and finally it aims to advocate for an open data and open knowledge inside the Tunisian Wikimedia community.

Wikimedia Tunisia at the National Documentation Center

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The National Documentation Center has exhibited over than 100 old documents that were passed under public domain. The majority of publications are newspapers and editor-en-chief portraits. Wikimedia TN User Group was present during the exhibition of documents and put a part of the Tunisian journalistic heritage openly and freely on Wikimedia Commons.

  • The outcome of this initiative : 79 photos and a promise from the National Documentation Center to be updated to any new exhibition.
  • Member in charge : Sami Mlouhi

Some pictures taken during the initiative

You can find all the photos in the category Wikimedia Tunisia at the National Documentation Center on Wikimedia Commons.

Tunisia national ice hockey team photos

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The Tunisian user group has reached out the Tunisian association of ice hockey to take photos for the national team. The realization of this task was at that time (April 2018) almost impossible since Tunisia doesn't have a federation for this game (the application was in progress), just an association, and also because the team is training outside the country. So the current president of the Tunisian association has kindly given us 14 photos and putting them under CC licenses was our responsibility. At the end, we got successfully the OTRS tickets for the given pictures.

  • The outcome of this initiative : 14 photos.
  • Members and personalities :
    • Radhouane Bousrih, the original photograph
    • Habib M'henni, OTRS approval
    • Sami Mlouhi, contacting the author of photos and uploading them on Wikimedia Commons

Some pictures uploaded during the initiative

You can find all the photos in the category Tunisia national ice hockey team on Wikimedia Commons.

Old postcards of Sfax

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Dozen of Former postcards of Sfax passing in public domain were gathered and uploaded by Houssem Abida. The Medina old town of Sfax was the topic of these documents and the volunteers of MedinaPedia Sfax were ready to us them.

  • The outcome of this initiative : 124 photos.
  • Members in charge : Houssem Abida

Some pictures uploaded during the initiative


You can find all the photos in the category Postcards of Sfax on Wikimedia Commons.


Presentation

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During the WikiConvention Francophone 2018, held October 5-7 in Grenoble, Sami Mlouhi has pointed out the importance of the use of CC licenses in our work as volunteers in Wikimedia movement through a presentation called Licences Creative Commons, un atout pour l'œuvre, l'auteur et l'utilisateur (Creative Commons licenses, an asset for the work, the author and the user in English).

In fact, this asset promotes the creative sharing of an artwork, secures intellectual property rights for authors and provides free access for users.

Some pictures taken during the presentation

Wikimedia Tunisia at the 2018 Carthage Film Festival

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Houssem Abida was officially present at the Carthage Film Festival, also known as JCC, to take photos for celebrities. The initiative was very productive and a lot of missing pictures were added to Wikimedia Commons.

Also, Wikimedia TN User Group has organized an editathon to improve the Wikipedia content related to African and Tunisian cinema using the pictures already taken.

  • The outcome of this initiative : 262 photos.
  • Member in charge : Houssem Abida


Some pictures taken during the initiative

You can find all the photos in the category Wikimedia Tunisia at the 2018 Carthage Film Festival on Wikimedia Commons.