On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 00:41:54 +0200 Jens Frank JeLuF@gmx.de wrote:
- The possibility to use images on commons directly on Wikipedia
- Getting a thumbnail of an image in a category (and for non-images some
descriptive text) instead of just the page title on a category page.
Unfortunately, it does not seem like there are any active developers on WikiCommons currently, so I am throwing this into the larger group in the hope someone will be interested in programming them.
- Any proposed syntax for it?
The _preferred_ syntax would be no syntax at all. For a Media or Image-link, first the local wiki is checked whether it exists. If not, it is looked at in WikiCommons. This is preferred, because it is how thing will go in the Erik's envisioned 'fully operating' WikiCommons.
However, if it is easier to program, the alternative would be: Have keywords 'Commons' and 'Commonsmedia', which have the same or similar syntax as Image and Media.
- There already is a Special:Newimages in 1.4-pre that is intended for
commons, it shows the latest uploads as thumbnail galery. It was written with cateogry pages in mind, so adding this will not take too long.
Cool and thanks!
Andre Engels