Commons:Upload Wizard feedback/Archive/2014/09

WMF plans for 2014-15

Just to make it clear for the beginning, I have no idea what mw:UploadWizard#Goals is talking about. Numbering them for clarity, they are:

1. engage more users to contribute media
2. provide a smoother experience for all
3. add more media content on our sites
4. fix critical bugs, to make things work better
5. Plan & discuss improvements
6. Solve bugs & technical debt
7. Improve the user experience
8. Incremental code refactoring
9. Develop new modal tool for other uses

2, 7 are empty words; 1, 5 are not concrete; 3 is not the UploadWizard's focus; 9 is uncomprehensible. In other words, I'd adore if the Wikimedia Foundation exclusively focused on 4 6 (they're the same thing) and 8. The rest is uncalled for. See also mailarchive:multimedia/2014-June/000602.html. --Nemo 14:55, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

Some remarks

• The description textbox should be substantially bigger to be comfortable and to manifest that the description should be thoroughgoing.
• The link "Add location and more information…" and the textbox "Other information" is misleading and causes that some users write the detailed description into this field instead into the description field. Additional informations should be placed outside the Information template but should be placed into the corresponding field of the Information template (permission and right notes to the Permission field, information about campaigns or circumstances of the origin to the Source field, information about the author to the Author field etc. The form needs more drop-down textboxes corresponding to the separate fields of the Information template.
• The location box should distinguish properly the camera location from the object location (or even to allow to fill both together). A heading field should be added and recommended to be filled-in.
• The coordinates boxes should be attached to the description box and field, its an inherent part of the content description information.
• The license tag should be integrated rather to the "permission" field of the {{Information}} template than added outside the template.
• The WLM tag and similar tags should be integrated rather to the "source" field of the {{Information}} template.
• The date field should be equipped with an radio button or drop-down list to choose what the date really means (date of taken, date of last modification, date of creation, date of the first publication) etc. and the date should be entered with a proper template expressing the meaning of the date ({{Taken on}} etc.]. The form should allow to enter more dates together.
• The date copied from EXIF should be presented in {{According to EXIF data}} to allow to take account of possible incorrect setting of the camera.
• Language templates of the description should be separated (every template starting at a new line) to keep the source code uncluttered.
• The monument ID template from WLM campaigns should be separated at a new line, not attached closely after the description text.
• The license tag should be integrated rather to "permission" field of the {{Information}} template.
• The WLM tag should be integrated rather to "source" field of the {{Information}} template.

--ŠJů (talk) 06:49, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

@MarkTraceur: and @GDubuc (WMF): . I would like to point out that many of the suggestions above are a transformations of current practices to UploadWizard UI. I think that long term the goal of the team is that fewer of these practices will require user interaction and thus no UI and controls at all (should be part of the MediaWiki system, instead of wikitext templates). TheDJ (talk) 12:33, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

Should I understand it that UploadWizzard is frozen and without any maintenance and improvement now, because something should to replace it, in a hazy future past tens of years, if ever? Why the UploadWizzard form links to the feedback page? Is the feedback wanted and exploited, or isn't? I can see none constructive reaction to my remarks. --ŠJů (talk) 23:14, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

אני מבקש הבהרה לגבי הערה

זכרו: בהעלאת הקובץ אתם מעניקים אישור לכל אחד להשתמש, להעתיק, לשנות ולמכור את תוכנו ללא אישור פרטני מכם? האם אני בעל זכויות היוצרים על הקובץ, גם לא מקבל תמורה עבור שימוש או מכירתו של הקובץ שלי? (גם אם נעשה בו שיווי מזערי כלשהו)? לויקיפדיה תרמתי ואני תורם מתצלומיי (ויש לי עשרות אלפי תצלומים יותר מ- 100.000), אך כאן אני מתנחם בכך שהתצלומים מגיעים לאנשים בקהילה מקומית בעוד שבוויקישיתוף אני כאומן אפילו לא יודע מה עשו ואם עשו בכלל ואיזשהו שימוש עשו בקובץ שלי. אני מבקש הסבר שאפשר יהיה להבין שלא מקפחים אותי Nassis (talk) 01:54, 5 September 2014 (UTC)

caricamento non riuscito

Ho caricato piu fotografie con la descrizione ma non riesco mai ad inviarle Locos (talk) 19:36, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

Locos, mi spiace! Ci aiuterebbe molto se ci dessi qualche informazione aggiuntiva, in particolare quale navigatore tu stia usando e che versione: per caso Internet Explorer? Hai provato anche in altri programmi, per esempio Firefox, e hai ottenuto lo stesso risultato? --Nemo 21:21, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

Volgende?

De knop volgende werkt niet als ik ale velden heb ingevuld. Christine710 (talk) 11:20, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

Link to Upload Wizard Feedback from Special:UploadWizard does not work

(I had to work my way here manually) The link "commons:Upload_Wizard_Feedbak" that is behind the Feedback link on Special:UploadWizard does not work because (at least Firefox) interpretes "commons:" as a protocol scheme (as "http:" or "ftp:") isntead of a relative path--Hagman (talk) 19:01, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

As I mentioned above (23:38, 31 August 2014 (UTC)). --ŠJů (talk) 23:18, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

You have to left click the link, not open it a new tab. It works by loading some JavaScript dialog, it's not meant to be a link to this page. --Nemo 21:23, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

Isn't possible to define some more meaningful reaction when an user use the right click? An user uses the links naturally in standard ways, he can not suppose what "is not meant". The described reaction (open a new page with nonsense address) is not just OK. --ŠJů (talk) 19:36, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, I was merely describing how to work around it. TheDJ fixed it now, gerrit:158896 which will be live on September 16. --Nemo 14:10, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

Distance

Hello. There is a distance between the liecenew and the categories --ديفيد عادل وهبة خليل 2 (talk) 19:09, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

nadie tiene derecho a borrar mi imagen

Richarharrow (talk) 17:52, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

Not that I see what it has to do with the Upload Wizard, but yes, administrators do have the right to delete files that you've uploaded in accordance with Commons:Deletion policy and Commons:Administrators. —LX (talk, contribs) 18:23, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

请问为何上传不了？

每次只要是点击了要共享的媒体文件就不动了，刷新和重新再来还是那个样子，请问ID是否被封？ 13号线二期工程 (talk) 11:32, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

uploading image

Hi Whenever I attempt to upload my file for Dunamase Castle/Rock of Dunamase I get this message Rock_of_Dunamase.jpg <api-error-fileexists-forbidden> and it says none where successful Naturalblue (talk) 17:20, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Hi Naturalblue! That's a rather needlessly cryptic error message, but unfortunately it's quite representative of the mess that is the Upload Wizard. I think the message is Wizardese for "There is already a file named Rock of Dunamase.jpg on Commons. Please use a different name!" —LX (talk, contribs) 17:39, 10 September 2014 (UTC)

Why can't duplicate filenames be used if the extension is different?

Most of the work I do here is to vectorise raster images/diagrams etc. So it make sense to keep the same filename as the file I'm converting but just change the extension to .svg. Simple and easy you would think? Then why oh why does the UW insist that I use a different filename as one already exists? So now I have to try and think of an alternate name that is as close as possible to the other one so that they can be categorised as pairs. Seems like a lot of extra work for no apparent benefit. So, what's the chance of the UW taking into account differing extensions as a reason not to shout "duplicate, you can't do that". It's like the computer wants to say no! --Fred the Oyster (talk) 21:23, 12 September 2014 (UTC)

@Fred the Oyster: As far as I know, that's something only the UploadWizard does, so you could try Special:Upload instead. For derivative works of already existing files, the basic upload form might be even better because you can copy&paste most of the stuff from the source file's description page easily. --El Grafo (talk) 15:54, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

Неправильное склонение числительных в русском при валидации

>>"В формах присутствуют 2 ошибок. Исправьте ошибки и попробуйте записать снова."

Должно быть: "2 ошибки" X-Pilot (talk) 11:59, 14 September 2014 (UTC)

politica

yo quisiera de verdad que wikipedia sea más neutral en el caso de la politica Aksaloxo45 (talk) 02:38, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

Château d'Emblève/Aywaille code DGO4 Sprimont/15

Emblève, non avec A mais avec un E, à cause des Elfes... Jean Maréchal (talk) 05:31, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

photos importées

comment faire pour légender les photos, s'il n'y a pas de légendes cela n'a pas grand intérêt Mick Beaulieu (talk) 04:18, 17 September 2014 (UTC)

Not user friendly

I have been trying to upload some images, from my own camera (not scans etc), and the current upload system seems cumbersome. There's something to be said for leaving things much as they are so we don't have to learn how to use the system every time we visit. MacRusgail (talk) 15:57, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

Hi MacRusgail, and thank you for your contributions! You can still find the old, familiar upload forms at Commons:Upload. Cheers, —LX (talk, contribs) 18:44, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

Thank you. I did manage it eventually, but I don't upload that often so am not aware of all the changes.--MacRusgail (talk) 16:46, 17 September 2014 (UTC)

Vestiges de la chapelles de lameur à Pont Abbe

Endroit magique on peu pénétrer à l'intérieur dans lui calme mais avec la maison de retaite juste en face un havre de paix Septembre (talk) 23:40, 17 September 2014 (UTC)

Der Token ist fehlerhaft.

interner Fehler: Der Token ist fehlerhaft. Oliver Freisenich (talk) 00:39, 18 September 2014 (UTC)

Fallo al subir un SVG

Sospecho motivoː en el nombre puse una fecha con separador "/", aunque tampoco vi advertencias de lo contrario... Lo demás parecía normal, pero soy novato con Commons. Tenía 4 categorías, algunas no existentes.

Un saludo y gracias por la atención,

 Guarddon Guarddon (talk) 02:55, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

Parador de turismo y vistas de Alcañiz

Lostrescientos300 (talk) 16:41, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

problem uploading svg

just encountered corrupt file or wrong file extentsion error after trying to upload (using upload wizard) a *.svg with the ff contents:

START *.svg FILE CONTENTS

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?> <!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="1.1"

   width="258" height="258" 
   viewBox="-5 -5 265 265"> 

<title>TicTacToe-6549127nnjs</title>

<g style="stroke:gray;stroke-width:5" >

   <rect x="0" y="0" width="258" height="258" fill="none" />
   <line x1="86" y1="0" x2="86" y2="258"/>
   <line x1="172" y1="0" x2="172" y2="258"/>
   <line x1="0" y1="86" x2="258" y2="86"/>
   <line x1="0" y1="172" x2="258" y2="172"/>

</g>

<script> //Based on a script by User:räph in http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3256943/define-a-circle-arc-animation-in-svg with a demo at http://jsfiddle.net/k99jy/138/

 <![CDATA[  
 function drawCircle(xc,yc,a) {
   var i = 0;
   var circle = document.getElementById(a);
   var angle = -85;
   var radius = 30;     
   window.timer = window.setInterval(
   function() {
     angle -=5;  
     angle %= 360;
     var radians= (angle/180) * Math.PI;
     var x = xc   Math.cos(radians) * radius;
     var y = yc   Math.sin(radians) * radius;
     var e = circle.getAttribute("d");
     if(i==0) {
       var d = e  " M " x   " "   y;
     }
     else {
       var d = e  " L " x   " "   y;
     }  
     if (angle === -90 && i !== 0) {
       window.clearInterval(window.timer);
     }
     circle.setAttribute("d", d);
     i  ;
   } 
   ,1)
 }
 ]]>

</script>

<g style="stroke-width:8;stroke:#000000;fill:none;">

 <rect x="185" y="99" width="0" height="1" transform="rotate(45,185,107)">
   <set attributeName="width" from="0" to="77" begin="1s" dur="1s" fill="freeze"/>
 </rect>
 <rect x="245" y="99" width="0" height="1" transform="rotate(135,245,101)">
   <set attributeName="width" from="0" to="77" begin="2s" dur="1s" fill="freeze"/>
 </rect>

</g>

 <path d="" id="arc1" fill="none" stroke="red" stroke-width="8"/>
 <circle cx="129" cy="129" r="0">
   <animate onbegin='drawCircle(129,129,"arc1")' begin="3s" dur="1s" fill="freeze"/>
 </circle>

<g style="stroke-width:8;stroke:#000000;fill:none;">

 <rect x="13" y="99" width="0" height="1" transform="rotate(45,13,107)">
   <set attributeName="width" from="0" to="77" begin="5s" dur="1s" fill="freeze"/>
 </rect>
 <rect x="73" y="99" width="0" height="1" transform="rotate(135,73,101)">
   <set attributeName="width" from="0" to="77" begin="6s" dur="1s" fill="freeze"/>
 </rect>

</g>

 <path d="" id="arc2" fill="none" stroke="red" stroke-width="8"/>
 <circle cx="215" cy="215" r="0">
   <animate onbegin='drawCircle(215,215,"arc2")' begin="7s" dur="1s" fill="freeze"/>
 </circle>

<g style="stroke-width:8;stroke:#000000;fill:none;">

 <rect x="13" y="13" width="0" height="1" transform="rotate(45,13,21)">
   <set attributeName="width" from="0" to="77" begin="9s" dur="1s" fill="freeze"/>
 </rect>
 <rect x="73" y="13" width="0" height="1" transform="rotate(135,73,15)">
   <set attributeName="width" from="0" to="77" begin="10s" dur="1s" fill="freeze"/>
 </rect>

</g>

 <path d="" id="arc3" fill="none" stroke="red" stroke-width="8"/>
 <circle cx="129" cy="43" r="0">
   <animate onbegin='drawCircle(129,43,"arc3")' begin="11s" dur="1s" fill="freeze"/>
 </circle>

<g style="stroke-width:8;stroke:#000000;fill:none;">

 <rect x="13" y="185" width="0" height="1" transform="rotate(45,13,193)">
   <set attributeName="width" from="0" to="77" begin="13s" dur="1s" fill="freeze"/>
 </rect>
 <rect x="73" y="185" width="0" height="1" transform="rotate(135,73,187)">
   <set attributeName="width" from="0" to="77" begin="14s" dur="1s" fill="freeze"/>
 </rect>

</g>

<g stroke="yellow">

 <line x1="43" y1="13" x2="43" y2="245" stroke-width="0">
   <animate attributeName="stroke-width" to="10" begin="15s" dur="1s" fill="freeze"/>
   <animate attributeType="CSS" attributeName="opacity" from="1" to="0" dur="2s" repeatCount="indefinite"/>
 </line>

</g> </svg>

END of *.svg CONTENTS

worked fine with my Mozilla (Firefox and Semaonkey) and Opera browsers. thanks for your attention!

Justineuro (talk) 07:13, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

The renderer doesn't support animated SVGs as far as I'm aware. PS, I put the SVG text into a code block for better clarity, hope you don't mind? --Fred the Oyster (talk) 10:21, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

subir un archivo en word

No puedo enviar un archivo en word, porque no me lo aceptan. Ignoro el modo de poder hacerlo. Muchas gracias Jordigal (talk) 16:54, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

Hi Jordigal! It doesn't look like anyone who speaks Spanish is going to answer. We don't host Microsoft Word documents here. There are two main reasons for this:

1. Microsoft Word files typically consist primarily of text. Wikimedia Commons is a media repository. We primarily host media files: images, video and audio. See Commons:Project scope/Summary/es.
2. Microsoft Word typically uses a non-standard, proprietary legacy file format. Commons only hosts free content in free file formats. See Commons:File types. —LX (talk, contribs) 15:10, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

photo wanted for sarles tavern, rte 100, Millwood NY

I live a couple of miles from where this building is shown on the map requesting images of historic buildings. I have fond memories of having a beer there after work at the IBM Lab across the street from my house.

Unfortunately, this building was torn down sometime after 1976. If you would like more details, I can probably find out the relevant dates from the town, or by knocking on the door of the closest house.

I have an 1867 map of virtually every building from New York to Albany,

Sincerely, Rod Hodgson Rodneythodgson (talk) 03:07, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

Hello Rodneythodgson, this is not really the right page for requests like this. Suggest you try Commons:Picture requests. --El Grafo (talk) 12:37, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

Namensvergabe

Anscheinend gibt es keine Möglichkeit der hochgeladenen Datei einen neuen namen zu vergeben (?) Berthold Werner (talk) 13:50, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

Es ist zumindest im Prinzip möglich, siehe Commons:File renaming bzw. Commons:Dateien verschieben. -- Juergen (talk) 14:26, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

Uploading several files failed

I can't upload 7 files at once using upload wizard. Clicking "Next" after Description has no effect - doesn't work, no error message, no progress bar - nothing. This seems to be the same problem that other users reported above. I'll try Commons:Upload and write all the descriptions once more. -- Juergen (talk) 14:07, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

There are some alternative batch uploading tools listed at Commons:Upload tools#Standalone desktop applications, which may work better, but I haven't used them, so I can't vouch for them personally. —LX (talk, contribs) 14:57, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

Former step

it would be very nice if there would be the possibility to come back one or more steps, before finishing the upload. Ruthven (talk) 19:45, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

Iran

could you add a section for Iran? Zhinga91 (talk) 07:47, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

Language of description by EXIF data

It takes now the description out of the EXIF data. That is quite good. But it always takes "english" als language in the drop-off-menu. So I have to change manually of all files the language. Actually I have "german" and not "english" in the preferences. It should preselect the language of the preferences in the drop-off-menu also when it imports the EXIF data description! --Micha (talk) 11:46, 28 September 2014 (UTC)

India / Other country not listed ?

India / Other country not listed ? Dineshbhavsar (talk) 13:55, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

wiki loves monuments

das hochladen über das kamerasymbol für den denkmalbewerb (zell am see, St. Hippolyth, Kath. Pfarrkirche funktioniert nicht mehr. Wald1siedel (talk) 16:02, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

Information about uploads

There was some problem in internet connection. I want wikipedia to inform me through e mail about my uploads. I uploaded 26 photos of kinnaird college. Please inform if they have been included in the contest. Rukhsh (talk) 16:33, 30 September 2014 (UTC)