David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
http://techblog.wikimedia.org/2009/09/file-renaming-enabled-for-admins/ \o/
Yay. Six years late, and a backlog of only 7 million files.
-Stevertigo
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 4:14 PM, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
http://techblog.wikimedia.org/2009/09/file-renaming-enabled-for-admins/
\o/
- d.
Any news about when the rest of us might enjoy move functionality for files and not just articles?
Gwern Branwen gwern0@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 4:14 PM, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
http://techblog.wikimedia.org/2009/09/file-renaming-enabled-for-admins/ \o/
Any news about when the rest of us might enjoy move functionality for files and not just articles?
Don't imagine they will want to let just anyone start moving files - not just for the server load reason, nor RAM or disk space issues (?), but because its just not necessary. We learned long ago to treat filenames as arbitrary and part of some kind of useful scheme.
-Stevertigo
stevertigo stvrtg@gmail.com wrote:
We learned long ago to treat filenames as arbitrary and **** part of some kind of useful scheme.
Er, should be "*not* part of some... "
-Stevertigo
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 5:17 PM, stevertigo stvrtg@gmail.com wrote:
Gwern Branwen gwern0@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 4:14 PM, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
http://techblog.wikimedia.org/2009/09/file-renaming-enabled-for-admins/ \o/
Any news about when the rest of us might enjoy move functionality for files and not just articles?
Don't imagine they will want to let just anyone start moving files - not just for the server load reason, nor RAM or disk space issues (?), but because its just not necessary. We learned long ago to treat filenames as arbitrary and part of some kind of useful scheme.
-Stevertigo
All of that would seem equally applicable to articles. ('If you don't like the random name it was created with, just make a redirect...')
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 7:17 AM, stevertigo stvrtg@gmail.com wrote:
Don't imagine they will want to let just anyone start moving files - not just for the server load reason, nor RAM or disk space issues (?), but because its just not necessary. We learned long ago to treat filenames as arbitrary and part of some kind of useful scheme.
I disagree, and I'd like to see file renaming opened up. It sucks seeing a file with a blatantly wrong name sitting there for years. Sure, the file names could be totally arbitrary (a882be8.jpg) or they could be extremely meaningful - but having them stuck at whatever the uploader originally thought of is not ideal. Especially since redirects exist and work.
Steve
2009/9/21 Gwern Branwen gwern0@gmail.com:
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 4:14 PM, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
http://techblog.wikimedia.org/2009/09/file-renaming-enabled-for-admins/
Any news about when the rest of us might enjoy move functionality for files and not just articles?
Ask on the tech blog :-) The Commons page on the subject asks people to take it slowly so bugs can be caught.
- d.
Gwern Branwen gwern0@gmail.com wrote: Any news about when the rest of us might enjoy move functionality for files and not just articles?
After a testing pahse, it will be up to community discussion for consensus most likely.
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 7:17 AM, stevertigo stvrtg@gmail.com wrote:
Don't imagine they will want to let just anyone start moving files - not just for the server load reason, nor RAM or disk space issues (?), but because its just not necessary. We learned long ago to treat filenames as arbitrary and part of some kind of useful scheme.
-Stevertigo
File names shouldn't really matter, afaik when you rename a file it should also create a redirect to the name new not to break the pre-existing usage.
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 13:14, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
http://techblog.wikimedia.org/2009/09/file-renaming-enabled-for-admins/
Again? Bets on how long it'll last this time?