[Mediawiki-l] meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/SpecialMultiUploadViaZip (an ugly hack!)

[dme26-mwl at srcf.ucam.org]

This is the first time I've tried to submit code to the MediaWiki 
community, so please accept my apologies if I have gone about doing so the 
wrong way. (and apologies the extension itself is such a hack and/or is 
already redundant because of others' work I wasn't aware of - I've noted 
SpecialUploadLocal recently)

SpecialMultipleUplaoadViaZip has been added as a meta.wikimedia.org page 
including the special page extension's source code. As that page 
describes, this special page provides a form for uploading a ZIP file that 
is subsequently decompressed and passed directly to a class extended from 
the existing MediaWiki file upload form.

I needed a multiple file uploading tool for a local intranet wiki I 
manage(ish). I suspect this feature might have already been scheduled to 
be included for future releases in a manner far cleaner than the hack I've 
done. Still, I figured it still might be useful for the community even so 
(e.g. possibly for those running to-be-legacy MediaWiki releases into 
which this extension might be able to be installed).

Best wishes,
Dave