Commons talk:Mobile app

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Uploading videos through mobile app of commons[edit]

I am using Wikimedia Commons mobile app from last one and half year for uploading photos.It is useful and easy to upload ineed.I am wandering whether there is any option available with which I am able to upload small file size videos through this app? It is always seems difficult to use laptop or PC. Kindly guide and if there is no such availability kindly think for making this kind of tool. Thank You! आर्या जोशी (talk) 14:54, 24 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@आर्या जोशी: Video support is indeed yet to be added. In the meantime, Upload Wizard is usable on mobile as well. —Tacsipacsi (talk) 22:45, 24 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Caption editing deletes the entire contents of the page[edit]

Please see the evidence in edit 1 and the discussion in edit 2, ongoing at COM:FILTERT#Report by Jonathanischoice.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 07:25, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the report, @Jeff G. Apologies for the inconvenience caused due to this bug.
We're tracking this as an issue in our repository. Here's the link to the issue.
We'll look into fixing this as soon as we can. Kaartic [talk] 04:00, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Kaartic: Thanks. @Jonathanischoice: FYI.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:09, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Feedback process[edit]

Can anyone comment on the feedback processes (see also: https://github.com/commons-app/apps-android-commons/issues/5509) Molgreen (talk) 06:19, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

App broken[edit]

@Kaartic, I used to use the Commons app (on Android, Google Pixel 7) all the time, but a few months ago every image I tried to upload failed. Is this a known issue, or is there any info I could provide to help you troubleshoot? {{u|Sdkb}} talk 05:57, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Sdkb, ein paar Dinge, die mir dazu einfallen:
Viel Erfolg und viele Grüße Molgreen (talk) 15:35, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Password: Commons:Mobile app/Feedback#Feedback from Molgreen for version 4.2.1~14b6c455b 6 Molgreen (talk) 15:41, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the reply, Molgreen! I did enable 2FA at some point, so I'm trying logging out and in again to see if that fixes it. Will update if that (or reinstalling the app) works. A better error message is certainly needed. {{u|Sdkb}} talk 16:00, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your feedback and good luck. I am curious Molgreen (talk) 16:09, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That worked! I guess I should have had more faith that the turn it off and on again approach would work haha. Thanks for the help! {{u|Sdkb}} talk 20:41, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your feedback. One question: what do you think really helped in the end? Logging out and logging in again or uninstalling and reinstalling? Or was it really just a reboot that helped? (In German it rhymes: "reboot tut gut" (reboot does good) :-) Molgreen (talk) 05:09, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Logging out and in was the issue, as I didn't have to go to the reinstalling step. I'm guessing that enabling 2FA was probably the cause, but I forget if the timeline matches up quite right. {{u|Sdkb}} talk 05:42, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Sdkb: https://github.com/commons-app/apps-android-commons/issues/5522 Molgreen (talk) 05:39, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the report, @Sdkb Apologies for the inconvenience caused due to the current flow.
Thank you for the assistance and capturing this as an issue in our issue tracker, @Molgreen !
Just for an update, there's a proposed change that should fix this issue soon :-) Kaartic [talk] 14:17, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reference to mobile app/feedback[edit]

Shouldn't there be a reference to Mobile app/Feedback and github.com (commons-app) on the project page? Molgreen (talk) 19:06, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:Mobile_app&diff=next&oldid=854576090
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App Content must be rated 18+[edit]

The App bring nude and sex movies and images from here, so the content must be ratted as adult only 18+. حبيشان (talk) 17:02, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for bringing this up @حبيشان! I've opened an issue in our issue tracker to discuss this. Feel free to share your thoughts here or on the issue. :-) Kaartic [talk] 04:24, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure 18+ is the right approach. Sure, the Commons app can fetch sensitive content from Commons, but the user needs to search for it deliberately. Automatic suggestions e.g. geolocation won't fetch sensitive content. For comparison the Wikipedia app is rated all-ages; most web browser apps are rated all-ages. Deryck Chan (talk) 13:30, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That is not true. I don't like to repeat myself but again one can come across such images and videos in totally unexpected searches and categories such as children's games, software, or specific foods. What you said is probably true for the Wikipedia app but I'm actually surprised the WMC app is in the PlayStore without any issues despite of these issues. I had proposed that at least nude people media should only be in "Nude people" subcategories and that these get NSFW tags so these could be excluded in searches with a toggle or blurred by default depending on settings. Again, I don't have a problem with bizarre nude people media on WMC despite the "realistic educational use" scope policy, but I do think there is a problem with such, unlike on all other large websites, showing up in unexpected searches – for example this could come with various problems to WMC overall that is still used (browsed, known, search engine indexed, linked, etc) way too little. Prototyperspective (talk) 12:09, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This seems surprising. Which children's games, software, or foods? Either way, they should also be in a category that specifies nudity, and we could in theory have a switch that filters based on that. grendel|khan 15:34, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think we have, for example, photographs by a Russian photographer who depicts nude women as artistic representations of certain elements of programming languages, so these photographs are sorted in the respective categories - but always in categories that specify nudity, too. Gestumblindi (talk) 10:08, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Examples: ducktales, Super Mario, adblock, captcha, egg cooking, fake news, dualsense, finger, chatgpt (and last time I checked things were shown at the very top). Note that this is not limited to photos by that one photographer which the community apparently finds produces "realistically educational" photos while at the same deleting lots of unique nonmundanely-valuable things. Yes, one way would be setting a tag based on whether at least one subcategory of Nude people is set (that can then be enabled or disabled or automatically disabled when clearly searching for something NSFW) but I think it would be best if that was done at WMC, not (only) any external apps for it. Prototyperspective (talk) 13:09, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

App shows error, when dispalying stats[edit]

App shows no stats

How can I fix it? Alex Blokha (talk) 23:08, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Alex Blokha! Apologies for the inconvenience caused. This is indeed a problem with the production version of the app. We've fixed this at our end and will release a new version soon. Kaartic [talk] 03:41, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I have the same problem with the latest version. I reported a bug that the app crashes when viewing user profiles. Now it shows them but doesn't show the first two tabs (Achievements and Leaderboard). Also I have to tab view user twice because the first time it shows a "session expired, please log in again" (I'm not logged in) error. Prototyperspective (talk) 10:52, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That's strange. This isn't how the fix should work. Is it possible for your to list down the steps that you use for facing this trouble? A screen recording would be helpful too.
This is also the "I need to click a tab twice" to open issue. Steps and screen recording would help with identifying the problem you face. -- Kaartic [talk][kindly ping me] 17:16, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There isn't really more to say than what I did already: 1) launch the app (latest version 5.0.1) 2) tab on any image e.g. the first 3) tab on the three dots in the upper right and select show user page 4) a small error "Session expire. Please log in again" pops up twice (at least the app doesn't crash anymore) 5) repeat step 3 6) it just loads with a neverending circle animation at the top but no data is loaded into niveau and the statistics 7) going to the leaderboard tab it only shows a neverending circle animation 8) going to contributions it shows other images uploaded by the user 9) if I go to the leaderboard tab after the contributions page it shows this session expired error again and brings me back to the image where I tapped the three dots.
  • Another thing I wanted to ask is where this leaderboard data comes from and if it could be added to WMC instead of being only viewable in the app.
Prototyperspective (talk) 17:52, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
So, is the new fixed version available? Alex Blokha (talk) 23:29, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @Alex Blokha! Yes. The fix is available in v5.0.1 version that's available via Play store and F-droid. :-) -- Kaartic [talk][kindly ping me] 17:17, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimania poster submission - Explore the world with the "Nearby" feature[edit]

I'm making a poster submission for Wikimania 2024 about the "Nearby" feature. Comments welcome! (Tag Kaartic, Misaochan for the encouragement) Deryck Chan (talk) 23:03, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Editing depicts using app removes structured data[edit]

When depicts is being edited using the Commons Android app, the new set of depicts are reflected in the site correctly. The other structured data such as author, caption etc. seem to be removed.

This has been filed as an issue in the app's bug tracker. Noting it here for reference :-) Kaartic [talk] 14:23, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can I publish screenshots of the Commons app on Commons?[edit]

Hello @Kaartic, hello @Syced, I would like to publish screenshots of the Commons app on Commons. However, I would like to coordinate this with you beforehand. I will send you a link to the images I would like to publish by e-mail. Best regards Molgreen (talk) 05:26, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Syced Thank you for your feedback. Which code should I use for the license?
When I upload via the app, the following occurs:
== {{int:license-header}} ==
{{self|cc-by-sa-4.0}}
Which source code should I submit to mention the Apache 2 License of the UI? Molgreen (talk) 07:30, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for opening this thread, Molgreen! I think you could feel free to upload it. Regarding the license, I think you could feel free to use CC-BY-SA-4.0. The Apache 2.0 license applies to the source code. I don't know how it applies to the screenshot of the app rendered using the source code. Hope that helps -- Kaartic [talk][kindly ping me] 09:34, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello @Kaartic, hello @Syced, thank you both very much for your feedback (here and via email). I have just uploaded the screenshots. Regarding the license, I hope I have found a good solution. see also --Molgreen (talk) 04:56, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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