[Commons-l] Things we need for Commons 1.0

[Brianna Laugher]

1.0 ==> big popularity with general public

A relevant bug: http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3712

Here's my list: we need improvements in annotation, search, uploading
and content management.


* Improved annotation. I propose an improved way of annotating content
that combines the best of galleries, categories and tags. Since I
don't have a better name I just call it "annotations". I can imagine
how it would work in my head, I hope I explained it clearly enough for
other people to imagine it too.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pfctdayelise/Categories_and_galleries
Note this would solve most of the most important multilingual problems.

* Improved search. http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8738
Also relates to what metadata should be stored. The metadata needs to
be stored for us to be able to search on it.

* Improved uploading. Go to multi-step process instead of a single
form, allow uploading by zip, by directory, etc. Let us create a
licensing quiz that new users have to complete before uploading.

* Improved content management. Inbuilt tools and pages that allow
admins and other users to more quickly scan and tag content and flag
possible problems. (Maybe some hacked up version of Patrolled Edits
run only on file uploads?) The current system is cumbersome and not
comprehensive. Lots can fall through the cracks.

Likeliness of improvements taking place:
Search and uploading yes; content management and annotation, not
unless someone finds some money for someone else to get paid. :)

regards,
Brianna
user:pfctdayelise