There is no "fear" of more Commons users; there is (valid) concern that Commons will get a large influx of pictures from one-time users, and that most of these pictures may have to be deleted. We have seen this even for "pre-selected" user groups; when some Wikipedias (Portuguese for one, I vaguely remember) switched to Commons-only, it caused a clash of cultures between Wikipedia-based uploaders on "unsuitable" files and Commons admins.
While better tools would certainly not hurt, the idea of a Commons staging area has been around for a while. But I would like to extend that beyond a simple "selfie filter" for mobile uploads. It could also be used to label, organize, and prepare images before moving them to Commons proper. From Wikipedians-protograph-politicians (German Wikimedia organised this some time ago), over personal photo collections sitting on a hard drive (I have a couplea hundred plat pictures from the local Botanic Garden that need labelling), to GLAM institutions wanting to upload thousands of images, such a site could be a first port of call. It would allow quick, easy upload of files, serve as a filter (admin rights may not be required), allow for batch editing of metadata, and (finally) fully automated upload to Commons. On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 8:00 AM Emmanuel Engelhart <[email protected]> wrote: > On 15.04.2015 18:05, Brian Gerstle wrote: > > 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? > > Indeed, kinda of bizarre discussion... in particular for an open > movement like our. IMO, the consequence of listening too much a few > Commons people who feel themself in a fortress under siege (we have a > few of them in all projects). For example, the GLAMwikitoolset is kept > away from Commons users based on this kind of closeminded/feared arguments. > > Like written later in this thread, we simply need user friendly tool for > both users and administrators. But, to get them, you need to experiment > the real problems, make bug reports, wait, etc... For a few people, this > seems more simple to simply block progresses... > > Anyway, braking software development to keep contributor's life > complicated and impairing contribution is definitely not a solution. > > Emmanuel > -- > Kiwix - Wikipedia Offline & more > * Web: http://www.kiwix.org > * Twitter: https://twitter.com/KiwixOffline > * more: http://www.kiwix.org/wiki/Communication > > _______________________________________________ > Mobile-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l >
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