Grants:IEG/Improve 'Upload to Commons' Android App/Timeline

This project is funded by an Individual Engagement Grant

This Individual Engagement Grant is renewed

Timeline for Improve 'Upload to Commons' Android App

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

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)

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)

Phase 2(a) (newbie-friendly enhancements) and 2(b) (new location-based features) in progress.
Monthly report: blog post

Month 3 (September)

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)

Phase 2(c) (Enhance titles and categorization) in progress (3/4 tasks completed).
Monthly report: blog post

Month 5 (November)

Tutorial task in Phase 2(a) completed. Phase 2(d) in progress.
Monthly report: blog post

Month 6 (December)

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)

Project temporarily halted due to dealing with personal commitments.

Month 8 (February)

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)

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)

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)

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

New end date

31 March 2017

Rationale

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

15 April 2017

Rationale

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

31 May 2017

Rationale

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

20 June 2017

Rationale

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.