[Commons-l] A new uploading tool may be in the works (was: Fwd: [Foundation-l] Format Conversion)

[Brianna Laugher]

FYI.
cheers, Brianna

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From: Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell at gmail.com>
Date: 22 Jan 2008 07:21
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Format Conversion
To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org>

On Jan 21, 2008 1:48 PM, teun spaans <teun.spaans at gmail.com> wrote:
[snip]
> A pragmatic approach, where we convert stuff on upload into a
> free format is something i asked for in vain at commons. I am very glad to
> see resurface that idea here.

Uploading to our projects sucks. It's hard all around.

I'm working on an upload tool for video that has an improved ajaxy
upload form to better gather data, and can transcode uploads.   So far
I only support pulling video from things like  Youtube, Google Video,
Dailymotion, Guba, Stage6 and Metacafe, but I will eventually support
a couple of other upload mechanisms (http upload, etc). It will allow
anonymous uploading, with a submission queue so that named users can
approve uploads before they hit the site. I think thats better than
not allowing anonymous uploading.

Like the WikiMediaPlayer I expect that this will eventually be
re-invented as a mediawiki extension once the uses and needs are
clear.

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