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Disable local uploads where unused
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Description

As a user, when I click an "upload" button on the sidebar I want to reach a functional interface, and in particular one which allows me to upload a file that won't be deleted (e.g. for lack of copyright statements due to locally non-existent dropdown options or copyright tags).


The following wikis don't use local uploads and should therefore have local uploading disabled i.e. restricted to sysops and pointed to Commons (which has [[mw:ULS]]) from the sidebar (if they're not already).
Each wiki will be notified separately and will be able to opt out by removing their language from the page https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Nemo_bis/Unused_local_uploads

List of wikis with 10 or less local files according to http://wikistats.wmflabs.org/ :

Wikipedias

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pl
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nds
xmf
rw
cbk-zam
srn
nso
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chy
tw
ki
rn
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ts
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ak
fj
ve
lg
tum
ik
ny
aa
kj
ho
mus
kr
hz
es
eu
la
pi
haw
kl
ty
na
tet
chr
tn
bi
sm
bm
ti
ks
ff
st
ch
ng
cs
zh-classical
mwl
zu
ha
pih
sg
cr
dz
cho
mh
bug
szl
ext
sn
lbe
kg
ab
cu
pnt
ii
tpi
iu
sk
crh
nrm
pap
av
xal
rmy
ss
zea
om
gag
ig
nov

Wiktionaries

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fj
uz
da
sw
sm
sl
bs
tk
hsb
be
mk
csb
so
tg
jbo
ln
fo
zu
kw
rw
ss
ie
om
pa
roa-rup
iu
na
su
am
za
gd
mi
tpi
ik
ti
tn
ts
ha
ks
ay
as
mo
aa
pi
als
ab
dz
bh
sn
tw
to
bi
yo
bo
rm
xh
sc
ak
rn
av
bm
ch
cr
mh
sv
hu
pt
jv
cs
vo
zh-min-nan
ast
or
nah
tt
sk
ky
gn
vec
gv
sg
chr
my
et
lo
ps
ur
ang
st
kl
an
qu
mt
dv
mg
sh
tr
id
eu
oc
sq
ms
ug
bn
io
ml
ca
is
simple
nn
sa
mr
hr
wo
ia
vi
cy
az
fa
kk
sr
lv
gu
es
no
si

Wikisources

fa
ja
br
uk
fo
ang
fi
nl
gu
vec
be
li
sk
ca
tr
sah
lt
zh-min-nan
mk
cy
cs
kn
ht
vi
bg

Wikinewses

fr
es
ca
zh
ja
ta
el
nl
ro
hu
sd
sq
eo
bs
th
sr
pt
sv
cs
uk
fi
bg
ko
no

Wikibooks

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ia
bn
sa
ie
tg
mg
ku
sw
tk
su
als
vo
bm
na
ak
gu
mn
xh
lb
se
ks
nds
ps
yo
ug
got
ch
ay
nah
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za
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aa
ln
as
rm
gn
ga
ba
my
bi
mi
li
la
oc
kk
af
ky
pa
uz
qu
bo
co
tl
mr
lv
be
zh-min-nan
simple
cv
ne
te
cy
hi
ast
fy
kn
bs

Wikiquotes

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es
uk
li
nl
sa
gl
cy
eu
af
hi
kn
be
br
ast
zh-min-nan
gu
su
lb
wo
ky
kk
tt
am
co
qu
ug
bm
kw
tk
ga
vo
na
za
als
ks
cr
nds
kr
pl
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ru
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eo
sv
ml
ku
da
is
la
mr
ang
sk
lt
fi
nn
te
sq
uz
no
et
vi
ca
hr
bg
el
id
zh
az
simple
sr
ja
ur
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ko
ta

Wikiversities

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sv
ja
ko

Wikivoyages

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nl
pl
es
vi
ro
el
uk


Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement

Details

Reference
bz65389

Event Timeline

bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Low.Nov 22 2014, 3:15 AM
bzimport set Reference to bz65389.

I don't really like the approach of disabling it on a bunch of wikis. I would really prefer to have local uploads disabled by default, with an opt-in policy to enable uploads. So basically change the default of 'wgEnableUploads' from true to false, and then have a list of wikis where uploads are enabled.

Don't we have an existing bug for this somewhere? Hmm...

(In reply to Robin Pepermans (SPQRobin) from comment #1)

I don't really like the approach of disabling it on a bunch of wikis.

But this is a bug that will have local consensus in a matter of days.

I
would really prefer to have local uploads disabled by default

As Krenair says, better make another bug for that.

Actually I meant that I thought this was a dupe. I could've sworn this has been discussed before somewhere.

(In reply to Alex Monk from comment #4)

Actually I meant that I thought this was a dupe. I could've sworn this has
been discussed before somewhere.

The topic has been discussed countless times, but I'm now making some "small" actionable pieces which can have local consensus quickly.

(In reply to Nemo from comment #5)

(In reply to Alex Monk from comment #4)

Actually I meant that I thought this was a dupe. I could've sworn this has
been discussed before somewhere.

The topic has been discussed countless times, but I'm now making some
"small" actionable pieces which can have local consensus quickly.

Okay. Can you provide some links? Would be useful to fill the See also field etc.

Related reading:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Disable_local_uploads_on_smaller_wikis
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Local_uploads_policy
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12556

I'm tempted to follow SPQRobin's suggestion instead. The Licensing Resolution was very firm, and copyright is a very serious business indeed, and while it may be "unwiki" for us to do this (bug 12556 comment 8) it may also be quite necessary.

TeleComNasSprVen, keep your own requests to your own bugs. Thanks.

(In reply to Nemo from comment #8)

TeleComNasSprVen, keep your own requests to your own bugs. Thanks.

No need for the hostility, I was simply pointing out a few pages of interest and giving my own opinion. Why don't you provide a link to consensus first before we can implement this change?

(In reply to TeleComNasSprVen from comment #9)

Why don't you provide a link to consensus first
before we can implement this change?

And why do you ask me something that I already marked as pending with the community-consensus-needed tag? The links will be provided.

Change 140684 had a related patch set uploaded by Nemo bis:
Disable local uploads where unused, per local consensus

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/140684

Change 140684 merged by jenkins-bot:
Disable local uploads where unused, per local consensus

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/140684