Seriously, this tool is phenomenal, and when linked with Brian's upload tool, provides a straightforward way to get new, relevant images into Wikipedia. I really hope you'll spread the word on Wikipedia. Perhaps mention it to the Signpost guy?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotswood%2C_Victoria looks much better with two new images, don't you think?
Some other appearance suggestions: * Rename the links that appear next to the image. I suggest making the image itself a link to the flickr page (and hence unlinking the title), then having wording like: Upload with [[Bryan]] / [[flinfo]]. Actually I don't really understand how flinfo works, so perhaps you could just decide which is the better method and only link to that. * Show the flickr tags for each image. That would help a lot in determining if the thing in question is referring to the actual subject. I'm looking at suburbs, and very often there's a place in the US or UK with the same name...the tags would help here.
I do note though, that it's still a *lot* of steps. Most if it's pretty obvious and just a question of clicking the right link, but I wonder if you can streamline it still further.
Let's see, once you've done your search, it's: 1.Middle click the title of an image to view it in another tab. Decide whether it's appropriate. 2.Return to main tab (if it's not, close the tab) 3. Open the "Brian's Upload Tool" link in a new tab 4. Click the Continue button 5. Type categories, adjust description and filename if necessary. (sometimes this page displays wrongly in my browser) [most of this step seems redundant, as you can change all the information except the filename on the next page anyway] 6. Click Continue 7. Click Save Page 8. Click "Flickr Uploader" link. 9. Click "Comment" link 10. Type a comment, usually referring to the page you'll be adding the image to. Tense can be complicated as the image isn't actually visible *yet*. 11. Close the tab and return to your main tab. 12. Click the Edit link next to the original article, opening in a new tab. 13. Type the name of the image somewhere, either as part of an infobox, or an [[image:...]] link. Usually involves flipping back somewhere to get the exact image name. 14. Type an edit summary (usually "Add image") 15. Click save. 16. Check that everything looks ok. 17. Close the tab.
And that's basically the shortest possible version. Going further would include making a proper category on Commons (which is itself a subcategory of something), possibly making an "article" on Commons, then linking to either the category or the article page from the Wikipedia article via the {{commons}} or {{commonscat}} templates. You could also go through the other language editions, adding the image there too.
Conclusion: It's still a lot of clicking and typing, and feels very "manual". How could this be better? How could *Media*Wiki better integrate images and text?
Let me dream a moment: 1. Somehow, categories on all the wikipedias and commons are linked. 2. By default, articles display up to N images from the appropriate Commons category, without being explicitly told which images or which category. Say N=10. Images are tagged so that MediaWiki can choose which image should be the "main" image, and which should be shown in a Gallery section. 3. With a single click, the flickr image is prepared for upload to Commons with appropriate categories. You simply tweak image name and description, then press save. 4. The Wikipedia page (or pages) is then shown with the new image for approval. Since this is automatic, you simply have to check that there aren't any special issues to know about.
Is this desirable? Is it feasible? What are the downsides?
Steve