Le 30/08/2013 11:30, Jean-Frédéric a écrit :
Hi Gilles,
Thanks for your email!
Hi Jean-Frédéric,
Since I'm new to the Wikimedia ecosystem, I have many questions on
how to do that:
- first of all, is it acceptable to associate one (or several)
external links to a file/picture stored on Commons?
Depends, but generally, yes. We typically link back to sources (eg
Flickr), to authoritative sources (museum database, cultural heritage
database, biodiversity catalogue, etc.)
Ok, I'll have a look at the existing files for examples.
- is there any existing format to point an OpenStreetMap resource?
Should I create a template for that? and/or use other_fields in the
Information template?
We do have <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:On_OSM> but I
have never been happy with it. I think it would be worth creating one.
What wouls this template do exatcly − just create a link to a OSM node?
A link/reference to the OSM object (node, way or relation) seems fine to
me. At the moment, I don't see any reason to have more than that.
I can't see what's wrong with the On_OSM template (maybe because I have
very little experience with Mediawiki). But I can see two advantages: it
exists and it does the job :)
- apart Title and Description, is there any required or strongly
encouraged fields that the user should enter?
Date should be automatically filled by the upload process.
Author is mandatory, as well as a license.
Ok.
I guess it would be nice to add proper categorization. I'll have to dig
into this as well...
Another request, a little embarassing... Yesterday, I've tried to
send a dummy picture to Commons [5], just to see how it works, but
now I'm not sure how to undo this... I've found the {{speedydelete}}
tag, is it the way to go?
Yes, it is. I went ahead and deleted your test upload. That’s no problem.
Thanks :)
By the way, is there any dev instance of Commons where I can play
safely with the API?
Yes, there are several ; I believe <http://test.wikipedia.org> is your
best bet (please someone corrects me if I’m wrong)
Hope that helps,
--
Jean-Frédéric
Thanks for all this information.
I'm going work on this during the next few weeks and I'll probably have
some more questions. I'll let you know about my progresses anyway.
Best regards
Gilles Bassière
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