Commons:Flickypedia/Project Plan
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The Project Plan
29 Nov update: We're broadly on track, and planning a soft launch in December, with the final polish and documentation happening in January 2024.
Milestone 1 - Initiation & Discovery, June 2023
- Appoint technical lead and copyright researcher for the project
- Flickr and Wikimedia community engagement:
- Make an announcement to Flickr Foundation list, a Meta page, and a Diff post;
- consult with volunteer developers of Flickr2Commons (project page, tool); and
- establish collaboration the with Commons Photographers User Group
- Evaluate the user interface of Flickr2Commons
- Clone Flickr2Commons tool, review code, and evaluate hosting options
- Review image rights options and investigate reported license laundering issues (known as 'Flickr washing')
Milestone 2 - Design & Definition, July to August 2023
- Produce and engage the community around:
- an analysis of photo reuse
- the rationale for any licensing or permission updates
- sketches of UI improvements; and
- feature prioritization
Milestone 3 - Develop, July to October 2023
- Produce a first version of Flickypedia,with at least one new feature. Potential features already identified include:
- check for possible duplicates;
- integrate structured data into publishing flow; and
- provide interaction metrics
- Register the bot or tool with Community/Admins
Milestone 4 - Deliver & Refine, November to December 2023
- Respond to the first round of user feedback through a soft release of Flickypedia.
- Publicity to wide Flickr membership about the new tool.
- Document Flickypedia on Wikimedia's Toolhub.