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Improve and better document process for uploading large files
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I looked at [[m:large file]], but couldn't figure out how to upload (or donate) a large file to Wikimedia. We should definitely better document the process for uploading a large file to Wikimedia wikis. For example, we should clarify when it makes sense to ship data, when it makes sense to use the GLAM Wiki Toolset extension, when it makes sense to use chunked uploading, when you'll need a shell user, etc.

Ideally needing a shell user is a very limited case, but there seems to be an increasing number of requests in Bugzilla lately. We should figure out whether and how we can address this increase.


Version: wmf-deployment
Severity: enhancement

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bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Low.Nov 22 2014, 2:54 AM
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(In reply to MZMcBride from comment #0)

I looked at [[m:large file]], but couldn't figure out how to upload (or
donate) a large file to Wikimedia. We should definitely better document the
process for uploading a large file to Wikimedia wikis. For example, we
should clarify when it makes sense to ship data, when it makes sense to use
the GLAM Wiki Toolset extension, when it makes sense to use chunked
uploading, when you'll need a shell user, etc.

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Large_file

There's nothing on that page...

Aklapper changed the subtype of this task from "Task" to "Feature Request".Feb 4 2022, 11:13 AM
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