An attempt at using a template in formatUploadDescription()

formatUploadDescription-with-template.patch

diff --git a/assets/www/js/upload.js b/assets/www/js/upload.js
index 5074a0a..1576a8a 100644
--- a/assets/www/js/upload.js
+++ b/assets/www/js/upload.js
@@ -47,49 +47,45 @@ function dateYMD() {
 }
 
 function formatUploadDescription( monument, campaignConfig, username ) {
-       var idTemplate = campaignConfig.idField,
-               idField = idTemplate.replace( '$1', monument.id ),
-               license = campaignConfig.defaultOwnWorkLicence, // note the typo in the API field
-               ourCategories = [ 
+       var ourCategories = [ 
                        'Mobile upload', 
                        'Uploaded with Android WLM App',
                        'UA: ' + navigator.userAgent.match( /Android (.*?)(?=\))/g )
                ],
-               cats = campaignConfig.defaultCategories.
-                       concat( campaignConfig.autoCategories ).
-                       concat( ourCategories ),
-               autoWikiText = campaignConfig.autoWikiText;
-
-       var desc = '';
-       desc += '=={{int:filedesc}}==\n';
-       desc += '{{Information\n';
-       desc += '|description=';
-
-       desc += '{{' + monument.lang + '|1=' + monument.name + '}}\n';
-       desc += idField + '\n';
-
-       desc += '|date=' + dateYMD() + '\n';
-       desc += '|source={{own}}\n';
-       desc += '|author=[[User:' + username + ']]\n';
-       desc += '|permission=\n';
-       desc += '|other_versions=\n';
-       desc += '|other_fields=\n';
-       desc += '}}\n';
-
-       desc += '\n';
-
-       desc += '=={{int:license-header}}==\n';
-       desc += '{{self|' + license + '}}\n';
-
-       desc += '\n';
-
-       if ( autoWikiText.length ) {
-               desc += autoWikiText + '\n';
-       }
-
-       cats.forEach( function( cat ) {
-               desc += '[[Category:' + cat + ']]\n';
-       });
-
-       return desc;
+               descData = {
+                       idField: campaignConfig.idField.replace( '$1', monument.id ),
+                       license: campaignConfig.defaultOwnWorkLicence, // note the typo in the API field
+                       username: username,
+                       autoWikiText: campaignConfig.autoWikiText,
+                       cats: campaignConfig.defaultCategories.
+                               concat( campaignConfig.autoCategories ).
+                               concat( ourCategories ),
+                       date: dateYMD()
+               },
+               desc = "\
+                       =={{int:filedesc}}==\n \
+                       {{Information\n \
+                       |description={{<%= descData.description %>}}\n \
+                       <%= idField %>\n \
+                       |date=<%= descData.date %>\n \
+                       |source={{own}}\n \
+                       |author=[[User:<%= descData.username %>]]\n \
+                       |permission=\n \
+                       |other_versions=\n \
+                       |other_fields=\n \
+                       }}\n \
+                       \n\
+                       =={{int:license-header}}==\n \
+                       {{self|<%= descData.license %>}}\n \
+                       \n\
+                       <% if (descData.autoWikiText.length) { %> \
+                               <%= descData.autoWikiText %>\n \
+                       <% } %> \
+                       \
+                       <% ._each( descData.cats, function( cat ) { %> \
+                               [[Category:<%= cat %>]]\n \
+                       <% }); %> \
+               ";
+
+       return ._template( desc, { descData: descData } );
 }

We're loading in the template in js anyway :) Also being an app page load problems go away...