On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 6:13 PM, MZMcBride z@mzmcbride.com wrote:
Greg Grossmeier wrote:
- The GLAM Wiki Toolset[3] will be enabled on Commons, allowing for GLAM
institutions (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) to more easily upload bulk collections of images with associated metadata.
I was curious whether this new tool would be restricted to specific user groups on Commons. I tracked down https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/101061 (via https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/56181) and it seems that the answer is no (i.e., it will be available to all). Has anyone checked with the Commoners about this proposed deployment? I believe Commons generally has far more restrictive user rights/groups (e.g., requiring users to be a in special user group to simply rename files).
GWToolset will only be usable by users in the new 'gwtoolset' user group [0]. The admins on Commons will have control of the membership of this group via the usual means. In addition to the group membership, GLAM sites will need to opt-in to having their media imported by requesting that their domain be whitelisted for downloading [1].
[0]: https://git.wikimedia.org/blob/mediawiki%2Fextensions%2FGWToolset/f0588a290e... [1]: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58224
Bryan