FYI, posting this question on wikitech-l mostly to get a security perspective on this. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Erik Moeller <erik(a)wikimedia.org> Date: 2010/10/25 Subject: Commons ZIP file upload for admins To: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l(a)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 -- Erik Möller Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate -- Erik Möller Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate _______________________________________________ Commons-l mailing list Commons-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l

FYI, posting this question on wikitech-l mostly to get a security perspective on this. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Erik Moeller <erik(a)wikimedia.org> Date: 2010/10/25 Subject: Commons ZIP file upload for admins To: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l(a)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 -- Erik Möller Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate -- Erik Möller Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate _______________________________________________ Commons-l mailing list Commons-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l