[SimpleBatchUpload] Very nice, Stephan. Thank you! I will look into it and
likely use it.
I think Yaron’s recommendation [API pfautoedit] will solve my problem of legacy
images and your recommendation will provide me with a path forward for new
uploads.. Happiness is!
-Rich
Hi Yaron,
Yes. Basically, the form associated with the File namespace adds a template,
but the user has to manually go through the "edit with form" for the template
to be added.. this is what I am trying to automate so your advice seems to
provide me with a path to doing so. I was hoping that
Hi Rich.
Have a look at https://github.com/s7eph4n/SimpleBatchUpload.
It's an extension, not a script, but it was developed with exactly your use
case in mind. It provides a Special page for uploading multiple files to
MediaWiki and setting a standard template call as the wikitext of the
Hi Rich,
I'm somewhat confused - when you wrote "each article", did you mean "each
file page"?
Assuming yes - it sounds like what you need is a way to add a blank
template call, like "{{My file template}}", to every page in the "File:"
namespace. There's no maintenance script that does that, but
Hi.
I set my FILE namespace to have a default form to edit with which adds semantic
properties with default values based on the article name.
The problem is that when I upload a file, the upload process doesn't use the
form. (There is also the problem that hundreds of legacy files need to go
