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WikiShootMe-like upload wizard for Commons

Piracalamina and TuukkaH

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Problem: the forks of WikiShootMe

Campaigns such as WLM in many countries are based on a map

Everyone has a different version (fork)

WikiShootMe is not optimised for new users

Most features of WikiShootMe are not relevant

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Our chosen approach:

combination of small tools

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Some of the current papercuts

1. The Wikidata ID of the monument depicted is not passed on to Structured Data on Commons.

2. The target group of many campaigns is new users, who will need to sign up.

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Results from this weekend

  • Patch to Extension:UploadWizard to accept depicts=Q… in URL parameters
  • A quick proof of concept of a new map that can show all Wikidata items

To do:

  • Get the patch merged and into production
  • Finish the proof of concept
  • Decide if this is the best approach
  • More tweaks to Upload Wizard