On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 4:10 AM, James Hare james.hare@wikidc.org wrote:
These are media files, not byte-sized edits to Wikidata.
Magnus' OAuth uploader has been used to upload >600K files to Commons, nothing to sneeze at (GWT's count is at 375K): https://tools.wmflabs.org/magnustools/oauth_uploader.php
User:Prolineserver's video conversion tool offers large file uploads and conversion with 7 day expiry: https://tools.wmflabs.org/videoconvert/
OAuth-created contributions can be tracked: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&ta...
There's nothing that precludes external tools (web-based or not) from dealing with large sets of files and uploading them via the API. If we wanted such stashing and use Labs we'd need to clear the storage requirements with the Labs team, but it's certainly not an automatic blocker.
There are also examples of tools that are dealing with the kind of complex metadata issues that GWT is dealing with, such as the Remixing Archival Metadata Project: https://tools.wmflabs.org/ramp/
Consider also how easy it is for others to contribute to the GWT. GWT right now is basically Dan's baby -- and almost necessarily so, because the intersection of "know how to write a MediaWiki extension" and "can figure out the complex GLAM metadata problems GWT solves for" is pretty small. If you can reduce the level of deep MW experience required for development, you may have a better chance of the project becoming self-sustaining in the long run, with active participation by GLAMs in Europeana's network.
Erik