Ben Schwartz wrote: > 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?
I don't think that's appropiate as a single web form. You would want to make it a Wizard with several steps, so you don't make him record a video just to then tell "We already have that page". Neil may be interested on this. He recently made the UploadWizard. > *: 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. That's not really a problem. All of these steps could be handled quite easily. > If this were a web form, how would I handle username+password securely? This is best done in an extension. _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
