I wonder if we could change the upload so it added a random suffix to non-unique file names? That way the uploads would still work, and we wouldn't lose the meaningful part of file names - sometimes the best bit for search results.
Jonathan -------- Original message -------- From: Racso <[email protected]> Date:01/09/2014 17:54 (GMT+00:00) To: Wiki Loves Monuments Photograph Competition <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] Wiki Loves Monuments 2014 has notstarted yet... It's clear that obscure names should be discouraged (for Wikimedia Commons standards), but right now we may discourage participation with that limitation. There isn't even an option to pick a new filename when an error occurs in the UploadWizard; you have to start the upload process all over again. Also, there isn't a quick way to check if the filename that is about to be used is already occupied or not; you have to save, get the API error, and start over again. Also, please note that the problem isn't limited only to obscure names. The "Eiffel TowerX.jpg" (for several values of X, and with no X) name is already occupied. The same may happen to popular monuments on each country. That said, I insist: we should make participation as easy as possible. In most photo repositories (everyone except Commons?), you don't even need to assign names to uploaded files; they are automatically generated. Yes, they end being obscure, random names such as 12309803.jpg, but nobody cares about that! We can't change Commons naming policies right now, but we can, at least, help participants by reducing name collisions or making the error-fixing process as easy as possible. For now, I'll try to explain in WLM-CO instructions that an "api-error-unknownerror" means that the photo filename should be changed. Racso 2014-09-01 4:53 GMT-05:00 <[email protected]>: Yes, I have received some e-mails from various people that they do have this issue in WLM CZ. I do believe however it is a filename issue, as it is highly logical to expect files named IMG_401.JPG to be kinda problem to upload... as pretty much everyone tried to do so in past 10 years. So they were kindly asked to change the filename... Aktron Wikimedia Czech Republic chairman ______________________________________________________________ > Od: KaewWiki <[email protected]> > Komu: Wiki Loves Monuments Photograph Competition > <[email protected]> > Datum: 01.09.2014 11:11 > Předmět: Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] Wiki Loves Monuments 2014 has notstarted > yet... > Hi Rasco, I confirmed that "<api-error-unknownerror>" is a filename problem. We should (1) tell the uploader that it is a filename issue. (2) allow them to go back to the page where the uploader may give a new name -- rather than give an option to retry. Taweetham On 1 September 2014 14:06, Jan Ainali <[email protected]> wrote: DSC0001 - 28392 is an obscure file name and should really be discouraged. File names should be descriptive. If anything, the help text for that field can be made clearer. Med vänliga hälsningar, Jan Ainali Verksamhetschef, Wikimedia Sverige 0729 - 67 29 48 Tänk dig en värld där varje människa har fri tillgång till mänsklighetens samlade kunskap. Det är det vi gör. Bli medlem. 2014-09-01 9:00 GMT+02:00 Racso <[email protected]>: I had that error when doing a test upload. I retried, changing the filename, and it worked. That made me wonder: Is there a way for making the UploadWizard to append a random number to the default filename? I'm pretty sure lots of participants will have trouble because of trying to upload images with already occupied filenames, specially if the names come from cameras (e.g. DSC0001). If a random number is appended to the name (e.g. DSC0001 - 28392), we would heavily reduce this problem. Racso 2014-08-31 22:42 GMT-05:00 KaewWiki <[email protected]>: However, it now has another problem at "Describe" stage: 77px-Örebro_slott_resynth.jpg <api-error-unknownerror> None of the uploads were successful. Retry failed uploads Anyone has done a successful test upload? On 1 September 2014 10:09, KaewWiki <[email protected]> wrote: > It is now fixed. Thank you. > > On 1 September 2014 09:21, Romaine Wiki <[email protected]> wrote: >> I think this is a known bug of the upload wizard. Is it still say that the >> contest has not started yet? >> >> Romaine >> >> >> 2014-09-01 2:16 GMT+02:00 Saqib Qayyum <[email protected]>: >> >>> Same here Pakistan >>> >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 02:15:51 +0200 >>> From: [email protected] >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] Wiki Loves Monuments 2014 has not >>> started yet... >>> >>> >>> Same here when I tried to submit an image to UK contest :-) >>> >>> 2014-09-01 2:13 GMT+02:00 KaewWiki <[email protected]>: >>> >>> Hello All, >>> >>> This is a message from WMTH. This is about 7:05am Thailand time or >>> 00:05 (UTC). I try to do a test upload and see the following message. >>> >>> "Wiki Loves Monuments 2014 has not started yet. >>> Wiki Loves Monuments will start in September. You may still share your >>> images, but they will not be eligible for the competition." >>> >>> The URL is >>> >>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UploadWizard&campaign=wlm-th&id=0000024&descriptionlang=th&description=%5B%5B%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B3%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B7%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B4%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%A8%5D%5D&lat= >>> 13.759925059999986&lon=100.5016259999999 >>> >>> Anyone got the same problem? 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