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Free image collection of Israel
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Pikiwiki’s Goals
• Create and maintain a valuable collection of free images relating to Israel.
• Present this collection to wide public use, free of charge, under CC-BY licenses.
• Establish a user friendly environment for uploading the content as well as for search and retrieval.
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Pikiwiki Founders
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Pikiwiki at a Glance
• Started in 2008, went live on March 2009
• More than 13,000 photos uploaded
• 500 private people registered and uploaded photos
• Over 50 organizations and local archives, mainly
Kibbutzim
• All photos documented and catalogued
• All photos public domain or under cc-by 2.5
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Laundry in Kibbutz Yad Ha’Shlosha between 1920 to 1930Uploaded by The Oded Yarkoni Historical Archives of Petah Tikva
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Gan-Shmuel - mechanical planting of potatoes in 1942Gan Shmuel Archives
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Direct democracy in a Kibutz – a decision By the members in kibutz Kfar Masaryk.Picture taken between 1950 and 1960. Uploaded by :Kfar Masaryk Archive via the PikiWiki –Israel free image collection project
Gan-Shmuel-First children's work helpingadults, 1935, Gan-Shmuel archive.
9Uploaded yesterday, August 4th 2011 by Shaula Haitner CC-BY 2.5
Pikiwiki Co-opetition
Private photo collectionsWho do not want to share
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How does it Work – the user side
• Registration (once)
• Agree to terms (free use , no abuse , no personal photos, no advertisement …)
• Upload photo / photos
• Document photos (date, photographer, category, name in English etc.)
• Choose attribution (or public domain)
• Done
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How it Works – the backstage
Upload photos
Transfer and storeIn Wikimedia
Wikimediascreening
Wikimedia feedbackTo Pikiwiki
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PikiwikiAdmin
Dilemmas and Solutions
Quality of
ContentPopularity
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Ease of
uploading
Need for
Documentation
UsabilityWikimedia
regulations
Source of Content
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The Way Ahead
• New website design (soon)
• More photo uploads
• Cooperation with additional museums, archives, professional photographers
• Cooperation with schools
• Facebook and Google campaigns, and other promotional activities
• Uploading photos from US Library of Congress
• Improve cooperation with Wikimedia
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THANKS ! WWW.PIKIWIKI.ORG.IL
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