On May 6, 2011, at 11:20 PM, Erik Moeller <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > We’re planning to make a change on May 9, 2011 [1]: We’ll replace > the > link in the Wikimedia Commons sidebar that currently points to > Commons:Upload with a link to Special:UploadWizard (in all languages). > If all goes well, we'll also invite Wikimedia wikis to begin changing > their Commons upload links to Special:UploadWizard. > > [snip] > > The old upload process will remain indefinitely available. Erik, Where is the basic upload form? (e.g. Special:Upload&uploadformstyle=basic) Katie > There’s no > reason to remove it. This is purely a change to the default process > we’re exposing to the world. We feel we’ve fixed all the obvious > bugs > that we know about (there are some annoying bugs that we do know about > left, but they’re not showstoppers). The best way for us to find the > remaining bugs is to have people actually use it as their first upload > experience and to continue to receive and process feedback. > [snip] > > All best, > Erik > > == Notes == > > [1] We may choose to push the date forward a bit if we run into > deployment issues. > > [2] There's a subheader in the UploadWizard which takes you back to > the old upload form. To ensure that at least the link to the old form > is translated into your language (if you're an administrator or can > find one), you can edit the following user interface message in your > language (add "/language code" to the URL, e.g. "/pl" for Polish): > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Mwe-upwiz-subhead-alt-upload > > -- > Erik Möller > Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation > > Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate > > _______________________________________________ > Commons-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l _______________________________________________ Commons-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l
