Empowering Italian GLAMs/Tech evaluations

Information about the tool related to Empowering Italian GLAMs.

Specifications

Domain

To be discussed:

• https://musei-su-wikipedia.wmcloud.org/ (if on WMF Wikimedia Cloud servers)
• ...

Command line access

Should be not required.

User storage needed

40G (1000 musei, 20 foto, 2M/foto)

Dependencies

• PHP (executes Python commands)
• MySQL database
• Python

Available servers

• Cloud VPS: to be requested

  m:wikitech:Wikitech:Cloud Services Terms of use

• server from current provider 💼 vh - average cost max. 400€ / server, automated backups already included
• lessema: enough storage but it's dedicated to CiviCRM - not enough separation
• beta: not owned by WMIT
• delta: not owned by WMIT
• epsilon: not owned by WMIT
• horror: dedicated to backups - not enough separation
• intreccio: not enough storage
• manoscritto: not enough storage - not enough separation with ZNUNY
• toolforge: not enough storage - https://t.me/wmcloudirc/44175

Questions from Cloud VPS activists

About unclear copyright status files on Wikimedia Cloud servers

<bozzy> there is a person who verifies a scanned piece of paper in which a museum manager authorizes the release in free license, before uploading on Commons.
<bozzy> This way the Commons community does not receive an avalanche of problematic data. We felt it was more respectful to them.
[29/08/22 17:10]
<taavi> you can't store material with unclear copyright status on WMCS either..

About uploading directly on Commons

<bozzy> The tool will be a sort of "image uploader". Kind of "pre-Commons" for a GLAM-related project in a specific country.
[29/08/22 17:00]
<bd808_> Why not upload to commons and then mark the "unuseful" things for deletion? Commons will have more storage and better performance than almost any Cloud VPS project.
<bd808> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Volunteer_Response_Team is exactly for things like reviewing and validating image releases as well. I'm not saying I know enough to say that there is no need for a staging process, but this all sounds like things that the community knows how to deal with.

Repository

https://gitlab.wikimedia.org/repos/wikimedia-it/wmit-empowering-italian-glams

Team

Developer

• Utente:Adert

Voluntary consultation

• Utente:Valerio Bozzolan