User:Bryan/Flickr upload

In 2007 I created commons:User:Flickr upload bot. Via a web interface users can upload images from Flickr to Commons. As of September 2010, over 80k images have been uploaded via this bot. In addition over 50k images have been uploaded via a similar bot by Magnus Manske. Together they account for the majority of the Flickr images on Commons. Clearly there is a need for an interface to easily transfer images from Flickr to Commons.

Unfortunately both tools use some annoying methods to identify the user, as asking for a Wikimedia password is not allowed on the toolserver. Both tools frequently break (Flickr upload bot more often than Magnus Manske's though) and have very bad error handling.

Therefore, I propose an extension that integrates image transfer from Flickr to Commons.