[WikiEN-l] Fwd: [Commons-l] On upload forms

[Maxim]

That's a really good idea. The current form isn't that easily usably,
especially by newbies. It's also a bit ugly...

--Maxim

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 3:52 PM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:

> FYI
>
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> From: Brion Vibber <brion at wikimedia.org>
> Date: 2008/5/29
> Subject: [Commons-l] On upload forms
> To: Wikimedia Commons Discussion List <commons-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
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> For a long time we've had to suffer with an image upload form which was
> pretty bare-bones, while attempting to shoehorn more smarts into it
> through templates and JavaScript hacks.
>
>
> Well, I think it's about time we prioritize really doing this thing
> right. Commons, and MediaWiki generally, needs an upload form which:
>
> a) Works sensibly
>
> b) Looks good
>
> c) Allows you to upload the file, extract metadata, compare duplicates,
> make sure it's sensibly named, and *then* commit it into the system.
>
> d) Handles batch uploads with a minimum of fuss (or at least, as
> minimally fussy as one can get with HTML file upload forms :)
>
>
> Note that this isn't going to be done by tacking JavaScript and
> templates onto the existing form; this is going to be a real effort to
> redesign it from scratch into something that handles today's actual needs.
>
>
> I'd appreciate hearing from people interested in helping out in the
> following capacities:
>
> * Designing user interface mockups
> * Helping code it up in MediaWiki
> * Testing the new form under development
> * Providing constructive criticism as we work
>
>
> This effort will probably take from a few weeks to a few months to get
> to the point where it's really live; we may even try experiments like
> having the old and new forms available side-by-side on the live site so
> people really have a chance to bang at it in real usage without forcing
> an in-flux test system on everyone.
>
> - -- brion vibber (brion @ wikimedia.org)
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