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

[White Cat]

We can have new and old interface. People can choose which one they prefer.
The new one would of course be the default.

   - White Cat

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 2:07 PM, Nick <heligolandwp at googlemail.com> wrote:

> I don't know how easy it would be to implement, but I'd like to see an
> image
> duplicate search at the point the file is uploaded, and the file not being
> permanently saved on the Foundation servers if a duplicate already exists.
>
> I'd also like to see a batch upload interface, something Flickr-ish which
> permits five or ten images to be uploaded in one action, using the same
> description and licence tags, something a bit like the Commonplace utility
> but a web based client, rather than one you need to download.
>
> I know there's a great deal of hatred for the Flickr style interface
> amongst
> some Commons users, but I really wouldn't mind the new upload form being
> the
> start of something to knock Commons into a more user friendly media
> repository, I know there's a lot of good work that's gone on already with
> things like the new search and the suggestive search functions, but I'd
> like
> to see more and more features, things like an automatic image syntax
> generator on each page, so all a user needs to do is copy and paste the
> code
> from the image page on Commons into the article on their local Wiki to
> transclude an image.
> --
> Nick
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