On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 6:13 PM, MZMcBride <z(a)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/f0588a290…
[1]:
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58224
Bryan
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