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[M] Update copy in several places on release right step for better education and understanding
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The scope of this ticket is to improve copy in a several places in release right step for clarification and education of copyright and what is permitted on Commons. The following changes were tested in the usability tests (T373123) that were recently conducted and worked well among participants.

Copy update 1

Help uploaders understand what constitutes as own work and vs not own work so that they can make the correct choice.

Link to UI
  • Update the introductory copy on release right step as shown in the UI
  • Update the copy for own and not work options as shown in the UI
Copy update 2

Make the copy in q1 for own work consistent with the rest of the copy in the release right step. The current copy which uses the term "pre-existing work" is disjointed from the question and other copy used in the wizard.

Link to UI
  • Update the copy for all the sub options along with the sub question under the a"This work contains the work of others" selection.
  • Remove examples from the "This work contains the work of others" selection option.
Copy update 3

Standardize all the "Do not upload" warnings in the release right step for clarity and consistency.

Link to UI
  • Update the warning copy under "own work" > q1 > sub option "No, the work is copyright protected" as shown in the UI
  • Update the warning copy under "own work" > q1 > sub option "I don't know if it is free to use and share" as shown in the UI
  • Update the warning copy under "own work" > q3 option "This work is for my personal use e.g. photos of myself, my family or friends, or I am required to upload it for my job" as shown in the UI
  • Update the warning copy under "not own work" > q1 option "I don’t know if it is free to share" as shown in the UI. (Note: If T375494 is not implemented by the time of this work, then this warning copy will be under the current option "No, I don't have this information")

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MarkTraceur renamed this task from Update copy in several places on release right step for better education and understanding to [M] Update copy in several places on release right step for better education and understanding.Sep 30 2024, 3:10 PM

Change #1092830 had a related patch set uploaded (by Matthias Mullie; author: Matthias Mullie):

[mediawiki/extensions/UploadWizard@master] Copyright selection updates

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1092830

I've made a couple of small changes to the copy of these messages, for better consistency across them:

First message says "Only media with free licenses or in the public domain are permitted on Commons." (plural "licenses", "the" before "public domain")
Second says "free license or in public domain" (singular "license", no "the" before "public domain")
Fourth has "free licenses or in public domain" (plural "licenses", no "the" before "public domain")

I standardized all 3 of them to "free licenses or in the public domain".


That first message also links "free licenses" to #Acceptable_licenses, while the others link to #Well-known_licenses; I've also changed that so they all match.


Also, #1 and #3 talk about "Wikimedia Commons", while #2 and #4 say "Commons". I've also standardized all of them on "Wikimedia Commons".

@Sneha @matthiasmullie :

  • Update the warning copy under "not own work" > q1 option "I don’t know if it is free to share" as shown in the UI.

People will be happy to assist you at Wikimedia Commons's Village Pump. Thank you. is in patch set 1, but doesn't seem to be in the design: https://www.figma.com/design/PSsy485pa5YAiMsUrcoOui/Commons-upload-wizard?node-id=4362-21818&t=xbQmRcRVbbtM3fDv-4
I'll remove it.

@mfossati The copy on that figma link is latest.. it includes the link to village pump but phrased differently.