Hi Ankry, yes, there is both a limit for max aggregated bytes and file/page revisions: 250 mb, 100 revisions, see https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T187214
Birgit 2018-06-25 21:19 GMT+02:00 ankry.wiki via Commons-l < common...@lists.wikimedia.org>: > Wow. Interesting feature. > > It may be useful for pdf/djvu file transfer sourceswiki <--> commons (in > both directions). > Is there a filesize limit for this operation? > > Ankry > > W dniu 2018-06-25 17:17:31 użytkownik Birgit Müller via Commons-l < > common...@lists.wikimedia.org> napisał: > > Hello all, > > over the past 1,5 years WMDE’s Technical Wishes team has been working on a > new functionality that allows to transfer files from a local wiki to > Wikimedia Commons, while keeping all original data intact and documenting > the move in the version history. [1] > > The new functionality has been implemented via two extensions: > FileImporter and FileExporter. [2] [3] > > > > We’re happy to announce that the new feature set can be tried out as a > beta feature on first wikis as of today! [4] > > Why this feature > Many wikis have locally stored files, but most of them (if the license > allows it) should be stored on Wikimedia Commons instead, so that all wikis > can use them. Out of that reason, contributors have been moving locally > stored files to Wikimedia Commons with the help of tools for years now. > However, the current transfer process has limits: If you move a file, its > version history page isn’t kept on Commons, so e.g. it doesn’t show who > originally uploaded the file. Besides, previous revisions of the file have > to be added separately to the file page. Keeping all file information > intact currently can’t be done by tools, as this has to be programmed in > the backend. [5] > > > This is why we developed the FileImporter/FileExporter extensions. > > On a side note: The way the features are built, they theoretically could > be used for transferring files from any mediawiki wiki to another mediawiki > wiki in the future (the different wikis don't even have to be part of the > same wikifarm). > > However, our focus for now is: > > Transfer of files from local wikis to Wikimedia Commons > The FileExporter provides a link to Wikimedia Commons on the local wiki > and hands over a URL to the extension FileImporter. The FileImporter is a > Wikimedia Commons extension which imports the file including all data when > all prerequisites are met. Technically, the files won't be "moved", but > "copied". The local communities can decide which templates to use to > indicate that a file should or shouldn’t be moved to Commons. [6] Further, > the decision what to do with the files after they got transferred to > Commons stays with the local communities (e.g. admins can delete the files). > > > To make use of the FileImporter, you have to activate the FileExporter in > your local wiki, provided as a beta feature on Arabic Wikipedia, German > Wikipedia, Persian Wikipedia and Mediawiki.org for now. The FileImporter > on Wikimedia Commons is not a beta feature, so there is no need to activate > it. [7] > > If your local wiki community is interested to test the new functionality > in this first round as well, please discuss this with your community and > let us know by filing a request ticket on Phabricator :-) (example ticket: > https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T196908) > > Last but not least, we’d like to thank all the people who have tested the > feature earlier, and who have provided valuable feedback. This is much > appreciated! > > Further feedback is very welcome on the central feedback page: > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help_talk:Extension:FileImporter > > Thank you, > > Birgit (for the Technical Wishes Team) > > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/ > Move_files_to_Commons (main project page on Meta) > [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:FileImporter > [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:FileExporter > [4] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T196969 (Deployment ticket for > FileExporter/beta feature and FileImporter) > [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/ > Move_files_to_Commons (main project page on Meta) > > [6] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:FileImporter/Data, please > note that any updates to these files will be used by FileImporter only by > next week! > > [7] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:FileImporter (central > help page) > > > -- > Birgit Müller > Community Communications Manager > Software Development and Engineering > > > > > Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin > Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 > http://wikimedia.de > > Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen > Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei! > http://spenden.wikimedia.de/ > > Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. > Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter > der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für > Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Commons-l mailing list > common...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l > > -- Birgit Müller Community Communications Manager Software Development and Engineering Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen Wissens frei teilhaben kann. 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