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

[Fayssal F.]

Not necessarily related to upload forms but:

a & b) works good and looks good:

* http://www.freebase.com/view/en/pentax_k10d (using AJAX) -- Please note
the "With the exception of Wikipedia summaries and some images the content
on this page is typically distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution
license <http://www.freebase.com/signin/licensing.html> or Public Domain."

* http://www.larousse.fr/encyclopedie/ (AJAX & Flash) - using slideshows and
other image effects

* http://www.wikiprofessional.org/portal/

Fayssal F.

On Thu, 29 May 2008 20:52:57 +0100 "David Gerard" <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:

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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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