User:GFontenelle (WMF)/Flickr/Project Plan

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The Project Plan

Milestone 1 - Initiation & Discovery, June

  • Appoint technical lead and copyright researcher for the project
  • Flickr and Wikimedia community engagement:
    • Make an announcement to Flickr Foundation list, a Meta page, and a Diff post;
    • consult with volunteer developers of Flickr2Commons (project page, tool); and
    • establish collaboration the with Commons Photographers User Group
  • Evaluate the user interface of Flickr2Commons
  • Clone Flickr2Commons tool, review code, and evaluate hosting options
  • Review image rights options and investigate reported license laundering issues (known as 'Flickr washing')

Milestone 2 - Design & Definition, July to August

  • Produce and engage the community around:
    • an analysis of photo reuse
    • the rationale for any licensing or permission updates
    • sketches of UI improvements; and
    • feature prioritization

Milestone 3 - Develop, July to October

  • Produce a first version of Flickypedia,with at least one new feature. Potential features already identified include:
    • check for possible duplicates;
    • integrate structured data into publishing flow; and
    • provide interaction metrics.

Milestone 4 - Deliver & Refine,  November to December

  • Respond to the first round of user feedback through a second release of Flickypedia.
  • Document Flickypedia on Wikimedia's Toolhub.
  • Consult developers and users of the Flickr2Commons tool on potential deprecation of that tool.
  • Invite the 100 cultural organizations that are part of the Flickr Commons program to use Flickypedia.

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