Proposed in #Community-Wishlist-Survey-2016. Received 28 support votes, and ranked #55 out of 265 proposals. [[ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2016_Community_Wishlist_Survey/Categories/Search#Built-in_CatScan| View full proposal with discussion and votes here.]]
=== Problem ===
Every user has to add categories and descriptions (mostly) manually when uploading a file. This is ok for the experienced users, but annoying for newbies. Looking for a suitable category from hunderds of available ones is usually time-consuming. Describing pictures with information kinda similar to available categories is also rather annoying, given the fact that sometimes one information needs to be written twice ({{en|A tree in the Paris garden}} [[Category:Paris Garden]][[Category:Trees]]
=== Who would benefit ===
Commons uploaders
=== Proposed solution ===
The information we need is already there in some parts. We do have now pictures that are uploaded with the geographical coordinates. It is a small part of all uploads, but it is growing over time. What we do need is a tool that will take the coordinates (data) and looks for the nearest Wikipedia article. Then the tool will suggest the name of the article as a suggestion for the user for the picture. The user can either confirm or reject it - it can be a popup window or it can have some other form. Since most articles now have their own coordinates and relevant categories on Wikidata, it can be doable.
=== Technical details ===
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=== Time, expertise and skills required ===
-- e.g. 2-3 weeks, advanced contributor, javascript, css, etc
=== Suitable for ===
-- e.g. Hackathon, GSOC, Outreachy, etc.
=== Proposer ===
[[ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ynhockey| Ynhockey ]]
=== Related links ===
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T118875