> 0 - You don't have enough bandwidth on your personal computer
UploadWirzard supports uploadbyurl, but it is only enabled for licenser and admins because upload by url is not 100% stable.
GWToolset has bugs too.
> 3 - Before making massive uploads, people want to try it *with the real
> tool* (GLAMs too).
We have the betacluster (http://commons.wikimedia.beta.wmflabs.org/) to test. It is a real clone.
Per request (mailinglist/talkpage/mail) i can grant the gwtoolset right to trusted user without bureaucracy on the betacluster.
Regards,
> Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 19:19:50 +0200
> From: emmanuel.engelhart@wikimedia.ch
> To: glamtools@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Glamtools] Open GWT to all Commons users
>
> On 27.04.2014 18:39, Steinsplitter Wiki wrote:
> > We have changed from admin to cratmanegment for a good reason (GWT is
> > powerful tool like botflag).
> >
> > 10 per XML sounds like nonsense. The user can use UploadWirzard...
>
> Here are a few reasons why it makes sense and why the uploadWizard is
> not adapted in some cases:
> 0 - You don't have enough bandwidth on your personal computer
> 1 - You don't have the data on your computer
> 2 - You already have the metadata in a structured way
> 3 - Before making massive uploads, people want to try it *with the real
> tool* (GLAMs too).
>
> But, you make a point, maybe 10 is too low or we should remove this kind
> of limit and just rely on the upload speed. Anyway, this was just a
> starter proposition.
>
> Emmanuel
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