Hi Pine,

That's a great question and one we've thought about a lot on the app teams. It would obviously increase our image contributions a great deal if we connected the ease of uploading of the commons app with the user base of the Wikipedia app. However, given the quality and copyright issues that arose when we previously made it easier to upload images on the mobile [1], we want to be very careful about any future efforts and make sure we've ensured that issues around moderation are taken care of.

In a recent consultation around mobile contributions, https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Reading/Readers_contributions_via_Android, concerns around moderation were echoed, but uploading nearby images was still one of the most popular ideas proposed. There is clearly an opportunity here if we can figure out how to mitigate the moderation issues.

Regardless, given the upcoming structured data on commons project, we're thinking that we want to delay any new asks of the Commons community until the repercussions of the project are well understood.

Best,

[1]

Compiled by: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:LX

Commons:Village pump/Archive/2013/04#Mobile Web Uploads turned off in stable

Commons:Village pump/Archive/2013/04#Missing author/source parameters on mobile uploads: fix coming

Commons:Village pump/Proposals/Archive/2016/08#Rfc: Should we request a configuration change to shut down cross-wiki uploads?

Commons:Mobile access/Mobile upload needing check#Background

Category:MobileUpload-related deletion requests

On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 9:12 AM, Pine W <wiki.pine@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Josephine,

I'm glad to see that work is continuing on the Commons app. Just wondering, is there a chance of creating some kind of link between the Commons app and the Wikipedia app, or maybe even merging them at some point?

Thanks,

Pine

On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 6:30 AM, Josephine Lim <josephinelim86@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all,

Wikimedia Czech Republic and I are collaborating to organize a pre-hackathon in Prague that runs from 12-14 May 2017, a week before the hackathon in Vienna. There are a few scholarships available that will cover the return trip to Prague/Vienna, and/or accommodation in Prague during the pre-hackathon.

The topic of the pre-hackathon will be the improvement of the Wikimedia Commons Android app, with focus on the "Nearby places that need pictures" feature. Further details are currently still being discussed here.

If you are interested, please register as soon as possible and indicate if you would like to apply for a scholarship in the application form. For any enquiries, feel free to send me or Vojtech (CC'ed) an email, or post on our GitHub or wiki discussion page.

Cheers!

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Regards,
Josephine

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