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