It sure does look good! I have a question: the extension project I'm
working on needs a customized upload interface for its own Special: pages
- the Special:Upload classes in the new-upload branch are exactly what I
need. I've been doing a similar refactoring of Special:Upload to allow me
to use subclasses to customize the upload process. Is anyone willing to
risk a wild guess about when the new Special:Upload classes will replace
the current version?
Lee Worden
McMaster University
On Thu, 2 Jul 2009, Chad wrote:
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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