Hi all, I'd like to make it easier for novice users to create Sign Language definition pages with videos for en.wiktionary's new "Sign gloss:" namespace. It's already possible to create such pages, but it requires a large number of steps, which can deter potential contributors.
I'd like to make a command-line tool or web-form. The user would provide 1. Their name and password* 2. The name of the page 3. The text contents of the page (definition, etymology, etc. as plain text fields) 4. A video of the sign (and maybe also a video of it in use) The tool would then automatically 0a. Check if the page already exists (and stop if it does) 0b. Convert the video to a format appropriate for Commons, if needed 1. Log in as the user 2. Upload the video to Commons 3. Create the page with the desired contents. Is this a good idea? Is there something like this already that I could use as a basis? If this were a web form, how would I handle username+password securely? Thanks, Ben *: Ideally I'd like to be able to help users who don't yet have accounts to make accounts, and also somehow automatically handle the account-linking business between Commons, Wiktionary, etc. _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
