Re: [GLAM] GLAM Digest, Vol 83, Issue 3

Hi Arne, Good question! It might help if you share the exact Commons-cat the image are in, that helps us better assess the situation. I imagine a number of potential helpouts: 1) I guess asking a Commons admin to delete the already uploaded files and reupload using Pattypan would be the easiest way forward. 2) Assuming all images are in 1 Commons-cat : Use custom replace in VisualFileChange.js? (perhaps with reg exps?) 3) In the GLAMwiki toolset I read " Re-upload media from URL - This checkbox allows you to re-upload media for an item that has already been uploaded to the wiki. If the item already exists because of one of your previous uploads, an additional media file will be added to the wiki. If someone else has already uploaded a new version of the media file, then your new upload will be ignored. If the media file does not yet exist in the wiki, it will be uploaded whether this checkbox is checked or not." Perhaps this would allow for an upload with better metadata? 4) Assuming all images are in 1 Commons-cat: with some effort you could write a Python script that replaces all the existing 'poor/too short' metadata field values with the better (template based) values Best, Olaf -----Original Message----- From: GLAM [mailto:glam-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of glam-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org Sent: maandag 11 juni 2018 11:11 To: glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: GLAM Digest, Vol 83, Issue 3 Send GLAM mailing list submissions to glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to glam-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org You can reach the person managing the list at glam-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of GLAM digest..." Today's Topics: 1. GLAM collection transferred from Flickr (Arne Wossink) 2. Re: GLAM collection transferred from Flickr (Estermann Beat) 3. Re: GLAM collection transferred from Flickr (Arne Wossink) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 11:01:43 +0200 From: Arne Wossink &lt;wossink(a)wikimedia.nl&gt; To: "Wikimedia & GLAM collaboration [Public]" &lt;glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt; Subject: [GLAM] GLAM collection transferred from Flickr Message-ID: <CAKrE8mUspsW25_FVDCSPb94swg+pYDynBpGg4Ep2nA9m4eo4Tw@mail. gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi all, One of our GLAMs was working on a small upload of PD photos from their collection. They were planning to do the upload with Pattypan and use creator, language templates etc. to enrich the metadata as much as possible. However, these photos were already available on their Flickr account under a PD license with basically the same information about the photos (description was limited anyway). Another user has recently transferred these with Flickr2Commons. So these images are now already on Commons, but their description and other information is not as good as could have been if all available templates etc. had been used. This is a first for me. I'm aware that nothing could have been done about the Flickr to Commons transfer except not putting them there in the first place, but clearly the current situation is not in our best interest or that of the GLAM and is certainly not a best practice. Any comments on this? What would be a good way to handle this situation? Arne Wossink Projectleider / Project Manager Wikimedia Nederland *(Werkdagen: maandag, dinsdag, donderdag / Office hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday)* Tel. +31 (0)6 11000505 E-mail: wossink(a)wikimedia.nl *Post/bezoekadres:* Mariaplaats 3 3511 LH Utrecht