An interesting idea. How is this done currently for the wp:de image of the day? And which public repository would then used for all the scripts used?
Rupert Am 26.02.2014 11:41 schrieb "Manuel Schneider" < [email protected]>: > I wonder if such a model would work: > > * A group of volunteers selects images from Wikimedia Commons and uses a > wiki to sort and rank them and finally create the list of images on a > particular page. This page can hold already images "parked" for future > publication - like we plan a few weeks in advance, so we only have to do > the whole selection process maybe four times a year. > This may be a designated area in the members wiki, which includes the > Commons files. > > * A script regularly reads this wiki page and determines which is now > the current image of the day. It adds it to a RSS feed which holds the > last n images of the day in descending order. > This may be run as a cron job on the WMCH server, I am happy to set up > some script (I already have done both PHP / MediaWiki API and RSS > scripts) or just provide shell access to someone who manages this script. > > * Everyone else can then use the RSS feed to get the image of the day on > their website, upload it to Tumblr, whatever, send a tweet, post it on > facebook... (the latter two things can easily be done with > http://twitterfeed.com/ which automatically posts from RSS to Twitter, > Facebook and LinkedIn). > > The Wikipedia Article of the Day of de:wp is also published through RSS. > > The > > /Manuel > -- > Wikimedia CH - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens > Lausanne, +41 (21) 34066-22 - www.wikimedia.ch > > _______________________________________________ > http://wikimedia.ch Wikimedia CH website > Wikimediach-l mailing list > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediach-l >
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