1.0 ==> big popularity with general public
A relevant bug: http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3712
Here's my list: we need improvements in annotation, search, uploading and content management.
* Improved annotation. I propose an improved way of annotating content that combines the best of galleries, categories and tags. Since I don't have a better name I just call it "annotations". I can imagine how it would work in my head, I hope I explained it clearly enough for other people to imagine it too. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pfctdayelise/Categories_and_galleries Note this would solve most of the most important multilingual problems.
* Improved search. http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8738 Also relates to what metadata should be stored. The metadata needs to be stored for us to be able to search on it.
* Improved uploading. Go to multi-step process instead of a single form, allow uploading by zip, by directory, etc. Let us create a licensing quiz that new users have to complete before uploading.
* Improved content management. Inbuilt tools and pages that allow admins and other users to more quickly scan and tag content and flag possible problems. (Maybe some hacked up version of Patrolled Edits run only on file uploads?) The current system is cumbersome and not comprehensive. Lots can fall through the cracks.
Likeliness of improvements taking place: Search and uploading yes; content management and annotation, not unless someone finds some money for someone else to get paid. :)
regards, Brianna user:pfctdayelise
"Brianna Laugher" brianna.laugher@gmail.com wrote on Monday, April 16, 2007 10:28 AM:
- Improved uploading. Go to multi-step process instead of a single
form, allow uploading by zip, by directory, etc. Let us create a licensing quiz that new users have to complete before uploading.
I think that uploading by directory is technically impossible, if you just use browser functions. The Commonist tool can do it, though.
Best regards,
Flo
Florian Straub wrote:
"Brianna Laugher" wrote:
- Improved uploading. Go to multi-step process instead of a single
form, allow uploading by zip, by directory, etc. Let us create a licensing quiz that new users have to complete before uploading.
I think that uploading by directory is technically impossible, if you just use browser functions. The Commonist tool can do it, though.
Best regards,
Flo
You could have multiple file upload boxes (and also create more on-the-fly).
Which order would be preferred for multi-step? File upload is the slowest, so it seems sensible to do it at the end. But uploading the file is also very friendly in the way you don't need to retype the filename, and avoids "translating the name" between projects.
Maybe we could do the steps on the same page with Ajax?
On 18/04/07, Platonides Platonides@gmail.com wrote:
Florian Straub wrote:
"Brianna Laugher" wrote:
- Improved uploading. Go to multi-step process instead of a single
form, allow uploading by zip, by directory, etc. Let us create a licensing quiz that new users have to complete before uploading.
I think that uploading by directory is technically impossible, if you just use browser functions. The Commonist tool can do it, though.
Best regards,
Flo
You could have multiple file upload boxes (and also create more on-the-fly).
Which order would be preferred for multi-step? File upload is the slowest, so it seems sensible to do it at the end. But uploading the file is also very friendly in the way you don't need to retype the filename, and avoids "translating the name" between projects.
I think file upload should be first, so that step 2 (writing a description) can be done while the user is looking at a preview of the file.
Maybe we could do the steps on the same page with Ajax?
Maybe. I believe there should be at least three distinct steps, though: 1. uploading the file. 2. describing the file (+ licensing etc). 3. categorising the file (maybe in the future we can suggest categories based on the description, in this step).
cheers Brianna