Re: [Glamtools] Open GWT to all Commons users

On 27/04/2014, Emmanuel Engelhart <emmanuel.engelhart(a)wikimedia.ch> wrote: ... Yes. The userrightmanegment for GWT was changed for a very good reason to crat management. Huge potential for abuse. GWT is powerful like botflag (noratelimits, uploadbyurl, etc). Regards, > Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 14:15:10 +0100 > From: faewik(a)gmail.com > To: glamtools(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Glamtools] Open GWT to all Commons users > > On 27/04/2014, Emmanuel Engelhart <emmanuel.engelhart(a)wikimedia.ch> wrote: > ... > > > Yes. > > * If a user has 10 files to upload they should use the well designed > standard wizard. The GWT is an amazingly cumbersome way to upload > small numbers of files. > > * The GWT has a number of bugs and restricted features that would be > very odd to explain to a user who was not part of a major GLAM upload > project or had not had experience with batch uploads. For example xml > validity testing is a complex issue and will never be covered by > on-wiki step by step documentation. > > * We have a small user group, if this were doubled by random > interested users without skills to bring to the party, or involvement > in large batch upload projects, it is highly likely that most of us > more engaged folks would drift off into yet another clique. > > In general, if anyone wanted to play with the tool, I would let them > use the beta cluster to knock themselves out. I would encourage this > approach as after playing around they might later come up with useful > and interesting batch upload projects. At the moment we are have had > very few requests to play with the tool on beta. > > With regard to barriers, the bureaucrats are being a bit harsh, but we > have to remember that the point of GWT is that it is designed to be an > powerful tool with the ability to rapidly upload 10,000 or 1000,000 > images, each of which may be up to 1GB. We want it to stay that > powerful, not be re-designed to be small-upload friendly when there > are several other tools and the upload wizard, to do precisely that > and do it well. > > Fae > -- > faewik(a)gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae > > _______________________________________________ > Glamtools mailing list > Glamtools(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glamtools