On 30/12/06, Simetrical Simetrical+wikitech@gmail.com wrote:
On 12/29/06, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 29/12/06, Chris McKenna cmckenna@sucs.org wrote:
Is it technically possible to include a blank {{information}} template on the image description page for new uploads? Or maybe redesign the upload page to have several input fields corresponding to the template rather than one single free-form box as now? Would this require a hack to MediaWiki?
Not sure. cc: to wikitech-l for opinions.
I don't think there's any way to do this without some code changes, no. It would, however, probably be a good idea to make those code changes, specifically the possibility for distinct input fields. I suggest you (or someone) open a bug report.
It was mentioned in http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3712 ("Use more appropriate software for the Commons (other than MediaWiki)", a pretty wide-ranging bug).
A MW install I did for a group, 1.6.3, at Special:Upload has distinct fields for "Copyright status" and "Source". These are distinct to "summary" but are just write-in fields unlike the license selector.
(Did the German UI review cover Image: pages?)
Not as I recall.
I actually thought it did... can't remember where it is to re-read it now though.
regards, Brianna user:pfctdayelise