Re: [WikiEN-l] Admins can now rename files!

2009-09-22 Thread Daniel R. Tobias
On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:59:06 +1000, Steve Bennett wrote: 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 -

[WikiEN-l] Admins can now rename files!

2009-09-21 Thread David Gerard
http://techblog.wikimedia.org/2009/09/file-renaming-enabled-for-admins/ \o/ - d. ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

Re: [WikiEN-l] Admins can now rename files!

2009-09-21 Thread stevertigo
David Gerard dger...@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 ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To

Re: [WikiEN-l] Admins can now rename files!

2009-09-21 Thread Gwern Branwen
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 4:14 PM, David Gerard dger...@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

Re: [WikiEN-l] Admins can now rename files!

2009-09-21 Thread stevertigo
Gwern Branwen gwe...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 4:14 PM, David Gerard dger...@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

Re: [WikiEN-l] Admins can now rename files!

2009-09-21 Thread stevertigo
stevertigo stv...@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 ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To

Re: [WikiEN-l] Admins can now rename files!

2009-09-21 Thread David Gerard
2009/9/21 Gwern Branwen gwe...@gmail.com: On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 4:14 PM, David Gerard dger...@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

Re: [WikiEN-l] Admins can now rename files!

2009-09-21 Thread K. Peachey
Gwern Branwen gwe...@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 stv...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [WikiEN-l] Admins can now rename files!

2009-09-21 Thread Gwern Branwen
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 5:17 PM, stevertigo stv...@gmail.com wrote: Gwern Branwen gwe...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 4:14 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: http://techblog.wikimedia.org/2009/09/file-renaming-enabled-for-admins/ \o/ Any news about when the rest of us

Re: [WikiEN-l] Admins can now rename files!

2009-09-21 Thread Mark Wagner
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 13:14, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: http://techblog.wikimedia.org/2009/09/file-renaming-enabled-for-admins/ Again? Bets on how long it'll last this time? -- Mark [[User:Carnildo]] ___ WikiEN-l mailing list

Re: [WikiEN-l] Admins can now rename files!

2009-09-21 Thread Steve Bennett
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 7:17 AM, stevertigo stv...@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