Hi Ankry,
yes, there is both a limit for max aggregated bytes and file/page revisions:
250 mb, 100 revisions, see
Birgit
2018-06-25 21:19 GMT+02:00 ankry.wiki via Commons-l <
commons-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>gt;:
Wow. Interesting feature.
It may be useful for pdf/djvu file transfer sourceswiki <--> commons (in
both directions).
Is there a filesize limit for this operation?
Ankry
W dniu 2018-06-25 17:17:31 użytkownik Birgit Müller via Commons-l <
commons-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> napisał:
Hello all,
over the past 1,5 years WMDE’s Technical Wishes team has been working on a
new functionality that allows to transfer files from a local wiki to
Wikimedia Commons, while keeping all original data intact and documenting
the move in the version history. [1]
The new functionality has been implemented via two extensions:
FileImporter and FileExporter. [2] [3]
We’re happy to announce that the new feature set can be tried out as a
beta feature on first wikis as of today! [4]
Why this feature
Many wikis have locally stored files, but most of them (if the license
allows it) should be stored on Wikimedia Commons instead, so that all wikis
can use them. Out of that reason, contributors have been moving locally
stored files to Wikimedia Commons with the help of tools for years now.
However, the current transfer process has limits: If you move a file, its
version history page isn’t kept on Commons, so e.g. it doesn’t show who
originally uploaded the file. Besides, previous revisions of the file have
to be added separately to the file page. Keeping all file information
intact currently can’t be done by tools, as this has to be programmed in
the backend. [5]
This is why we developed the FileImporter/FileExporter extensions.
On a side note: The way the features are built, they theoretically could
be used for transferring files from any mediawiki wiki to another mediawiki
wiki in the future (the different wikis don't even have to be part of the
same wikifarm).
However, our focus for now is:
Transfer of files from local wikis to Wikimedia Commons
The FileExporter provides a link to Wikimedia Commons on the local wiki
and hands over a URL to the extension FileImporter. The FileImporter is a
Wikimedia Commons extension which imports the file including all data when
all prerequisites are met. Technically, the files won't be "moved", but
"copied". The local communities can decide which templates to use to
indicate that a file should or shouldn’t be moved to Commons. [6] Further,
the decision what to do with the files after they got transferred to
Commons stays with the local communities (e.g. admins can delete the files).
To make use of the FileImporter, you have to activate the FileExporter in
your local wiki, provided as a beta feature on Arabic Wikipedia, German
Wikipedia, Persian Wikipedia and
Mediawiki.org for now. The FileImporter
on Wikimedia Commons is not a beta feature, so there is no need to activate
it. [7]
If your local wiki community is interested to test the new functionality
in this first round as well, please discuss this with your community and
let us know by filing a request ticket on Phabricator :-) (example ticket:
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T196908)
Last but not least, we’d like to thank all the people who have tested the
feature earlier, and who have provided valuable feedback. This is much
appreciated!
Further feedback is very welcome on the central feedback page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help_talk:Extension:FileImporter
Thank you,
Birgit (for the Technical Wishes Team)
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/
Move_files_to_Commons (main project page on Meta)
[2]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:FileImporter
[3]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:FileExporter
[4]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T196969 (Deployment ticket for
FileExporter/beta feature and FileImporter)
[5]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/
Move_files_to_Commons (main project page on Meta)
[6]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:FileImporter/Data, please
note that any updates to these files will be used by FileImporter only by
next week!
[7]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:FileImporter (central
help page)
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Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0
Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen
Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei!
Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.