As some of you are already aware, I'm doing for this GSoC a Desktop tool
for conveniently uploading images to commons.
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.wikilovesmonuments/2641
How can you help with this?
a) Propose a cool name for this tool
b) Suggest new functionalities/requisites
Either on http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Platonides/GSOC_proposal or
in this thread.
c) Volunteer for testing the program and giving early feedback
(please reply directly to avoid spamming the mailing list with "I can
test it, too")
Hey all,
South Africa is ready to participate! We found a team here that will help,
an organisation that will help us (Wikiafrica: Isla), the governmental
agencies are willing to help us, the biggest news agency is waiting for our
press releases, ....
We do have some troubles:
1. an old and difficult monument database, lots of errors, only
partially tagged with GPS or even the address. Difficult identifier
(something like 302-392-239392-32, impossible to use)
2. no processing of the lists yet
3. mobile upload. South Africans live with their cellphone, would open
up opportunities having a "WLM-app"
4. the current monuments are targetted on the "Afrikaans" culture. We
want to open the monument to the "previouly disadvantaged people", so we
will allow for uploads of things that have not been declared as a monument
yet. The uploader will have the opportunity to add some reasons why we
should consider this important. This information will be shared with
government
5. ...
But we're working on it!
Grtz,
Maarten