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Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2022 08:34:02 -0700
From: Sage Ross <ragesoss+wikipedia@gmail.com>
Subject: [Wikitech-l] Re: Commons app - v4.0 and my resignation
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Josephine,

Thanks so much for all the work you've done on the Commons app. I'm really
grateful that you've maintained it so well; it's one of my favorite apps,
and there's nothing else out there that comes close to doing what it does.

Good luck with your career change!

You are awesome!

-Sage


On Thu, Aug 25, 2022, 8:01 AM Dan Andreescu <dandreescu@wikimedia.org>
wrote:

> Thanks so much for your leadership and work Josephine, it's been awesome
> to watch over the years.  Good luck on your next adventures!
>
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 2:17 AM Josephine Lim <josephinelim86@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Hope you have been well! We have just released v4.0 of the Commons
>> Android app to production on Google Play - this version includes tons of
>> new features (a map displaying nearby Commons pictures, custom SPARQL
>> queries, user profiles, and a custom picture selector), as well as fixes
>> for major bugs such as the "date uploaded" bug. The app can be downloaded
>> from the Play Store[1] or directly from our GitHub repository[2].
>>
>> I should probably also add that this will likely be my last release - I
>> am currently transitioning to a new career, and will be stepping down from
>> the role of project lead, which I have held for the past 6 years. I intend
>> to stick around on a volunteer basis, but the amount of time that I can put
>> into the app from now on will be much more limited. I have discussed this
>> with the app's community, and I believe that a new grant team might be
>> emerging, and one of the volunteers might step up to take on the project
>> lead role.
>>
>> Thank you very much for the support that you have all shown to the
>> Commons app over the years. It was an honor and a pleasure to work with all
>> of you - I have learned so much and met so many amazing people in the
>> Wikimedia community, and I certainly hope to continue being part of it. I
>> also hope that the app and the community surrounding it may have benefited
>> from my work here, and that the new team will be able to bring it to places
>> that I might not have ever foreseen.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Josephine (User: Misaochan)
>>
>> [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fr.free.nrw.commons
>> [2] https://github.com/commons-app/apps-android-commons/releases
>>
>>