[GLAM] Fwd: [Commons-l] 3D files on Commons

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From: Chris Koerner <***@wikimedia.org>
Date: Fri, May 5, 2017 at 10:14 AM
Subject: [Commons-l] 3D files on Commons
To: commons-***@lists.wikimedia.org


Hello,
We shared this news on the Commons village pump, but wanted to make sure we
caught folks who maybe don't read the discussions there. [0]

In 2015 one of the most popular ideas for the Community Wishlist Survey was
about supporting the uploading of 3D models on Commons. [1] [2] The
Multimedia team at the foundation is writing new software to make this
happen with the STL file format. [3]

You can see how this feature works on the beta cluster for Commons. [4] [5]
[6] [7]

Note: Thumbnails might take a bit longer to generate on the beta cluster,
and general performance will be a little slower than Commons. The feature
is still being worked on, so things will change!

Please take a moment to join the discussion on Commons if you haven't.
Questions and feedback are welcome.

[0] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump#
Preparing_for_3D_models_on_Commons
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2015_Community_Wishlist_
Survey/Commons#3D_models_on_Wikimedia_Commons
[3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T132058
[4] https://commons.wikimedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/File:1900s_telephone.stl
[5] https://commons.wikimedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/File:
1900s_telephone.stl#/media/File:1900s_telephone.stl
[6] https://commons.wikimedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/File:
Bird_Figure_Nigeria_CNCC_1937.2.stl
[7] https://commons.wikimedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/File:
Bird_Figure_Nigeria_CNCC_1937.2.stl#/media/File:Bird_Figure_
Nigeria_CNCC_1937.2.stl

Yours,
Chris Koerner
Community Liaison
Wikimedia Foundation