https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52990

--- Comment #7 from Bawolff (Brian Wolff) <[email protected]> ---
(In reply to comment #6)
> (In reply to comment #2)
> > It is abusive if everyone can upload by url MP4's...
> 
> Are you sure this is limited to the "Upload by URL"-feature introduced in bug
> 20512 ?
> 
> (In reply to comment #4)
> > (In reply to comment #2)
> > > It is abusive if everyone can upload by url MP4's...
> > 
> > No extension for mp4 in mime.types included with mediawiki. Little known
> > fact,
> > any file type that doesn't have an extension listed in mime.types is allowed
> > to
> > be uploaded always.
> 
> But what makes me not be able to upload mp4 @ Special:Upload ?

Note, I was looking at this from a cell phone well waiting for a flight, so
higher probability of me making a mistake.

If my theory is right, there should be nothing stopping you from uploading an
mp4 file renamed to have an allowed extension, from special:upload.

-- 
You are receiving this mail because:
You are the assignee for the bug.
You are on the CC list for the bug.
_______________________________________________
Wikibugs-l mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l

Reply via email to