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(a)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_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_data> 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,
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(a)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(a)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_YTOIcToaAAkAvnZ5OoJ2F5YUlfelDcTcutL24cg/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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