Proposal:Photographer register

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This page is a proposal being developed by our members.

This is a proposal for the creation of a registered of photographers who are accredited by the WMAU committee to incur limited per-prescribed costs related to the provision of freely licensed photographs for the Wikimedia projects via uploading directly to Wikimedia Commons.

Background

On en Wikipedia there is are a larger number of identified articles requesting the inclusion of photographs to illustrate them, some subject are readily obtained in the normal course of a contributor activity through online place that share free licensed images like Flickr, Google+, and through archives most of whom are searchable directly or through Trove. For some subjects that isnt possible or there maybe specific features that add to the knowledge of the subject in these case an individual under guidance is a critical aspect to obtain these. The are also occasions when a photographer can be given permission to attend in an official accredited capacity to enable better co-ordination and improve identification of these individual photographers its is suggested that a register be made which will identify;

  • who these people are,
  • where they can be found,
  • general availablility,
  • specialist skills,
  • portfolio of works already uploaded.

In addition these people will have to under go a review by the committee before being approved. After that they will have

  • WMAU business cards provided identifying them as an accredited photographer,
  • a regularly reviewed pre-approved budget to take on such tasks,
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