I think the UX is pretty good here already (thanks to anyone on the
list who contributed), but additional feedback is appreciated.
In the long run it would be good to generalize the "Add from Flickr"
into a generalized "Add from [source 1|source 2|...]" UI, but I think
it's fine for now.
Erik
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From: Erik Moeller <erik(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 6:10 PM
Subject: Testing Upload Wizard Flickr import feature
To: Wikimedia Commons Discussion List <commons-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hi,
Kaldari has been polishing the work done during Google Summer of Code
by Ankur Anand to support importing correctly licensed Flickr
photo(-sets) using Upload Wizard. You specify a photoset URL, and
Upload Wizard should treat it like a batch upload. You can test the
feature here:
http://mwreview.wmflabs.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page (you'll need to
make a new test user account)
Just click the "Import from Flickr" button on the first page to get started.
Since UW performs a license check, UW will also add a
"VerifiedByUploadWizard" template which should help with the long term
validation of licenses for Flickr imported content.
Known issues:
* Getting a better 'source' value for each image - ideally we want the
regular Flickr URL, not the farm server URL
* Getting the description for each image, this may require separate
calls to the Flickr API.
* Making the 'author' value a link to the Flickr account
* Supporting the feature to copy metadata across a whole batch, which
is shown for regular batch uploads
Now's a good time to start playing with it. You can leave feedback
here:
http://mwreview.wmflabs.org/wiki/index.php/Talk:Flickr_testing -
or file in Bugzilla against the UploadWizard extension.
Thanks!
Erik
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