Last modified: 2014-03-18 22:31:30 UTC
Mobile reporting platform Wikinews encourages its journalist to engage in original reporting. Timeliness of contributing it very important, and being able to do reporting from the field can be essential for larger events such the Paralympic Games, World Championships, Olympic Games, and Commonwealth Games. Creating a reporting toolkit that could allow reporting from a tablet device would be extremely useful. Some of these tasks are already built into other projects, such as commons. Tasks that would be nice for a mobile reporting tool for reporters to do (though not all required but would be nice to have): Recording audio files in ogg or converting audio files to an ogg format. Being able to chose whether to upload these files to a local Wikinews project or to Commons under a compatible license. Transcription of audio files into text format. Recording video files in ogv or converting video files to an ogv format. Being able to chose whether to upload these files to a local Wikinews project or to Commons under a compatible license. Being able to upload pictures to a local Wikinews project or to Commons under a compatible license. Automatically create gallery code with the Wikinews photographer credited in compliance with local Wikinews policies for photo essays. Being able to type notes that can be automatically shared on the talk page of the associated Wikinews article being developed. Being able to import e-mails that are used for reporting verification in PDF format to the program that can be uploaded locally to Wikinews or can be sent to scoop@wikinewsie.org. Have an automatic message posted to the talk page of the associated Wikinews article being developed explaining were the verifying information can be found. Allowing reporters to sort audio, video, image files, typed reporter notes, e-mailed information by reporting event for ease in use. Automate part of the process for creating an article on Wikinews by pulling in the default draft template, autogenerating category for the reporter, putting in the original reporting template, pulling in the location from the device to say where the reporting is being submitted from, then querying reporter about topic for appropriate infobox and categories for the article. Laura Hale and pi zero, both on the provisional board of The Wikinewsie Group would be keen to act as mentors for how to implement this from a community perspective. Some limited technical assistance may be available. The tool may also be useful for educational outreach programs and some Commons uploading activities. URL:https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mentorship_programs/Possible_projects#Mobile_reporting_platform
This proposal has been listed at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mentorship_programs/Possible_projects and we are filing a report to gather community feedback and share updates.
This does not sound like a valid enhancement request to me, but a complex project that should be broken down into handable and actionable subtasks instead.
CCing Laura Hale and Pi Zero, who have proposed this project.
The contributors that proposed this project are missing. I agree the project is complex and unclear. Resolving as WONTFIX to avoid confusion among potential candidates. I have removed the corresponding entry at [[mw:Mentorship_programs/Possible_projects]]. If someone wants to restart this project idea, please bring the proposal back to the wiki page, and let's discuss there.
