Gregory Maxwell wrote:
On 4/3/07, Platonides wrote:
A good method, but... How would we now when it came from the site users? It's almost impossible.
Not at all impossible, it would just take a little work. We setup a landing page they they direct their upload to commons link to, ... it sets a cookie indicating the site they came from (either one landing page per site, or grab the referrer. Make upload grab the cookie and stuff it in the database someplace..
I think that this would be very useful data even among our own projects. SUL will reduce the need for it internally, but it would still be useful with instantcommons.
I thought on it, but i found several problems: -Most wikis will also allow local upload, not only commons. -Upload instructions will say something like "You need to upload to Wikimedia Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org" ie. they won't provide an esoteric extra parameter. -Even if they provide, some people will go directly, not getting the cookie / not providing the referrer. -Asking to provide their local wiki url won't be popular. -Some sites will have several wikis, wanting to use it on all (eg. a local wikia and wikia central).
However, i like the idea of having a "landing page" where we can give information to InstantantCommoners (commons scope, licenses, delays...), set cookies, etc.