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Copyright policy

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Images in the Museum's collections can fall under a range of copyright restrictions. If an image is to be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons it should be licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0) or be Public Domain/Out of Copyright in the USA (as this is where Commons is hosted). If the image does not meet these requirements it should not be uploaded to Commons. "No known copyright restrictions" is not necessarily sufficient, nor is the image being out of copyright in New Zealand.

Wikimedia Commons has a public domain metadata template for New Zealand ({{PD-New Zealand}}), and one to indicate that a digital image is a faithful scan of a public-domain original ({{PD-scan}}). These should be used together when uploading a Public Domain scan.

In the "Institution" field of any Commons upload of a collection item from the Museum, the {{Institution:Nelson Provincial Museum}} template should be used, to give a machine-readable attribution to the Museum.

The "Source" field should contain a URL linking to the collection object online, and that page should have a clear Creative Commons licensing statement. It is very important that licensing statements on the website are accurate. If the collection object is not online, create an entry on this project page detailing the dates, usernames, and contact information of uploaders to enable Commons volunteers to verify that the upload is legitimate and not a copyright violation.

Wikimedia Commons categories

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Wikipedian in Residence

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June 10–25 2019 the museum hosted Mike Dickison (User:Giantflightlessbirds), New Zealand Wikipedian at Large. Mike gave several public talks, an in-house workshop for regional GLAM workers, and a public edit-a-thon.

To Do (following the Wikifying GLAM checklist)

Sources: The Prow, Nelson Notables 1840–1940 (1st ed.) (Q64569904)