Re: [Wikimedia-l] Feedback with Android on Commons

As an experienced user, the Commons app is tremendously useful (when it doesn't crash). But as a Commons curator, I see a steady stream of "test uploads" and the like -- things that are utterly and completely unrelated to our educational mission -- that require a great deal of volunteer resources to process. The vast majority are tagged as mobile uploads. The Commons app gives the user absolutely no idea what Commons is about, or what kind of uploads are desirable. I think that is significant. The UploadWizard on the desktop version of Commons starts off with a cartoon explaining issues like copyright and personality rights, and then guides the user through related questions. Although I have not done a formal analysis, it seems to be overwhelmingly the case that files originating from Mobile uploads are much more often problematic than those originating from the Upload Wizard. I don't think that's a coincidence. It would be really awesome to have the ability for experienced users to use our devices to upload directly -- and even better if it opens doors to new contributors *in a way that meaningfully guides their participation*. But if new contributors are given no guidance, and unknowingly do stuff that puts a high load on our volunteer curators -- is that cost too high? I hope that kind of improvement is part of the discussion. Personally, I'd rather see a revamped app, than that the app just disappears. Pete On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 6:41 PM, John Mark Vandenberg <jayvdb(a)gmail.com> wrote: