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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Prague Pre-Hackathon - registration and travel
scholarships open (Jon Katz)
2. Re: Prague Pre-Hackathon - registration and travel
scholarships open (Pine W)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2017 17:29:14 -0800
From: Jon Katz <jkatz@wikimedia.org>
To: Pine W <wiki.pine@gmail.com>
Cc: mobile-l <mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
Subject: Re: [WikimediaMobile] Prague Pre-Hackathon - registration and
travel scholarships open
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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
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_ > project, we'redata
thinking that we want to delay any new asks of the Commons community until
the repercussions of the project are well understood.
Best,
J
[1]
Compiled by: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:LX
Commons:Village pump/Archive/2013/04#Mobile Web Uploads turned off in stable
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/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
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump/ >Archive/2013/04#Missing_ author.2Fsource_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?
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump/ >Proposals/Archive/2016/08#Rfc: _Should_we_request_a_ configuration_change_to_shut_ down_cross-wiki_uploads.3F
Commons:Mobile access/Mobile upload needing check#Background
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Mobile_ >access/Mobile_upload_needing_ check#Background
Category:MobileUpload-related deletion requests
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/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
>> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2017/ >Prehackathon_Prague
>> 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 <https://github.com/commons-app/apps-android-commons >,
>> with focus on the "Nearby places that need pictures" feature. Further
>> details are currently still being discussed here
>> <https://github.com/commons-app/apps-android-commons/ >.issues/353
>>
>> If you are interested, please register
>> <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScvPa8LIz_ >YTOIcToaAAkAvnZ5OoJ2F5YUlfelDc TcutL24cg/viewform
>> 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!
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Josephine
>>
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Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2017 17:49:47 -0800
From: Pine W <wiki.pine@gmail.com>
To: mobile-l <mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
Subject: Re: [WikimediaMobile] Prague Pre-Hackathon - registration and
travel scholarships open
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OK, thanks for the explanation, Jon.
For what it's worth, I've got some activities in my pipeline that I hope
will lead to increases in the number of volunteers on Wikimedia projects
with moderate to high levels of expertise in Wikimedia workflows. Human
resources are a significant constraint on many community and affiliate
tasks, such as image moderation. Perhaps in a few years the HR constraint
will be less of a concern. We'll see.
Thanks again,
Pine
On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 5:29 PM, Jon Katz <jkatz@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> 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_ , concernsAndroid
> 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
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_ > project,data
> 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,
>
> J
>
>
>
> [1]
>
> Compiled by: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:LX
>
> Commons:Village pump/Archive/2013/04#Mobile Web Uploads turned off in
> stable
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/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
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump/ >Archive/2013/04#Missing_ author.2Fsource_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?
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump/ >Proposals/Archive/2016/08#Rfc: _Should_we_request_a_ configuration_change_to_shut_ down_cross-wiki_uploads.3F
>
> Commons:Mobile access/Mobile upload needing check#Background
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Mobile_ >access/Mobile_upload_needing_ check#Background
>
> Category:MobileUpload-related deletion requests
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/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
>>> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon_2017/ >Prehackathon_Prague
>>> 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
>>> <https://github.com/commons-app/apps-android-commons >, with focus on
>>> the "Nearby places that need pictures" feature. Further details are
>>> currently still being discussed here
>>> <https://github.com/commons-app/apps-android-commons/ >.issues/353
>>>
>>> If you are interested, please register
>>> <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScvPa8LIz_ >YTOIcToaAAkAvnZ5OoJ2F5YUlfelDc TcutL24cg/viewform
>>> 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!
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>> Josephine
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
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>>>
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