Hi Kasper, I don't think I've ever recommended to anyone to use the Wikimedia app. Its never worked for me, so no reasons why I should tell someone to.
However, its still possible to use the in-browser upload wizard, which is much better to use this time. Its easier to use and works nicely. If you have lots of pictures too, you can use the uploader script called the Commonist. It has worked all the time for me. Since the commons server is on the other end, and network connection is between you and the server, I don't think the server will be able to boost speed if your uploading speed network connection is slow. Precisely, do you know the uplink and downlink speed of your connection at the hotel? On Dec 3, 2014 2:10 AM, "Asaf Bartov" <abar...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 3:01 PM, Kasper Souren <kasper.sou...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Africa >> >> I see the contest is over now, will there be another one coming up? >> > > Maybe. What it takes for that to be a "yes" is a group to take initiative > to organize it, and to request the resources needed to run it (at the very > least, prizes, but usually also logistics etc.), whether via a grant or > through local sponsorships or crowdfunding. In the case of this > competition this year, the organization was undertaken by the Africa > Centre, which secured a WMF grant to fund it: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Africa_Centre/Wiki_Loves_Africa_2014 > (you might also be interested in the talk page) > > I was quite disappointed by the limited participation of Cameroom to the >>> photo contest. Given the effort already been done in that country to train >>> editors and to promote the project, I expected more input. >>> >>> >> While trying to upload some pictures to >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Afripedia_Douala I'm >> starting to understand at least one part of the issue. Internet connections >> are really bad. Very high ping times, both at the French institute as well >> as in the hotel I'm staying in now, which I can't easily consider cheap (at >> least in terms of pricing). >> >> Is there a robust way to upload pictures to Commons over bad internet >> connections? >> > > Not that I know. It may be a good discussion to have on wikitech-l and/or > commons-l. > > Cheers, > > A. > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > >
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