If we could store images in a safe temporary place - e.g. a draft
namespace or similar, I could imagine harnessing Wikigrok to crowd
source the moderation problem.

Is this image a copyright violation? <link to explanation>

Yes / No / No idea.


On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 1:05 PM, Brian Gerstle <[email protected]> wrote:
> Not to silence ideas (which are great), but similar to the "image cropping
> in gather" thread, can we figure out what the extent of this problem is and
> decide whether or not we want to solve it?  Designing a solution for this
> should involve prototyping anyway, IMO. Put another way:
>
> What's the ROI for more moderation tools, specific for images?
> What features will be improved/enabled by these kinds of tools?
> If we decide we should build something, how should we scope it? What's the
> ideal solution?
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 3:59 PM, Jan Ainali <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> 2015-04-15 20:51 GMT+02:00 Jon Robson <[email protected]>:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 15 Apr 2015 11:34 am, "Jan Ainali" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Perhaps some serious thought should go into guiding the user in what an
>>> > appropriate upload is rather than just make it super easy to upload the 
>>> > very
>>> > first time?
>>> We tried. This is a very very hard problem. Explaining copyright law is
>>> difficult and no matter how many barriers we put in place the instant
>>> gratification of having contributed something valuable overruled that.
>>
>> Did we ever try a non-skippable video? I guess if the comms team and legal
>> team got involved such a video could be usable in a lot of other use cases
>> too.
>>
>> /Jan Ainali
>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > Tänk dig en värld där varje människa har fri tillgång till
>>> > mänsklighetens samlade kunskap. Det är det vi gör.
>>> > Bli medlem.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > 2015-04-15 20:16 GMT+02:00 Jon Robson <[email protected]>:
>>> >>
>>> >> On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 9:05 AM, Brian Gerstle
>>> >> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> >> >> Because Commons is afraid of the massive influx of selfies that
>>> >> >> will then
>>> >> >> have to be deleted, binding admin time and upsetting the uploader
>>> >> >> (who is,
>>> >> >> likely, not aware of the Commons policies).
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> As was said before in this thread, some filtering at the source
>>> >> >> (smartphone) will have to be implemented to keep everyone sane
>>> >> >> (YMMV).
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> > I understand apps are focusing on readership at the moment, but are
>>> >> > there
>>> >> > any investigations figuring out how to scale contribution workflows
>>> >> > and/or
>>> >> > moderation?  I appreciate that this is a difficult problem, and I
>>> >> > hope we're
>>> >> > putting earnest effort into figuring out how to mitigate or solve
>>> >> > it.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > I'm just troubled by some of the language used here, and elsewhere,
>>> >> > which
>>> >> > describes a "fear" of more users. I can't help but wonder how many
>>> >> > companies
>>> >> > or services would readily welcome a "massive influx of users."  How
>>> >> > will
>>> >> > Wikipedia or Commons succeed if we're afraid growth?
>>> >>
>>> >> +1. How we change this culture is the holy grail of Wikimedia's
>>> >> future. Unless we change this, our project will die imo. I was really
>>> >> saddened to see mobile uploads disappear from web - we had a lot of
>>> >> spam yes but we also had people posting never before available photos
>>> >> of diseases [1]. Our communities reaction seems to be to push back on
>>> >> influxes of new edits which makes me feel we should be spending more
>>> >> time on moderation tools - but so far I don't see any hint that this
>>> >> will become a focus. This is a bigger problem than web and apps but so
>>> >> far we see this more than most... I think this is something we'd have
>>> >> to convince Lila is a good use of our time...
>>> >>
>>> >> [1]
>>> >> http://wikimedia-l.wikimedia.narkive.com/AihmOoNe/mobile-image-upload
>>> >>
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Also, aren't we dealing with this to a certain extent with
>>> >> > Wikidata/Wikigrok?
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> > On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Jon Robson <[email protected]>
>>> >> > wrote:
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> There seems to be two things in conflict when dealing with anything
>>> >> >> upload
>>> >> >> related.
>>> >> >> 1) uploading from a mobile phone is easy - that's a good thing
>>> >> >> 2) uploading useful content to commons is difficult for most people
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Remember we made it super easy on web and we even limited who could
>>> >> >> see it
>>> >> >> but people still uploaded selfies and copyvios. IMO the copyvios
>>> >> >> were an
>>> >> >> attempt to be helpful.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> So I ask you what's more important - 1 or 2? The only really the
>>> >> >> commons
>>> >> >> app was a roaring success was the lack of its brand value as Amir
>>> >> >> says most
>>> >> >> "muggles" don't know what it is so this serves as a filter for
>>> >> >> people that
>>> >> >> use the app. Folding this functionality into a Wikipedia app would
>>> >> >> make you
>>> >> >> hit problem 2 and all the moderation problems associated with it.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> On 15 Apr 2015 4:54 am, "Amir E. Aharoni"
>>> >> >> <[email protected]>
>>> >> >> wrote:
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>> > An Android Commons mobile app is probably the mandatory
>>> >> >>> > catalisator for
>>> >> >>> > hundreds of millions of people to participate to Commons. If you
>>> >> >>> > have only
>>> >> >>> > 300 unique users a month with an official Commons app, IMO the
>>> >> >>> > only thing it
>>> >> >>> > tells you is: the app is not good enough!
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>> Muggles (no offense, honestly) don't know what "Commons" is.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>> Either we need to educate the world that Commons is an awesome
>>> >> >>> repository
>>> >> >>> of media that can compete with Flickr and Instagram, or we need to
>>> >> >>> bundle it
>>> >> >>> with the Wikipedia app, which a lot of people do have.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>> Facebook unbundled the Messenger app from the Facebook app, and
>>> >> >>> millions
>>> >> >>> hate it, but the same millions use it because they are hooked too
>>> >> >>> strongly,
>>> >> >>> and Facebook has a super-strong interest in hooking people to the
>>> >> >>> Messenger
>>> >> >>> (the most popular explanation is that they want to transition it
>>> >> >>> to a
>>> >> >>> payment processing app).
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>> We are not in the business of hooking people, but in the business
>>> >> >>> of
>>> >> >>> sharing knowledge. I'd actually love the first thing to happen -
>>> >> >>> to
>>> >> >>> popularize the Commons as a truly free competitor to Flickr, etc.
>>> >> >>> But at
>>> >> >>> this point in time this appears to be a much higher-hanging fruit
>>> >> >>> than
>>> >> >>> adding easy image sharing functionality to the Wikipedia app.
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>> > But, these numbers are not a surprise to me. I have tested
>>> >> >>> > Commons *in
>>> >> >>> > real conditions* a year ago in Africa and the result was: almost
>>> >> >>> > impossible
>>> >> >>> > to upload picture to Commons (but no problem to upload the same
>>> >> >>> > pictures to
>>> >> >>> > Tumblr).
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>> I'm not sure that I understood: Is it because of server problems
>>> >> >>> that we
>>> >> >>> can fix, or because there is no app?
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>> --
>>> >> >>> Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי
>>> >> >>> http://aharoni.wordpress.com
>>> >> >>> ‪“We're living in pieces,
>>> >> >>> I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore‬
>>> >> >>>
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