I agree with Erik here. Media Viewer may have some bugs that need to be fixed. But there are plenty of issues in other places too (like license tags). They also need to improved. See this ongoing discussion. [1]
See my comment on RfC on Commons. [2] Jee Links: 1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump/Copyright#Propose_to_update_CC_license_tags_to_comply_with_the_new_wordings_in_CC_deeds 2. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:Requests_for_comment/Media_Viewer_software_feature&diff=128434830&oldid=128433051 On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 1:20 PM, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > Just a note that I am drafting a request to the Board about governance of > WMF product launches. Similar problems have happened enough times that > I think the Board needs to step in with a more active role. I am also > taking > a look at the policies around office actions as they relate to product > launches, > and will likely request that the Board examine that policy as well. > > Pine > > > On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 11:53 PM, Erik Moeller <e...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 11:02 PM, John Mark Vandenberg <jay...@gmail.com > > > > wrote: > > > Or .. sometimes the licensing and attribution information isnt > > > correct > > > > In the common case, Media Viewer provides more prominent and > > appropriate attribution and license information than the File: page. > > The author name, license, license URL, and source URL are all > > immediately accessible below the image, whereas on the File: page > > there are sometimes screenfuls of metadata between the image and this > > crucial information. > > > > This is actually a pretty remarkable accomplishment given that this > > information comes from a huge number of different templates that vary > > across wikis. Media Viewer makes use of standardized CSS classes to > > extract metadata, and the team has actively worked with the community > > to broaden their use: > > > > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/multimedia/2014-March/000135.html > > > > Ultimately we'll want to use proper structured data for this, but > > these changes lay the groundwork, and there's already an API (used by > > Media Viewer but open to anyone) that exposes this information. > > > > Where no license is detected, Media Viewer still falls back to a "View > > license" link. The more problematic cases are where actual errors > > occur and important information is not extracted, and there will > > certainly inevitably be some cases where this happens, but this can > > only be worked on over time. The expectation that an unbounded problem > > like this is completely solved prior to deployment of a feature is > > unreasonable -- it's similar to TemplateData, in that the positive > > feedback loop into Media Viewer should actually help encourage more > > and consistent use of machine-readable data. > > > > > sometimes you get resolutions which are silly (especially > > > svgs at launch, but also slideshows on a file page include a very > > > large license logo) > > > > Can you give a specific, current example? > > > > > it takes extra clicks to get to the full-size version, > > > > It takes exactly one click using the "View original file" button. > > > > Thanks, > > Erik > > > > > > -- > > Erik Möller > > VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
