I works, but it is some manual work necessary to restore the file
description on Commons and refine it after the import. I am not sure if
I would do this very often...
Pro: Perfect attribution to the original uploader
Contra: Manual work
Regards
Raimond.
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Am 17.01.2019 um 21:52 schrieb Michael Schönitzer:
Hi,
Thank you for the positiv feedback!
The decision if you move an already moved file again or not is up to
you, the community. WMDE “just” provides you with the tools to do so.
If you move the file again you have the advantage to not lose the file
and version history and have more transparency about who uploaded the
file or edited the file description page.
To do so you will have to first delete the file on Wikimedia Commons,
then move the file with FileExporter and finally delete the local version.
If the file page on Wikimedia Commons has been changed in the meantime
and you want to preserve both version histories, you can try to
undelete the version on Wikimedia Commons after moving the file to
merge the version histories – but that might be a bit tricky.
Cheers,
M
Am Mi., 16. Jan. 2019 um 15:43 Uhr schrieb Deryck Chan
<deryckchan(a)gmail.com <mailto:deryckchan@gmail.com>>:
It's great...!
I've come across a few cases where there's already a copy of the
file on Commons, but the (original) local file hasn't been deleted
yet. Should I use the new tool to import the file history, or is
that not necessary? What was WMDE's proposde workflow for old
files that were imported without the file history?
On Wed, 16 Jan 2019 at 14:22, Johanna Strodt
<johanna.strodt(a)wikimedia.de <mailto:johanna.strodt@wikimedia.de>>
wrote:
Hello Deryck,
Wow, that's great! As of ~2 hours ago, the feature is
available on all wikis (don't forget to activate it in your
preferences). I'd love to hear what you think of it.
Best,
Johanna
Am Mi., 16. Jan. 2019 um 15:10 Uhr schrieb Deryck Chan
<deryckchan(a)gmail.com <mailto:deryckchan@gmail.com>>:
Hello Johanna,
This is great timing. The Cantonese Wikipedia has recently
been going through a drive to clean up old files, some
dating back to 2006, which haven't been moved to Commons
because... CommonsHelper is frankly a bit clumsy. This
will help us lots!
Deryck
On Mon, 14 Jan 2019 at 12:04, Johanna Strodt
<johanna.strodt(a)wikimedia.de
<mailto:johanna.strodt@wikimedia.de>> wrote:
// sorry for cross-posting
The FileExporter will soon be released as a beta
feature to all wikis. The planned deployment date is
January 16.
Some background: Files from local wikis should be
transferred to Wikimedia Commons if their license
allows it. This way, they can be used by all wikis.
But if you wanted to import a local file to Commons in
the past, you couldn’t properly transfer its file and
page history. It was a wish from a survey of the
German-speaking communities to find a solution to this
problem.
Now, the FileExporter makes it possible to import a
file from a local wiki to Wikimedia Commons, while
keeping its history intact. A first version has
already been a beta feature on a few first wikis since
June 2018. [1] Since then, bugs were fixed and
features were added.
If you’re interested in importing local files, please
give the feature a try. Even though it’s a beta
feature, you can use it for real file imports. Please
note that in order to get started, you need to
1.
activate the beta feature “FileExporter” on your
wiki [2], and
2.
make sure your wiki has a proper configuration
file. Configuration files are maintained by each
wiki's community. They define, among other things,
whether a file can be exported. Exports from wikis
without a configuration file are blocked. Find
more more information in the documentation. [3]
We’re looking forward to your feedback on the central
feedback page! [4] A big thanks to everyone who gave
feedback so far.
If you wish to learn more about the project, have a
look at the page of the wish. [5]
For the Technical Wishes team,
Johanna
[1] deployment plan:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Move_files_to_Commons…
[2] go to Preferences > Beta features, e.g.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeat…
[3] documentation on configuration files:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Move_files_to_Commons…
[4] central feedback page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help_talk:Extension:FileImporter
[5] project page:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Move_files_to_Commons
Johanna Strodt Project Manager Community
Communications Technical Wishlist, Wikimedia Deutschland
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