[x-posted announcement]
Hello,
Wikimedia Foundation’s Language team is currently working on the second
version of Content Translation - the popular tool that helps you create new
Wikipedia articles by translating from another article. More than 300000
articles have been translated
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/04/23/content-translation-whats-next/>
using this tool already. To give a preview of what to expect in the
improved version of the tool, we would like to invite you for an online
office hour session scheduled for Wednesday, July 4th, 2018 at 13:00 UTC.
This will be a showcase and open session to talk about upcoming changes to
Content Translation and ongoing development. You can know more about
Content Translation on the project page
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Content_translation> or you can even watch
a short video <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3btQ5fpn4sA>. To track
progress of the new version you can periodically check the updates page
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Content_translation/V2>.
This session is going to be an online discussion over Google
Hangouts/Youtube with a simultaneous IRC conversation. The Youtube
streaming link <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJxOy6quUpQ> will allow you
to both follow the event live and check the recorded session later.
However, due to the limitation of Google Hangouts, only a limited number of
participation slots are available for participating in the discussion.
Hence, do please let us know in advance if you would like to join in the
Hangout. The IRC channel will however be open for interactions during the
session.
Please read below for the event details, including local time, youtube
session link and do let us know if you have any questions.
Thank you
Runa
== Details ==
# Event: Content Translation office hour session
# When: July 4th, 2018 (Wednesday) at 13:00 UTC (check local time
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20180704T1300)
# Where: and on IRC #wikimedia-office (Freenode) and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJxOy6quUpQ
# Agenda:
Recent updates about Content Translation, and Q & A.
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Engineering Manager, Language (Contributors)
Wikimedia Foundation
Hi everyone,
As always, people interested in Structured Data on Commons from a GLAM
perspective are also very welcome at this IRC Office Hour. I will be
there to answer questions!
Warmly, Sandra
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Subject: [Commons-l] IRC Office Hour - 26 June, Structured Data on Commons
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2018 12:50:57 -0500
From: Keegan Peterzell via Commons-l <commons-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Reply-To: Keegan Peterzell <kpeterzell(a)wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia
Commons Discussion List <commons-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
To: Wikimedia Commons Discussion List <commons-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>,
wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Hi all,
There will be an IRC office hour for Structured Data on Commons [0]
from 18:00-19:00 UTC Tuesday, 26 June 2018. You can find links to join
as well as date and time conversion at the IRC Office Hour page on Meta [1].
Specific topics are not set in advance, you can come prepared to discuss
whatever aspect of the project that you would like. More information
about what has taken place can be found at the Structured Data hub on
Commons [2].
Thanks, I look forward to seeing you all there. I will send out a
reminder a few hours before the meeting starts.
0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data
1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours#Upcoming_office_hours
2. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Get_involved
--
Keegan Peterzell
Technical Collaboration Specialist
Wikimedia Foundation
Hi Arne,
Good question!
It might help if you share the exact Commons-cat the image are in, that helps us better assess the situation. I imagine a number of potential helpouts:
1) I guess asking a Commons admin to delete the already uploaded files and reupload using Pattypan would be the easiest way forward.
2) Assuming all images are in 1 Commons-cat : Use custom replace in VisualFileChange.js? (perhaps with reg exps?)
3) In the GLAMwiki toolset I read " Re-upload media from URL - This checkbox allows you to re-upload media for an item that has already been uploaded to the wiki. If the item already exists because of one of your previous uploads, an additional media file will be added to the wiki. If someone else has already uploaded a new version of the media file, then your new upload will be ignored. If the media file does not yet exist in the wiki, it will be uploaded whether this checkbox is checked or not."
Perhaps this would allow for an upload with better metadata?
4) Assuming all images are in 1 Commons-cat: with some effort you could write a Python script that replaces all the existing 'poor/too short' metadata field values with the better (template based) values
Best,
Olaf
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Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 11:01:43 +0200
From: Arne Wossink <wossink(a)wikimedia.nl>
To: "Wikimedia & GLAM collaboration [Public]"
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Subject: [GLAM] GLAM collection transferred from Flickr
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Hi all,
One of our GLAMs was working on a small upload of PD photos from their
collection. They were planning to do the upload with Pattypan and use
creator, language templates etc. to enrich the metadata as much as possible.
However, these photos were already available on their Flickr account under
a PD license with basically the same information about the photos
(description was limited anyway). Another user has recently transferred
these with Flickr2Commons. So these images are now already on Commons, but
their description and other information is not as good as could have been
if all available templates etc. had been used.
This is a first for me. I'm aware that nothing could have been done about
the Flickr to Commons transfer except not putting them there in the first
place, but clearly the current situation is not in our best interest or
that of the GLAM and is certainly not a best practice.
Any comments on this? What would be a good way to handle this situation?
Arne Wossink
Projectleider / Project Manager Wikimedia Nederland
*(Werkdagen: maandag, dinsdag, donderdag / Office hours: Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday)*
Tel. +31 (0)6 11000505
E-mail: wossink(a)wikimedia.nl
*Post/bezoekadres:*
Mariaplaats 3
3511 LH Utrecht
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Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 09:07:00 +0000
From: Estermann Beat <beat.estermann(a)bfh.ch>
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Hi,
Do the already uploaded pictures have a unique id (or some metadata that could be used as such) that would allow for an easy matching between the images on Commons and the entries in the database?
Cheers,
Beat
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Hi all,
One of our GLAMs was working on a small upload of PD photos from their collection. They were planning to do the upload with Pattypan and use creator, language templates etc. to enrich the metadata as much as possible.
However, these photos were already available on their Flickr account under a PD license with basically the same information about the photos (description was limited anyway). Another user has recently transferred these with Flickr2Commons. So these images are now already on Commons, but their description and other information is not as good as could have been if all available templates etc. had been used.
This is a first for me. I'm aware that nothing could have been done about the Flickr to Commons transfer except not putting them there in the first place, but clearly the current situation is not in our best interest or that of the GLAM and is certainly not a best practice.
Any comments on this? What would be a good way to handle this situation?
Arne Wossink
Projectleider / Project Manager Wikimedia Nederland
(Werkdagen: maandag, dinsdag, donderdag / Office hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday)
Tel. +31 (0)6 11000505
E-mail: wossink(a)wikimedia.nl<mailto:wossink@wikimedia.nl>
Post/bezoekadres:
Mariaplaats 3
3511 LH Utrecht
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Yes. The catalogue ID is provided as part of the general description field.
Arne Wossink
Projectleider / Project Manager Wikimedia Nederland
*(Werkdagen: maandag, dinsdag, donderdag / Office hours: Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday)*
Tel. +31 (0)6 11000505
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*Post/bezoekadres:*
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2018-06-11 11:07 GMT+02:00 Estermann Beat <beat.estermann(a)bfh.ch>:
> Hi,
>
>
>
> Do the already uploaded pictures have a unique id (or some metadata that
> could be used as such) that would allow for an easy matching between the
> images on Commons and the entries in the database?
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Beat
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* GLAM [mailto:glam-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] *On Behalf Of *Arne
> Wossink
> *Sent:* Montag, 11. Juni 2018 11:02
> *To:* Wikimedia & GLAM collaboration [Public] <glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
> *Subject:* [GLAM] GLAM collection transferred from Flickr
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> One of our GLAMs was working on a small upload of PD photos from their
> collection. They were planning to do the upload with Pattypan and use
> creator, language templates etc. to enrich the metadata as much as possible.
>
>
>
> However, these photos were already available on their Flickr account under
> a PD license with basically the same information about the photos
> (description was limited anyway). Another user has recently transferred
> these with Flickr2Commons. So these images are now already on Commons, but
> their description and other information is not as good as could have been
> if all available templates etc. had been used.
>
>
>
> This is a first for me. I'm aware that nothing could have been done about
> the Flickr to Commons transfer except not putting them there in the first
> place, but clearly the current situation is not in our best interest or
> that of the GLAM and is certainly not a best practice.
>
>
>
> Any comments on this? What would be a good way to handle this situation?
>
>
>
> Arne Wossink
>
>
>
> Projectleider / Project Manager Wikimedia Nederland
>
>
>
> *(Werkdagen: maandag, dinsdag, donderdag / Office hours: Monday, Tuesday,
> Thursday)*
>
>
>
> Tel. +31 (0)6 11000505
>
> E-mail: wossink(a)wikimedia.nl
>
>
>
> *Post/bezoekadres:*
>
> Mariaplaats 3
>
> 3511 LH Utrecht
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Hi all,
One of our GLAMs was working on a small upload of PD photos from their
collection. They were planning to do the upload with Pattypan and use
creator, language templates etc. to enrich the metadata as much as possible.
However, these photos were already available on their Flickr account under
a PD license with basically the same information about the photos
(description was limited anyway). Another user has recently transferred
these with Flickr2Commons. So these images are now already on Commons, but
their description and other information is not as good as could have been
if all available templates etc. had been used.
This is a first for me. I'm aware that nothing could have been done about
the Flickr to Commons transfer except not putting them there in the first
place, but clearly the current situation is not in our best interest or
that of the GLAM and is certainly not a best practice.
Any comments on this? What would be a good way to handle this situation?
Arne Wossink
Projectleider / Project Manager Wikimedia Nederland
*(Werkdagen: maandag, dinsdag, donderdag / Office hours: Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday)*
Tel. +31 (0)6 11000505
E-mail: wossink(a)wikimedia.nl
*Post/bezoekadres:*
Mariaplaats 3
3511 LH Utrecht