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Media Viewer A new way to view images and media files on Wikipedia, Commons and MediaWiki sites Proposed by the Wikimedia Foundation CC-BY-SA-3.0 08/21/2013
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Media Viewer
A new way to view images and media fileson Wikipedia, Commons and MediaWiki sites
Proposed by the Wikimedia FoundationCC-BY-SA-3.0
08/21/2013
Purpose: • Provide a richer multimedia experience to match user expectations• Display images in larger size, on the same page as the thumbnail
Users: • All users, including 500M 'readers/viewers'
Features:• Show images in larger, media viewer panel when you click on them• Include a description and credit below the image, link to file page• Option to go to next image if it is part of a category or collection
Media Viewer
Multimedia Map - View images (current)
Wikipedia Commons
Sparrow......
article file info
Spar.jpg
Goal: As a visitor, I want to view images in large size, to see them better and learn more.
visitor full size
CURRENT
Issues:• cluttered• no context• duplicate• no edits• external links
where am I ?
what's allthis stuff?
Issues:• no context• no links
• dead end
file info (original)
Spar.jpg
Issues:• confusing• cluttered• duplicate• external site
Multimedia Map - Media Viewer (proposed)
Wikipedia Commons
Sparrow......
article media viewervisitor full size
PROPOSED
Features:• large image• on same page• simple icons• no clutter• clarity
I get itnow
I like the big picture !
Features:• image focus• immersive• go back
file info (original)
Spar.jpg
Features:• landing welcome• media viewer option• go back
Sparrow
• large image• on same page• simple icons• no clutter
Media Viewer
Solution: View large images on same page, with richer experience.
Insert mediaUpload Sparrow
...
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Spar.jpg
Multimedia Map - WorKflows by user group
gallery/list
Wikipedia~ 800k files
Commons~ 17M files
articlefile info
watchlist
Watchlist1. ...2. ...
campaign
Wiki Loves Birds
Big birds
upload
search
Search1. ...2. ...
uploaded100%
~ 385k files/mo.
category
Birds of
overwritten11%
~ 42k files/mo.
deleted8%
~ 31k files/mo.
categorized?
overwrite deletecategorize
Readers~ 500M / month
visual editor
use
media viewer
used~ 40%?estimate
share
= pain point
= minor flow
edit
tagged?
tagdiscuss
edited?
TOOLS
PAGES
log / new / search
New files* abc* def
What do you think?Is this tool useful?
How can we improve it?
Comments welcome on this page:mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Multimedia/Media_Viewer
Learn more:mediawiki.org/wiki/Multimedia
Editor Engagement [email protected] Team
Wikimedia Foundation
