Help:Extension:FileImporter

The FileImporter and FileExporter extensions aim to make moving files from a local wiki to Wikimedia Commons easier. They implement a new functionality that allows moving files with all their original data intact, while documenting the move in the version history.

The FileExporter provides a link to Wikimedia Commons on the local wiki and hands over an 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".

FileImporter is planned to be deployed to Wikimedia Commons by June 25, 2018. To make use of it, you then will need to activate the FileExporter in your local wiki, provided as a beta feature on first wikis in June 2018.

Background

 * FileImporter and FileExporter aim to fulfil a request from the German-speaking community's Technical Wishlist and are developed by WMDE's tech team. More information can be found on the main project page on Meta.

Usage
Enabling the FileExporter: To enable the FileExporter on a local wiki, you have to be logged in and tick the checkbox for FileExporter on the beta-features preferences page. You don't have to activate the FileImporter on Wikimedia Commons.

Deployment roadmap

 * 2018-06-12: Files from mediawiki.org and test2.wikipedia.org can be exported to test.wikipedia.org.
 * FileExporter as a beta feature on mediawiki.org and test2.wikipedia.org.
 * Please note: For this deployment, the link on the file page is labelled "Export to Test Wiki". To test the export on these wikis, you need to be an auto-confirmed user.
 * FileImporter on test.wikipedia.org
 * 2018-06-25:
 * FileExporter as a beta feature on German, Farsi and Arabic Wikipedia
 * FileImporter on Wikimedia Commons
 * Deployment of the beta feature to other wikis: tba

Links

 * Main project page on Meta
 * FileImporter extension manual
 * FileExporter extension manual
 * Phabricator project