Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales wrote:
It looks like people are translating this form:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Translation/New_upload_form
But this form is clearly inferior to the one proposed by Erik on
this page:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons
In terms of design, Erik's might well be an improvement. But I'm not
sure where it was in terms of development, I only know there's a couple
of nice pictures of how it would look. With Andre's (Sansculotte's)
form, I understood the form itself was pretty much ready to go. Maybe if
we can superimpose Erik's layout on Andre's work, we would be able to
combine the best parts from each.
Erik's design is also set up with the specific Wikimedia Commons
proposal in mind. That project still seems to be waiting for some
impetus to get off the ground. I know there was some difference of
opinion as to how much preparation was needed before rollout, but maybe
it would make sense to use the new upload form as a reason to get that
project actually started?
--Michael Snow