Hello everyone,
Exciting times: the first feature of Structured Data on Wikimedia Commons -
multilingual captions - can now be beta tested. See below for further
explanation.
After the deployment of captions, the other functionalities of Structured
Commons (depicts + other statements from Wikidata) will be added in the
next months.
Looking forward to your tests and feedback! Sandra
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From: Keegan Peterzell via Commons-l <commons-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Date: Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 9:50 PM
Subject: [Commons-l] Structured data on Commons: Multilingual captions beta
testing
To: Wikimedia Commons Discussion List <commons-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, <
wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
The Structured Data on Commons team has begun beta testing of the first
feature, multilingual file captions, and all community members are invited
to test it out. Captions is based on designs discussed with the community
[1][2] and the team is looking forward to hearing about testing.
***If all goes well during testing, captions will be turned on for Commons
around the second week of January, 2019.***
Multilingual captions are plain text fields that provide brief, easily
translatable details of a file in a way that is easy to create, edit, and
curate. Captions are added during the upload process using the
UploadWizard, or they can be added directly on any file page on Commons.
Adding captions in multiple languages is a simple process that requires
only a few steps.
The details:
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There is [[mw:Help:File_captions|a help page available on how to use
multilingual file captions]]
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Testing will take place on Beta Commons. If you don’t yet have an
account set up there, you’ll need one. (direct link:
https://commons.wikimedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Main_Page )
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Beta Commons is a testbed, and not configured exactly like the real
Commons site, so expect to see some discrepancies with UI elements like
search
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Structured Data introduces the potential for many important page changes
to happen at once, which could flood the recent changes list. Because of
this, Enhanced Recent Changes
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Help:Enhanced_recent_changes> is enabled
as it currently is at Commons, but with some user interface changes.
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Feedback and commentary on the file caption functionality are welcome
and encouraged on the discussion page for this post:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Structured_data/Beta_captio…
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Some testing has already taken place and the team are aware of some
issues. A list of known issues can be seen below
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If you discover a bug/issue that is not covered in the known issues,
please file a ticket on Phabricator and tag it with the “Multimedia” tag.
Use [
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/edit/form/1/?projects=mult…
this link to file a new task] already tagged with "Multimedia."
Known issues:
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Search is not currently working on Beta Commons. Search is not needed
for testing captions, but service should be restored soon.
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Language name display inconsistencies in multilingual file captions -
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T209380
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Language names for multilingual File captions can run into the caption
value in the mobile view - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T209333
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Deleting a caption field that has text that exceeds the limit does not
re-enable the "publish" button -
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T209329
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"Edit" tab for past revisions should be "restore" -
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T209187
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When using the back button, recently added captions sometimes don't
display in Chrome - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T208894
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File Captions can't be edited on mobile browsers -
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T208993
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Wrong font weight for some language labels on SDC captions box -
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T208902
Thanks!
1.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Get_involved/Fee…
2.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Get_involved/Fee…
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Keegan Peterzell
Community Relations Specialist
Wikimedia Foundation
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Sandra Fauconnier
Program Officer, GLAM and Structured Data, Wikimedia Foundation
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communities: https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM
Forwarding in case US Wikimedians who aren't on the Education or GLAM
mailing lists would like to participate in this.
Pine
( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
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From: Joe Matazzoni <jmatazzoni(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 9:31 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia Education] help test usability of the Event Metrics
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Do you organize wiki events? Would you like to have a convenient tool that
provides metrics about the impact of your events? Then you are a potential
user of Event Metrics [1], a new tool under development. I’m writing now to
find event organizes who can help us test the usability of this new metrics
program, to make sure people such as yourself can understand and easily use
its functions.
The test will involve a one-hour videoconference session with a design
researchers, who will lead you through a series of tasks on the program and
talk to you about how well the tool's user interface works for you and how
it could be improved. Sessions will take place the second and third weeks
of January.
If you’d like to help out, please email Daisy Chen, dchen[at]wikimedia.org,
and let her know:
* The email address where you prefer to be reached.
* Your time zone
* General times when you prefer to meet (evenings, mornings, etc.)
Daisy will follow up to schedule a time. Thanks for helping to make Event
Metrics a tool that event organizers will find empowering!
Joe
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