User talk:Bryan/Flickr upload

commons:Commons:Village_pump/Archive/2010Oct
I do not understand why the commons upload form will not accept url's. It would make uploading so much simpler, and it would have the advantage that sources are better documented. /Pieter Kuiper (talk) 21:50, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

I do wish they would enable "upload from url" here, however, a Flickr extension would still be very useful for filling in the information automatically. Rocket000 (talk) 19:48, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

* What I dislike about these tools -- most of the flickr-specific metadata is not transferred. When the file was uploaded to flickr? When it was reuploaded? What about EXIF data (if original file is not accessible via flickr, you can't read EXIF from the file itself)? Sometimes flickr tools transfer only a meaningless name, when a meaningful name is present (e.g. this file will be transfered as work of "b k", instead of "joiseyshowaa" work) -- IMO it's a serious problem. All this information (sometimes -- vital information) will be lost, when the flickr account will be deleted. What about interface I prefer the Magnus Manske tool -- you don't need to repeat the same steps if you want to upload several files at once. Trycatch (talk) 22:41, 30 October 2010 (UTC) * I prefer the way your bot works over Magnus' since his doesn't allow you to edit the info before uploading and adds a bunch of stupid categories (and some times enough text to be a copyvio forever stuck in the upload log). However, his bot adds a geocoding location template which I really like and seems to upload much faster. Personally, I don't find either authentication mechanism annoying (at least once you set up TUSC). Rocket000 (talk) 20:00, 31 October 2010 (UTC) * dupe checking would be a great feature ;) Amada44 talk to me 20:10, 31 October 2010 (UTC)          o I forgot, that's another reason why I prefer Bryan's bot! It does warn you if you're trying to upload a duplicate (the text should be red or something cause it's easy to overlook). Rocket000 (talk) 20:27, 31 October 2010 (UTC)