FYI, posting this question on wikitech-l mostly to get a security
perspective on this.


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From: Erik Moeller <erik@wikimedia.org>
Date: 2010/10/25
Subject: Commons ZIP file upload for admins
To: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org>


Hello all,

for some types of resources, it's desirable to upload source files
(whether it's Blender, COLLADA, Scribus, EDL, or some other format),
so that others can more easily remix and process them. Currently, as
far as I know, there's no way to upload these resources to Commons.

What would be the arguments against allowing administrators to upload
arbitrary ZIP files on Wikimedia Commons, allowing the Commons
community to develop policy and process around when such archived
resources are appropriate? An alternative, of course, would be to
whitelist every possible source format for admins, but it seems to me
that it would be a good general policy to not enable additional
support for formats that aren't officially supported (reduces
confusion among users about what's permitted -- there's only one file
format they can't use).

Thoughts?

Thanks,
Erik

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