This is excellent news. For those who haven't seen it
in action, Michael Dale's work on the upload workflow
is looking awesome. I'm sure this grant will make it even
better.
-Chad
On Jul 1, 2009 11:52 PM, "Steve Bennett" <stevagewp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Erik Moeller<erik(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
http://upload.wikimedia.org...
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The objective of this project is to increase participation in and
contributions to Wikimedia
Commons by implementing a 13month
software development, usability testing and
documentation project to improve the interface for uploading
multimedia files to Wikimedia
Commons.
The deliverables should include the following key improvements:
•an integrated upload tool that can be accessed directly from the
editing window;
•Wikipedia integration of Wikimedia Commons as a repository to store
freely licensed
media;
•an intelligent workflow for fair use media that are not permissible
on Wikimedia Commons;
•an upload form process that emphasizes common defaults above less
frequent use cases;
•separated instructions and tutorials for conveying key policy
information and background
on copyright law and licensing.
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And thank god for that! :) I can't wait.
Steve
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