Re: Replacing the animal photos in the ‘erase’ activities

Thu Feb 24 23:07:27 GMT 2022

Hi Karl,

I agree with most criterias of selection you gave, though I would add
one more requirement: the images should still look okay (after being
cropped) when displayed on a phone in vertical layout (so the image
should be cropped in a way that the horizontal center of the image
contains a meaningful part of it, like the head of the animal for example).

One more precision about acceptable licenses: for CC-BY-SA, only
CC-BY-SA version 4.0 is compatible with GPLv3 license, so any image
using earlier CC-BY-SA version should not be used... Also some images in
your list are under the GNU Free Documentation License, which is meant
for documentation only and is not compatible to mix directly with GPL in
a combined work... We should only take images under one of the following
licenses:
-Public domain
-CC-0 (similar to public domain)
-CC-BY (any version)
-CC-BY-SA (only version 4.0; also note that CC-BY-SA 4.0 is compatible
with GPLv3 ONLY, not GPLv3+, so if possible use in priority images under
Public domain/CC-0/CC-BY, as it will not cause issues if one day we need
to release under a newer GPL license...)

So, here is the updated list with only compatible images:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Juvenile_Nubian_ibex_in_Mitzpe_Ramon_(40409).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lion_(Panthera_leo)_old_male_Chobe.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sarlyk_Yak2.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cheetah_(Acinonyx_jubatus)_female_2.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Indian_rhinoceros_(Rhinoceros_unicornis)_4.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zaniskari_Horse_in_Ladakh.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elefantes_africanos_de_sabana_(Loxodonta_africana),_parque_nacional_de_Chobe,_Botsuana,_2018-07-28,_DD_25.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:American_robin_in_Central_Park_(52526).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Long-tailed_tit_Gennevilliers_03.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Female_northern_harrier_in_flight-1142.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dromedary_in_Thar_desert.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sheep_on_the_sides_of_Sugarloaf_(496m),_Christchurch,_New_Zealand_03.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walliser_Schwarzhalsziege,_Belalp_2014.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Close-up_photograph_of_a_calf%27s_head_looking_at_the_viewer_with_pricked_ears_in_Don_Det_Laos.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Camelus_bactrianus_in_western_Mongolia_02.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Camelus_bactrianus_in_western_Mongolia_06.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cat_yawning_in_park.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_kitten_in_a_carton_(Flickr).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mountain_gorilla_(Gorilla_beringei_beringei)_female_2.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eilat_Dolphin_Reef_(3).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eilat_Dolphin_Reef_(4).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eilat_Dolphin_Reef_(2).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%91%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%96_%D0%B2_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%83_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%96%D1%8F.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grey_headed_flying_fox_-_AndrewMercer_IMG41848.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elefantes_africanos_de_sabana_(Loxodonta_africana),_parque_nacional_Kruger,_Sud%C3%A1frica,_2018-07-25,_DD_05.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cercopiteco_verde_(Chlorocebus_pygerythrus),_parque_nacional_Kruger,_Sud%C3%A1frica,_2018-07-25,_DD_40.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Southern_puku_(Kobus_vardonii_vardonii)_female_head.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bonnet_macaques_in_anaimalai_hills_JEG2730.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2015-06-10_Pronghorn_in_Yellowstone_National_Park,_USA_7862.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cervus_canadensis_nannodes_at_Tomales_Point.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taufliege_(Drosophila_melanogaster)-20200607-RM-210232.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asilidae_2_by_kadavoor.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Papilio_machaon_-_Daucus_carota_-_Keila.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_World_swallowtail_(Papilio_machaon_gorganus)_underside_Hungary.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parantica_aglea_at_Nayikayam_Thattu.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Damselfly_September_2007_Osaka_Japan.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sally_Lightfoot_Crab_2019.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eisvogel_kingfisher.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pteroglossus_torquatus_Costa_Rica.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sau_p%C3%A5_Hylsete_i_Sogndal-2.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eurasian_eagle-owl_(44088).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2019-03-03_Chinstrap_penguin_on_Barrientos_Island,_Antarctica.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mute_swans_(Cygnus_olor)_and_cygnets.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:D%C3%BClmen,_B%C3%B6rnste,_Alpakas_--_2020_--_5251.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:D%C3%BClmen,_B%C3%B6rnste,_Alpakas_--_2020_--_5338.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giraffe.JPG
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eastern_great_egret_in_flight_at_Tenn%C5%8Dji_Park_in_Osaka,_November_2016_-_1478.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%96_%D0%B2_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D1%96_%D0%94%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8E.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Proboscis_monkey_(Nasalis_larvatus)_female_and_baby.jpg

This shortens a lot the list, to only 49 entries.

But before going further with a vote, I would ask you if you could try
to make a new list including only Public Domain/CC-0/CC-BY images ? It
would avoid future issues...

Cheers,
Timothée

Le 24/02/2022 à 21:37, Karl Ove Hufthammer a écrit :
> Karl Ove Hufthammer skreiv 21.02.2022 19:55:
>> Here are a couple of example images to illustrate this.
>
> And I’ve now spent the last few days browsing and searching through
> what *felt* like the entire Wikimedia Commons animal image collection
> (but is really only a small fraction of it!), to come up with more
> candidate images. I have tried to find images that are of high
> technical quality, preferably with a blurry background, and either
> beautiful, interesting, funny or cute.
>
> The images also have to work when cropped into the rather wide 16:9
> aspect ratio (finding such an image of giraffe is *not* easy!), though
> I think it sometimes is acceptable to crop the image to show only part
> of the animal.
>
> To keep the user’s interest, I think a goal when defining which images
> should be included is *variety*: There should be images of many
> *different* animals, e.g., both large and small, both land animals,
> birds, fish and insects, and animals from all parts of the world. And
> there should also be variety in the colour palettes (many images from
> Africa are brown/orange).
>
> Below is list of potential images. It would be nice if we could have a
> quick informal vote on which images to include. Here’s a short and
> simple rating scale.
>
> 1 – An excellent image – a ‘must-have’.
> 2 – A very good image. Try to include if there’s space for it.
> 3 – An OK image. Can be included, but it’s not a priority.
> 4 – Not good enough for inclusion.
>
> Just add your rating in front of the colon for each image, like this:
>
> 1: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Suricates,_Namibia-2.jpg
>
> (If you want to add a comment, just write it on the next line.)
>
> Then send your list of ratings to this mailing list or directly to me
> at karl at huftis.org. Everybody on this list is invited to participate.
>
> Oh, and if there’s an animal you’re missing, feel free to mention it.
> I will search for an appropriate image. I will also do some light
> retouching (cropping, colour adjustment if necessary, resizing and
> sharpening).
>
> I haven’t checked all the licenses, but I get the impression that
> *most* are (one version of) CC-BY-SA. But if the license of a *great*
> image is not acceptable, we could always ask the author if they are
> willing to relicense it.
>
> Here are the images, in no particular order:
>
> : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Suricates,_Namibia-2.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Juvenile_Nubian_ibex_in_Mitzpe_Ramon_(40409).jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:West_European_Hedgehog_(Erinaceus_europaeus)1.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Femea_Cervo_do_Pantanal_Perfil.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lion_(Panthera_leo)_old_male_Chobe.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giraffe_Ithala_KZN_South_Africa_Luca_Galuzzi_2004.JPG
> : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Greenland_467_(35130903436).jpg
> : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sarlyk_Yak2.jpg
> : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tiger-2.jpg
> : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Suricates,_Namibia-2.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lobo_marino_(Zalophus_californianus_wollebaeki),_Punta_Pitt,_isla_de_San_Crist%C3%B3bal,_islas_Gal%C3%A1pagos,_Ecuador,_2015-07-24,_DD_12.JPG
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Biandintz_eta_zaldiak_-_modified2.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Equus_quagga_burchellii_-_Etosha,_2014.jpg
> : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flehmendes_Pferd_32_c.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chobe_River_Front,_Botswana_(2625496300).jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cheetah_(Acinonyx_jubatus)_female_2.jpg
> : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ngorongoro_Spitzmaulnashorn.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Indian_rhinoceros_(Rhinoceros_unicornis)_4.jpg
> : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hippopotamus_in_the_Zambezi.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Macaca_fascicularis_in_Tarutao_National_Marine_Park.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gibraltar_Barbary_Macaques_BW_2015-10-26_14-07-28.jpg
> : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zaniskari_Horse_in_Ladakh.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schimpanse,_Pan_troglodytes_3.JPG
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hylobates_lar_-_Kaeng_Krachan_WB.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elefantes_africanos_de_sabana_(Loxodonta_africana),_parque_nacional_de_Chobe,_Botsuana,_2018-07-28,_DD_25.jpg
> : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tamias_striatus_CT.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:American_robin_in_Central_Park_(52526).jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Long-tailed_tit_Gennevilliers_03.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Female_northern_harrier_in_flight-1142.jpg
> : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dromedary_in_Thar_desert.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sheep_on_the_sides_of_Sugarloaf_(496m),_Christchurch,_New_Zealand_03.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Swaledale_Sheep,_Lake_District,_England_-_June_2009.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walliser_Schwarzhalsziege,_Belalp_2014.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Close-up_photograph_of_a_calf%27s_head_looking_at_the_viewer_with_pricked_ears_in_Don_Det_Laos.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Camelus_bactrianus_in_western_Mongolia_02.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Camelus_bactrianus_in_western_Mongolia_06.jpg
> : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cat_yawning_in_park.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_kitten_in_a_carton_(Flickr).jpg
> : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_posing_kitten_(Flickr).jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mountain_gorilla_(Gorilla_beringei_beringei)_female_2.jpg
> : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eilat_Dolphin_Reef_(3).jpg
> : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eilat_Dolphin_Reef_(4).jpg
> : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eilat_Dolphin_Reef_(2).jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%91%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%96_%D0%B2_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%83_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%96%D1%8F.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grey_headed_flying_fox_-_AndrewMercer_IMG41848.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elefantes_africanos_de_sabana_(Loxodonta_africana),_parque_nacional_Kruger,_Sud%C3%A1frica,_2018-07-25,_DD_05.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cercopiteco_verde_(Chlorocebus_pygerythrus),_parque_nacional_Kruger,_Sud%C3%A1frica,_2018-07-25,_DD_40.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Southern_puku_(Kobus_vardonii_vardonii)_female_head.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bonnet_macaques_in_anaimalai_hills_JEG2730.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2015-06-10_Pronghorn_in_Yellowstone_National_Park,_USA_7862.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cervus_canadensis_nannodes_at_Tomales_Point.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taufliege_(Drosophila_melanogaster)-20200607-RM-210232.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chrysotoxum_cautum_Richard_Bartz.jpg
> : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asilidae_2_by_kadavoor.jpg
> : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pollinationn.jpg
> : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hymenoptera_diagonal.jpg
> : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wasp_August_2007-12.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Papilio_machaon_-_Daucus_carota_-_Keila.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_World_swallowtail_(Papilio_machaon_gorganus)_underside_Hungary.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parantica_aglea_at_Nayikayam_Thattu.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Damselfly_September_2007_Osaka_Japan.jpg
> : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Damselfly_08_%28MK%29.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bos_grunniens_at_Yundrok_Yumtso_Lake.jpg
> : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ladybug_aphids.JPG
> : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sally_Lightfoot_Crab_2019.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ocypode-ceratophthalma-horned-ghost-crab-krabi-thailand.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Synchiropus_splendidus_2_Luc_Viatour.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AndrewMercerIMG_5585_Australian_Water_Dragon.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BennyTrapp_Chamaeleo_chamaeleon_Samos_Griechenland.jpg
> : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eisvogel_kingfisher.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pteroglossus_torquatus_Costa_Rica.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Diomedea_exulans_in_flight_-_SE_Tasmania.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sau_p%C3%A5_Hylsete_i_Sogndal-2.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ara_ararauna_(Linnaeus_1758).jpg
> : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eurasian_eagle-owl_(44088).jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Falkland_Islands_Penguins_49.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Penguin_in_Antarctica_jumping_out_of_the_water.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2019-03-03_Chinstrap_penguin_on_Barrientos_Island,_Antarctica.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Steinadler_Aquila_chrysaetos_closeup2_Richard_Bartz.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mute_swans_(Cygnus_olor)_and_cygnets.jpg
> : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CygnusOlorShallowDOF-560mm.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:D%C3%BClmen,_B%C3%B6rnste,_Alpakas_--_2020_--_5251.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:D%C3%BClmen,_B%C3%B6rnste,_Alpakas_--_2020_--_5338.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Papageitaucher_Fratercula_arctica.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monarch_Butterfly_Danaus_plexippus_on_Milkweed_Hybrid_2800px.jpg
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giraffe.JPG
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eastern_great_egret_in_flight_at_Tenn%C5%8Dji_Park_in_Osaka,_November_2016_-_1478.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%96_%D0%B2_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D1%96_%D0%94%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8E.jpg
> :
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Proboscis_monkey_(Nasalis_larvatus)_female_and_baby.jpg
> : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giraffe08_-_melbourne_zoo.jpg
>