Commons:Bots/Requests/CuratorBot 7
CuratorBot (talk · contribs)
Operator: DaxServer (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information)
Bot's tasks for which permission is being sought: Commons:Batch uploading/IZW-Medienarchiv
Automatic or manually assisted: Automatic
Edit type (e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): one-time run
Maximum edit rate (e.g. edits per minute): 45
Bot flag requested: (Y/N): N
Programming language(s): OpenRefine
-- DaxServer (talk) 09:57, 12 January 2026 (UTC)
- Discussion
- Test run: https://editgroups-commons.toolforge.org/b/OR/34a22116a4c/ (OpenRefine does not expose configuration settings to limit maximum number of edits per minute and is why I've put 45 edits) -- DaxServer (talk) 09:57, 12 January 2026 (UTC)
- Please use use all lowercase letters for license. Is there project to refine categories by humans? EugeneZelenko (talk) 16:04, 12 January 2026 (UTC)
- Perhaps @Rosenzweig, can you answer about the category refinement?
- License noted. -- DaxServer (talk) 08:34, 13 January 2026 (UTC)
- Please use use all lowercase letters for license. Is there project to refine categories by humans? EugeneZelenko (talk) 16:04, 12 January 2026 (UTC)
- I'm not aware of a specific project to refine the categories. I'll try to sort the uploaded files into specific place categories though (if that is not already the case) and let others know in the discussion forums that the files were uploaded, so interested users can work with them. A thorough categorisation will likely take years, as with other batch uploads. --Rosenzweig τ 11:32, 13 January 2026 (UTC)
- My point it to avoid such backlogs. Is it possible to notify relevant WikiProjects' participants if media collections are themed? EugeneZelenko (talk) 16:35, 13 January 2026 (UTC)
- I'm not sure there is a WikiProject specifically for waterways or transport here at Wikimedia Commons. There is the German-speaking community which is notified easily enough by letting them know at the Commons:Forum and at de.wp. @OhneEisen: You have commented at Commons:Batch uploading/IZW-Medienarchiv and are somewhat active in the subject of transportation. Can you think of additional ways to notify interested people? --Rosenzweig τ 21:30, 13 January 2026 (UTC)
- In the AI ages, is there no way to at least generate rough categorization? --Krd 07:38, 12 March 2026 (UTC)
- I'm not sure there is a WikiProject specifically for waterways or transport here at Wikimedia Commons. There is the German-speaking community which is notified easily enough by letting them know at the Commons:Forum and at de.wp. @OhneEisen: You have commented at Commons:Batch uploading/IZW-Medienarchiv and are somewhat active in the subject of transportation. Can you think of additional ways to notify interested people? --Rosenzweig τ 21:30, 13 January 2026 (UTC)
- My point it to avoid such backlogs. Is it possible to notify relevant WikiProjects' participants if media collections are themed? EugeneZelenko (talk) 16:35, 13 January 2026 (UTC)
- I'm not aware of a specific project to refine the categories. I'll try to sort the uploaded files into specific place categories though (if that is not already the case) and let others know in the discussion forums that the files were uploaded, so interested users can work with them. A thorough categorisation will likely take years, as with other batch uploads. --Rosenzweig τ 11:32, 13 January 2026 (UTC)
- Are there any test uploads for this batch? --Krd 07:38, 12 March 2026 (UTC)
- Only a few, see , File:Altes Schiffshebewerk Niederfinow-Havel-Oder-Wasserstraße 1933-05-30 HB16020.jpg, File:Schiffshebewerk Rothensee-Mittellandkanal nach der Generalreparatur 1981 HB07353.jpg. They have rudimentary geographical categories. --Rosenzweig τ 08:46, 12 March 2026 (UTC)
- File:Altes Schiffshebewerk Niederfinow-Havel-Oder-Wasserstraße 1933-05-30 HB16020.jpg: Who is by which reason the copyright holder, and why is it under cc-by-sa-4.0? Krd 10:38, 12 March 2026 (UTC)
- The copyright section at says in the copyright section "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License". They don't explicitly say why they can license the photos that way, but I think the assumption is that the photos were created by photographers working for those public agencies (see Beschreibung der Pools linked on the left of the main page). With some of the images from the Rhein-Museum that might not be the case though. --Rosenzweig τ 12:46, 12 March 2026 (UTC)
- So we have a different license used for the upload that at the source. If we do such batch upload, shouldn't we clarify? I hesitate because they request cc-by but don't mention any author or attribution, and I'd assume that they could be mistaken about copyright. Krd 05:13, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
- Hm, you're right, the Commons uploads actually have a more restrictive license (BY-SA) than the source has (just BY without SA). That should be fixed for any future uploads. @DaxServer: Is that a mistake on our (Wikimedia Commons) side (not blaming anyone here ...), or did they change the license at some point? They do offer "Zitiervorschlag für die korrekte Namensnennung: Quelle: Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau" in the Nutzungsbedingen, so that would be the attribution I guess? About them being mistaken about copyright: That might be the case for some of the museum photos from external sources I think, but the majority (taken by their own photographers) should be ok. --Rosenzweig τ 11:11, 21 March 2026 (UTC)
- Hey.. let me get back to you in a couple of days. -- DaxServer (talk) 17:37, 25 March 2026 (UTC)
- Hm, you're right, the Commons uploads actually have a more restrictive license (BY-SA) than the source has (just BY without SA). That should be fixed for any future uploads. @DaxServer: Is that a mistake on our (Wikimedia Commons) side (not blaming anyone here ...), or did they change the license at some point? They do offer "Zitiervorschlag für die korrekte Namensnennung: Quelle: Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau" in the Nutzungsbedingen, so that would be the attribution I guess? About them being mistaken about copyright: That might be the case for some of the museum photos from external sources I think, but the majority (taken by their own photographers) should be ok. --Rosenzweig τ 11:11, 21 March 2026 (UTC)
- So we have a different license used for the upload that at the source. If we do such batch upload, shouldn't we clarify? I hesitate because they request cc-by but don't mention any author or attribution, and I'd assume that they could be mistaken about copyright. Krd 05:13, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
- The copyright section at says in the copyright section "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License". They don't explicitly say why they can license the photos that way, but I think the assumption is that the photos were created by photographers working for those public agencies (see Beschreibung der Pools linked on the left of the main page). With some of the images from the Rhein-Museum that might not be the case though. --Rosenzweig τ 12:46, 12 March 2026 (UTC)
- File:Altes Schiffshebewerk Niederfinow-Havel-Oder-Wasserstraße 1933-05-30 HB16020.jpg: Who is by which reason the copyright holder, and why is it under cc-by-sa-4.0? Krd 10:38, 12 March 2026 (UTC)
- Only a few, see , File:Altes Schiffshebewerk Niederfinow-Havel-Oder-Wasserstraße 1933-05-30 HB16020.jpg, File:Schiffshebewerk Rothensee-Mittellandkanal nach der Generalreparatur 1981 HB07353.jpg. They have rudimentary geographical categories. --Rosenzweig τ 08:46, 12 March 2026 (UTC)
