Hoi,
Hoe does this fit in with the plan to use structured data for Commons? As I
understand it, the plan is to use tags for pictures, this will make what
pictures depict findable in any language with the appropriate labels.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 30 March 2016 at 20:02, Dan Garry <dga...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hello Micru!
>
> Responses in-line.
>
> On 30 March 2016 at 10:33, David Cuenca Tudela <dacu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I was looking for some lichen images on Commons and I was wondering how
> can
> > I show a grid of images. I tried several options but nothing, I think
> that
> > there was some hack to make the search results look more like Google
> > images, or maybe I am wrong?
> >
>
> I assume you're looking for something like this
> <https://i.imgur.com/QWQgJmK.png>? That screenshot was taken the dialogue
> used to instead media in VisualEditor. Unfortunately, the search interface
> in MediaWiki does not offer this functionality right now.
>
> This screenshot also happens to illustrate another common problem with
> media search; you probably weren't looking for the Basilica of Our Lady of
> Licheń <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_Our_Lady_of_Liche%C5%84>
> in
> the village of Licheń Stary
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liche%C5%84_Stary> in Poland, but there it
> is anyway!
>
>
> > Is this part of the Discovery team work?
> >
>
> Yes, improving the experience of the search page on-wiki is within the
> scope of the Search Team in the Discovery Department. However, the team is
> not actively working on this right now. Improving media search in
> particular is presently on the roadmap for FY 2016-17
> <
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Discovery/FDC_Proposal#Strategic:_Focus_area_1
> >
> (July 2016 - June 2017) as a strategic focus area.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Thanks,
> Dan
>
> --
> Dan Garry
> Lead Product Manager, Discovery
> Wikimedia Foundation
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