Don't forget: http://magnusmanske.de/wordpress/?p=11
Magnus On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 7:40 AM, WereSpielChequers <[email protected]> wrote: > In case anyone on this list isn't aware of it, we have a very large > categorisation backlog on Commons. The Geograph load of UK images alone > includes hundreds of thousands of uncategorised images, and as many only > categorised by bot. > > However there are some recently improved tools out there that people may not > be aware of, so I thought I'd email the United Kingdom and Commons lists to > make sure everyone knew about the changes. The UK mailing list is relevant > because we have a very large part of the Common categorisation backlog, and > it has come up as a problem for our Wiki loves monuments plan. > > There have been two major enhancements to Catalot in the last few weeks. > > It now has an autoprompt/complete feature similar to Hotcat to make it much > easier to add categories, and crucially for our Geograph backlog, it is now > possible to use Cata a lot on uncategorised Geograph images such as in the > categories in > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_the_Geograph_British_Isles_project_needing_categories_by_grid_square > (Ok you have to copy rather than move as you are replacing a template with a > category rather than moving from one category to another). > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help_talk:Gadget-Cat-a-lot > > > The other big change is that Rillke has written some code to change the way > that Hotcat works, so that if you open an a Geograph image that needs its > categories checked you can confirm the categories eiter with one click or by > using Hotcat to ad or remove a category. Previously Hotcat would remove the > Geograph uncategorised template but not the partially categorised template, > so if bots had added some categories you couldn't remove the cats need > review template other than by editing. The Rillke's js code can be accessed > by installing importScript('User:Rillke/checkCat.js'); > > Details at > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:HJ_Mitchell#Check-categories-autoremoval_when_categorizing_with_HotCat > > I've been using it, it works well and is many times quicker than confirming > categories manually. If everyone who is active on Commons installs it I > think we'll see the backlog reduce quite noticeably. > > Regards > > WereSpielChequers > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
