On May 6, 2011, at 11:20 PM, Erik Moeller <erik(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi,
We’re planning to make a change on May 9, 2011 [1]: We’ll replace
the
link in the Wikimedia Commons sidebar that currently points to
Commons:Upload with a link to Special:UploadWizard (in all languages).
If all goes well, we'll also invite Wikimedia wikis to begin changing
their Commons upload links to Special:UploadWizard.
[snip]
The old upload process will remain indefinitely available.
Erik,
Where is the basic upload form? (e.g.
Special:Upload&uploadformstyle=basic)
Katie
There’s no
reason to remove it. This is purely a change to the default process
we’re exposing to the world. We feel we’ve fixed all the obvious
bugs
that we know about (there are some annoying bugs that we do know about
left, but they’re not showstoppers). The best way for us to find the
remaining bugs is to have people actually use it as their first upload
experience and to continue to receive and process feedback.
[snip]
All best,
Erik
== Notes ==
[1] We may choose to push the date forward a bit if we run into
deployment issues.
[2] There's a subheader in the UploadWizard which takes you back to
the old upload form. To ensure that at least the link to the old form
is translated into your language (if you're an administrator or can
find one), you can edit the following user interface message in your
language (add "/language code" to the URL, e.g. "/pl" for Polish):
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Mwe-upwiz-subhead-alt-upload
--
Erik Möller
Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation
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