To add to this:
we're super excited that the commons app is building this campaign mode. Some of you may remember that there used to be a WLM dedicated app, and one lesson we learned from this experience is that it makes more sense to integrate it. This is for multiple reasons: - More critical mass to make development worth while - More reinforcement between the campaign and the regular uploads - People who are new to WLM, learn how to upload also outside the campaign: they can reuse the workflows. This helps them to remain active after.
Thanks Josephine & team for working on this!
Lodewijk
On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 1:58 AM Josephine Lim josephinelim86@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Bodhisattwa,
Sorry to hear that the Commons app has been crashing for you. The average crash rate of our latest production version (v2.12) is 0.6% - we are working on improving that, of course, but it does mean that many users are experiencing relatively crash-free usage. If you could submit crash reports when it happens for you, we will look into it for our next release.
We are not funded by WLM but rather through a separate process, no WLM resources are being expended on this.
Best regards, Josephine
On Wed, 22 Jul 2020 at 17:34, Bodhisattwa Mandal < bodhisattwa.rgkmc@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Krishna,
Wikimedia Commons app crashes a lot and it requires huge amount of patience to upload image there sometimes, that's why it is not suitable for the competition. Also, as Philip pointed out it does not prefill data.
As I requested earlier in the help desk, it would be better if WLM international team could invest resources to develop separate WLM focused app.
Regards, Bodhisattwa WLM India team
On Wed, Jul 22, 2020, 03:09 Philip Kopetzky philip.kopetzky@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Krishna,
which data is this based on and how will the campaign data be filled from the android app? As far as I'm aware, there's no automatism to prefill said data and it would be quite an additional burden on volunteers to have to sift through pictures uploaded via the app that are missing categories and descriptions that are otherwise prefilled.
If the source used is indeed Wikidata, at least in Austria that data hasn't been accurate ever since Wikimania Montreal.
BR, Philip
On Tue, 21 Jul 2020 at 20:04, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga < kcvelaga@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 11:33 PM Krishna Chaitanya Velaga < kcvelaga@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello all,
Please check the following message from Wikimedia Commons Android app team, regarding WLM integration into the app.
(I am forwarding, as Josephine was unable to post to the list.)
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Josephine Lim josephinelim86@gmail.com To: wikilovesmonuments@lists.wikimedia.org Cc: Bcc: Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2020 03:48:12 +1000 Subject: WLM integration in Commons app
Hi all,
Just wanted to let you all know that we are planning to implement WLM integration into the Commons app (an Android app for users to upload photos to Commons) in the near future. :) Due to the current situation, we are unable to provide concrete estimates for when it will be completed, however I can say that September is unlikely, November might be possible, and in the worst case scenario it will certainly be done by 2021.
In the next month or two, I hope to be able to provide more details and a clearer timeline, and we will also start taking suggestions from organizers etc for desired features at that stage. I will post an update here as soon as possible.
We look forward to working with all of you to make WLM participation easier. :)
Best regards, Josephine / User:misaochan (Commons app project lead)
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