Beginning a collaboration with the Russian Wikimedia chapter, the state-owned Russian International News Agency ( RIA Novosti) started uploading historical images to Commons last week, consisting of highlights from the archives of its predecessors Sovinformburo and APN. The project, dubbed "Eternal Values", coincides with the agency's 70th anniversary and is supported by Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, who uploaded one of the images himself. The first batch of uploads consists of around 100 photos from the Great Patriotic War. In a RIAN video Medvedev is shown uploading to "Vikisklad" (Wikimedia Commons, literally "Wiki warehouse") from around the 18-minute mark.
As explained by Sj on the Wikilove.in blog, specific images from the archives can be requested on a project page on the Russian Wikipedia, and "roughly 800 of the most popular or requested images will be uploaded by the end of the year". See also Wikinews: " n:RIA Novosti celebrates 70th anniversary, uploads 100 images to Wikimedia Commons"
Medvedev had shown support for free licenses and copyright reform on various other occasions recently, see Signpost coverage: " Russian president pushes for Creative Commons licencing", " Russian president meets with Internet community representatives, including Wikimedia", " Wales praises Russian president".
Beginning a collaboration with the Russian Wikimedia chapter, the state-owned Russian International News Agency ( RIA Novosti) started uploading historical images to Commons last week, consisting of highlights from the archives of its predecessors Sovinformburo and APN. The project, dubbed "Eternal Values", coincides with the agency's 70th anniversary and is supported by Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, who uploaded one of the images himself. The first batch of uploads consists of around 100 photos from the Great Patriotic War. In a RIAN video Medvedev is shown uploading to "Vikisklad" (Wikimedia Commons, literally "Wiki warehouse") from around the 18-minute mark.
As explained by Sj on the Wikilove.in blog, specific images from the archives can be requested on a project page on the Russian Wikipedia, and "roughly 800 of the most popular or requested images will be uploaded by the end of the year". See also Wikinews: " n:RIA Novosti celebrates 70th anniversary, uploads 100 images to Wikimedia Commons"
Medvedev had shown support for free licenses and copyright reform on various other occasions recently, see Signpost coverage: " Russian president pushes for Creative Commons licencing", " Russian president meets with Internet community representatives, including Wikimedia", " Wales praises Russian president".
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