Grants:IEG/Improve 'Upload to Commons' Android App/Timeline
This project is funded by an Individual Engagement Grant
This Individual Engagement Grant is renewed
| renewal scope | timeline & progress | finances | midpoint report | final report |
Timeline for Improve 'Upload to Commons' Android App
[edit]| Timeline | Date |
| Phase 1: Existing bugs/crashes fixed | 29 July 2016 |
| Phase 2(a): Tutorial & other newbie-friendly enhancements implemented | 5 September 2016 |
| Midpoint report | 16 October 2016 |
| Phase 2(b): Location-based features implemented | 24 October 2016 |
| Phase 2(c): Title & categorization enhancements implemented | 5 December 2016 |
| Phase 2(d): Enhancements to reduce workload for Commons volunteers implemented | 15 December 2016 |
| Phase 3: Publicity work completed | 16 January 2017 |
| Final report | 15 February 2017 |
Note: I have made arrangements with the grant administrator for a 2-week break - this break has now been scheduled from the 20th of September to the 3rd of October. The timeline has been adjusted accordingly.
Monthly updates
[edit]Please prepare a brief project update each month, in a format of your choice, to share progress and learnings with the community along the way. Submit the link below as you complete each update.
Month 1 (July)
[edit]- Phase 1 (fix existing bugs) completed.
- List of bugs fixed in Phase 1 and the associated Google Play releases: blog post.
- Monthly report: blog post.
Month 2 (August)
[edit]- Phase 2(a) (newbie-friendly enhancements) and 2(b) (new location-based features) in progress.
- Monthly report: blog post
Month 3 (September)
[edit]- Phase 2(a) awaiting collaboration for tutorial task (3/4 tasks completed). Phase 2(b) completed.
- Vacation from 20th of September to 3rd of October
- Monthly report: blog post
Month 4 (October)
[edit]- Phase 2(c) (Enhance titles and categorization) in progress (3/4 tasks completed).
- Monthly report: blog post
Month 5 (November)
[edit]- Tutorial task in Phase 2(a) completed. Phase 2(d) in progress.
- Monthly report: blog post
Month 6 (December)
[edit]- Phase 2(d) (Prevent uploading multiple copies of the same image) completed.
- Waiting for decision on minor budget change request and feedback on midpoint report.
Month 7 (January)
[edit]- Project temporarily halted due to dealing with personal commitments.
Month 8 (February)
[edit]- Personal commitments settled at the end of February, resuming work on project.
- Feedback on midpoint report received, moving forward with Phase 3.
Month 9 (March)
[edit]- Several improvements and bugfixes were made to prepare app for publicity. Publicizing will start at the end of March.
- Blog post for the past couple of months
Month 10 (April)
[edit]- Revamped screenshots and Google Play listing, had a write-up done for the Wikimedia blog, and contacted several websites that have written about the app before to update them about its current status.
- A group of us are planning to work on several improvements for the app during the Vienna Hackathon and Prague pre-hackathon (which I am organizing in collaboration with WMCZ). The final publicity step (press release sent out to a broad range of websites) will be put on hold until after the hackathon.
Month 11 (May)
[edit]- Attended the Wikimedia Hackathon 2017 and the pre-hackathon in Prague, where a group of us worked on the app. More details: blog post
Extension request
[edit]New end date
[edit]31 March 2017
Rationale
[edit]- I would like to update licenses to achieve parity with Upload Wizard and improve license selection in the app, as proposed in budget change request (optional - subject to approval)
- Personal commitments that turned out to require much more time than expected
New end date
[edit]15 April 2017
Rationale
[edit]- Several improvements (and bugfixes for issues stemming from those improvements) needed to be made to prepare the app for publicity, so additional time was needed for Phase 3
New end date
[edit]31 May 2017
Rationale
[edit]- Attending the Wikimedia Hackathon Vienna (19-21 May) and pre-hackathon in Prague (12-16 May). A group of us are planning to get together and make several improvements to the app during that time, so I think it would be best to hold off on the final part of publicity until that is completed.
New end date
[edit]20 June 2017
Rationale
[edit]- Fixing leftover bugs from the new features that were implemented during the hackathon. Will complete the publicity phase and start writing final report very soon.