As long as the files will be checked for malicious code, I don't think there
could be any arguments against it.
Such option is way overdue. It will allow edits that are now impossible. It
will give editors more flexibility and save a lot of time. Especially if the
original author decides to leave
FYI, posting this question on wikitech-l mostly to get a security
perspective on this.
-- Forwarded message --
From: Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org
Date: 2010/10/25
Subject: Commons ZIP file upload for admins
To: Wikimedia developers wikitec...@lists.wikimedia.org
Hello all,
Personally, I'd rather we allow file uploads via URL for admins. Downloading
and uploading is always such a pain when you have slow connection.
On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 12:03 PM, Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org wrote:
FYI, posting this question on wikitech-l mostly to get a security
perspective
On 26 oct 2010, at 01:04 (UTC +02:00) Howard Cheng wrote:
Personally, I'd rather we allow file uploads via URL for admins.
Downloading and uploading is always such a pain when you have slow
connection.
Allowing URL uploads isn't an alternative for the proposal we're
discussing.
I don't
