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Re-implement WikiShootMe as a customisable frontend JS app
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Description

Do you use WikiShootMe the map tool? Have you forked WikiShootMe (e.g. for a WLM campaign)?

It's not easy to maintain forks of WikiShootMe. Also, a more focused tool could be easier to use on a phone and our campaigns could get more new contributors.

Ideas of the re-implementation:

  • A simple frontend JavaScript app
  • Customisable for use cases similar to WLM campaigns (simple for new users to upload images)
  • Quick and light on the phone by using vector tiles for loading the map data
  • Login to Commons and Wikidata using OAuth

Potential users:

  • WLM campaigns including Finland, Uruguay, Estonia
  • Other upload campaigns
  • Other specialised tools where the Commons Upload Wizard is not suitable (WMAR's Cartografías Abiertas)
  • Tools that want to link to a more customisable upload functionality than the Upload Wizard, e.g. https://wdlocator.toolforge.org/

Competing (and complementary?) approaches:

  • Improve the campaign functionalities of the native Commons apps (Android and iOS)
  • Improve the Commons Upload Wizard
  • Create a new upload wizard for Commons campaigns

Metrics:

  • More new contributors from campaigns
  • More campaigns in more countries