Help:Extension:FileImporter



The FileImporter and FileExporter extensions aim to make moving files from a local wiki to Wikimedia Commons easier. The new functionality allows to move 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 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".

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

Support needed
Please have a look at the FileImporter configuration files and update them if needed: These files are a key element of the import process. They define, among other things, if the license of a local file allows an import. A comprehensive description of how the FileImporter uses these files will soon be added here.

Deployment roadmap

 * 2018-06-12: Export to test.wikipedia.org
 * FileExporter as a beta feature on mediawiki.org and test2.wikipedia.org.
 * (To test the export, you also need to be an auto-confirmed user on these wikis.)
 * FileImporter on test.wikipedia.org


 * 2018-06-25: Export to Wikimedia Commons
 * FileExporter as a beta feature on de.WP, fa.WP, ar.WP
 * exporting from mediawiki.org now to Wikimedia Commons
 * FileImporter on Wikimedia Commons
 * Deployment of the FileExporter beta feature to other wikis: tba

Links

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