User:NeilK/Multimedia2011
Multimedia Features 03/31/2011
Attendees: Alolita, Kaldari, Michael Dale, Brandon, Neil, the Ghost of Christmas Past
Uploading to Commons is like doing taxes :-) ... Kaldari
Neil's Monologue
editDividing things according to how development thinks, not users.
- Database and API
- Fix the problem of URL == title == downloaded filename.
- Canonical File extensions (same problem) bugzilla:4421 - Robla's extension
- Licensing/author metadata in the database
- File stashing / staging
- Tagging
- Machine Tagging
- Operations
- New Search Engine
- Design & interface
- File Page redesign
- Better batch features
- Non-destructive derivative files as new versions or alternative version
- -- e.g. Rotation of Images, Cropping,
- New Browsers can do Contrast, Hue, Sharpening etc. etc. http://blog.vlad1.com/2010/07/30/fun-with-fast-javascript/
- Improving Uploading Experience
- Flickr Imports
- Upload by URLs - https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20512
- Turbo Commons (licensing Wizard) -- analogy to TurboTax, where it simply asks you questions you do understand, to make decisions about things you don't understand.
- Better reviewing tools
- Workflow tools - Article for deletion simpler, tagging for copyvio easier
- SVG editing
Principle of how to interact
edit- Involve community in defining problems
- We do bold steps that have high impact, what we only have the ability to do
- Involve the community in executing solutions
- For instance, if there are HTML/template changes, we can do design & others can impl
- Example: do a Twinkle that others can modify, write plugins. Look at common workflows.
What we develop
edit- We don't care if it's not appropriate for Wikipedia
- Develop in extensions; maybe even fork
Communicating better
edit- Blog more, tell stories
- new/experimental features should be more prominent, designed in
- Kaldari's example - "my uploads" feature, too hidden
Ideas
edit- Tagging
- File: page
- User galleries
- Frickin Flickr uploading
- Centralize "Fair Use" items
- "Article Feedback Tool"
Look at also
edit- Guillaume's list
- Bugzilla - bug list which has feature suggestions
- Erik's list of multimedia features