https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23133
Summary: Write and implement Commons upload blacklist feature
for Main Pages and other special pages
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Normal
Component: General/Unknown
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
Some of the larger wikis have issues with images from Commons being used on
highly visible pages, as it creates the possibility of vandalism happening on
unprotected Commons images. The general workaround has been to upload copies of
the images locally, usually using a bot[1], which is hackish and needs a better
implementation.
With the implementation of GlobalUsage, it should be possible to create a local
upload blacklist at Commons, similar to the bad image list or spam blacklist.
This upload blacklist would be in a format like:
* enwiki|Main Page
When a non-admin tries to upload an image on Commons that matches by title and
wiki to a globalimagelinks entry and that matches to an entry at this Commons
upload blacklist, the upload would be disallowed for non-admins.
Assuming that the globalimagelinks table updates quickly enough, this should
make the current bots and manual updates[2] unnecessary.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MPUploadBot
[2]
http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Zzyzx11/En_main_page&action=history
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