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Why is a Wikimedia account needed at all?
by alberth 3y ago
Why is a Wikimedia account needed at all?
- jessamyn 3y agoThe tool posts the pictures to Wikimedia Commons, logging in there is required for file upload (hello I'm Jessamyn the Community Manager at the Flickr Foundation - please try this tool out and let us know what you think). It was created in partnership with the Wikimedia Foundation. Project page on Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Flickypedia https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Flickypedia Feedback collection here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Flickypedia https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Flickypedia
- tuukkah 3y agoThe images could be uploaded using a bot account, but if the user corrects any of the metadata during the upload, you don't want those contributions attributed to the bot.