Thank you Fae for sharing this post (and for uploading those Photocrom
images! People who want to see more or use them in WP articles can find
them on Commons at Category:Photocrom prints collection
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Photochrom_prints_collection>)
The GLAMwikiToolset (project homepage
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:GLAMToolset_project>, mediawiki
extension <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GWToolset>, user manual
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:GWToolset>) has been in
development for several years now at *Europeana. *It is a joint funding
initiative with several European chapters to develop a standard method for
GLAMs (or anyone else for that matter) to mass-upload to Wikimedia Commons
on their own terms, without the need to operate bots or be dependent on the
subset of volunteers who can to do it for them. While we acknowledge that
the system still has bugs and still requires some technical ability (e.g.
creating a flat XML file), this is a significant step forward.
The tool has been quietly operational now for a while and has been used for an
interesting variety of uploads
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:GWToolset_users>, with more
coming each week. We hope that with increased usage the system will start
to become a standard part of the GLAMwiki repertoire of activities and over
time will become easier to use and help draw attention to other related
engineering work that needs attention - like multimedia statistics and
metadata export.
For those coming to Wikimania who who would like to know more, there will
be two presentations on the Sunday
<https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programme#Sunday.2C_August_10>
dedicated to the tool and also a hackathon session - please sign up here:
https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon#GWToolset
For any questions feel free to contact me offlist or join the dedicated
mailing list <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glamtools> if
you wish.
Sincerely,
- Liam / Wittylama
Europeana GLAM-Wiki Coordinator
wittylama.com
Peace, love & metadata
On 23 July 2014 02:08, Fæ <faewik(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Re:
http://pro.europeana.eu/pro-blog/-/blogs/sharing-multimedia-on-wikipedia-no…
Liam has just published this Europeana blog post about the first big
projects using the new GLAMwiki Toolset uploader (GWT). The main image
is one of the unusual "photochrom" prints from the 1890s that I
uploaded as a Wikimedia UK sponsored project - these hand coloured
prints feature locations from around the world and were incredibly
popular to send as gifts in that period, a time when colour
photography was still experimental; this high quality
chromolithographic process was to virtually vanish within a few years.
We are hoping that there will be a lot of interest in new GWT projects
at Wikimania (and the hackerthon beforehand) both from GLAM
professionals and keen volunteers. It's certainly worth browsing some
of the projects delivered so far that the tool has made possible,
especially if you think you might reuse some of the images. Those of
us who helped create the tool are looking forward to this transforming
Wikimedia Commons into a standard home on the internet for the public
to find high quality GLAM materials.
Fae
--
faewik(a)gmail.com
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae
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