And we're live.

https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Special:Translate/out-wlm-mobile

On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 5:50 PM, Siebrand Mazeland (WMF) <smazeland@wikimedia.org> wrote:

W00t!

I'm working on getting the app in translatewiki.net now. Support is imminent. It will appear at https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Special:Translate/out-wlm-mobile.

If you're planning on translating, and are not a translator yet, please proceed to https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Special:FirstSteps so that you're ready.

Cheers!

Siebrand

On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 8:14 AM, Elke Wetzig (elya) <ew_wp@web.de> wrote:

Hello WLManiacs,
I'm very happy to announce the first public beta version of our brand
new Wiki Loves Monuments Android App!

The information below was provided by Phil Chang (WMF) who in the last 6
months did a great job to push things forward and make it possible  –
thanks a lot for that!

Please try the app as much as you can, spread the word (!) and provide
us with your feedback.Thanks a lot!

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Announcing the Wiki Loves Monuments Android App, V1.1 beta 1!

This app enables mobile monument discovery and photo uploads for the
first time, both in terms of mobile functionality overall and for the
Wiki Loves Monuments contest.

Please turn on "Unknown sources" in Settings => Applications, click on
the link below and install. Then go out and take lots of photos! Uploads
will go to test wiki so feel free to upload whatever you like (and want
to share with the world).

http*://* <http://bit.ly/OFS82I>bit.ly/wlmappv1 <http://bit.ly/OFS82I>

This is the first public release and is not quite feature-complete.
Comments and bugs can go on this page:

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_mobile_application/Feedback

Please try the following:

* Browse by campaign (this will become browse by country/region/city)
* Sort the list by name and address
* Search with a search term
* Open a monument, click on "Get directions"
* Click on add a photo
* Login or create a Commons account
* Choose from gallery or take a photo
* Start uploading
* Go back to the opening screen
* Click on "Use my current location"
* Move around the map, open a cluster (a group of monuments close together)
* Click on a pin, open the monument
* Add a photo(login should be retained)
* Start uploading

Let us know what you think!

Known issues:

* Browse by country/region/city not fully implemented
* Full-text search is slow
* Map attribution is missing
* Sort by distance appears when browsing by country
* List view should have a "more" link when lists exceed 100 monuments
* Map view will have two types of pins to distinguish monuments with and
without photos
* Upload later is not yet implemented

Please forward this email as appropriate.

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Regards,
Elke

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Product Manager Localisation
Wikimedia Foundation

M: +31 6 50 69 1239
Skype: siebrand

Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate