Hoi,
There is some documentation from the sessions on the Usability Wiki. They
are notes taken at the sessions. They reflect what was said but not
necessarily gives a good impression on the thinking behind it.
What we agreed on in Paris is that some administrators effectively prevent
new users learning how to become Wikimedians. Some say they are a self
selecting group of assholes that (may) mean well... By introducing
technology that makes it easy to be friendly, we hope that many admins prove
not to be assholes. Particularly for Commons there is a need to help people
out. Commons is a multi lingual project and it is not easy at all to
understand or appreciate the wall of information that is expected to be
understood the first time around when you speak English. People who do not
speak English do not stand a chance and, this has to be made easier.
Thanks,
GerardM
2009/11/9 Eusebius <[email protected]>
> Hi Gerard, thanks for your report,
>
>
> - there is now global usage for images from within MediaWiki itself..
> so no need for using the toolserver... The process of gathering all the
> necessary data may now have ended..
>
> I hadn't seen that, that's nice. Results seem to be incomplete, though, is
> it working only on a subset of the servers?
>
>
> - the workflow of uploads will be reconsidered; this means that a
> "working area" will exists where pictures can have a temporary home. This
> will allow to upload a batch of images and tag them all with shared
> attributes.. It will also allow for the checking of known issues BEFORE
> they
> go live
>
> I am much interested in that point and the subjects related to this
> planned modification of the workflow, where can we find more information
> about that?
>
>
> - This working or staging area would also exist for GLAMs or
> competitions
>
> What's GLAM again?
>
>
> - Social networking tools help us support newbies, resolve issues in a
> quiet way.
>
> What do you mean? Any specific details available anywhere?
>
> Thanks again
> Eusebius
>
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