New Documents - how to upload

Post by **tepples** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:20 am

MediaWiki software already checks the gross validity: if gd can't read the image, it won't thumbnail.

Or you might be talking about the technique where a file is valid as two different formats: a JPEG file with garbage after it is valid, but a zip file with garbage before it is valid. You might want to look into what (if anything) Commons does to block copy /b screenshot.jpg+roms.zip out.jpg and the like.

Banshaku · Post by **Banshaku** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:20 pm

We may have to decide the rule about letting user uploading contents. For now, the main goal was to move the wiki to a stable server and it's done. Good thing it was done because right now the original site seems down completely. I think the original site didn't allow uploading picture too.

I may have to find the time to learn more about media wiki. If we could add an approval process for images and the image (or supposed to be image) cannot be accessed by anyone, then in that case that remove the possibility of using the wiki as a hiding place for files.

You may say that I may be too drastic but we have the responsibility to make the wiki safe. And since the hosting is free, we have to be even more careful to not abuse Koitsu's good will.

Post by **tepples** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 4:28 am

Admins can always "delete" images upon request from a user. Anything "deleted" on MediaWiki is hidden from anyone who's not an admin. Most large wikis have one or more pages devoted to deletion requests.

Think of it this way: What prevents the idiots from uuencoding child porn and posting it to a (text) page?

Dastari · Post by **Dastari** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 4:52 pm

Um...so bottom line is that I can't complete my file on the wiki?

Is there nowhere that I can post a tutorial with pictures?

Banshaku · Post by **Banshaku** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 5:27 pm

I can manually upload the images and link it in the wiki once I have access to a PC that can connect to the server. We will need to decide about the upload policies later.

Banshaku · Post by **Banshaku** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 9:41 pm

Sorry for the double post. I uploaded manually the image on the server but it seems to not be enough to use them (or I don't know how to use that way). This mean I will have to modify the wiki settings for uploading.

I will check what I can do this week.

Banshaku · Post by **Banshaku** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 10:39 pm

I may not be able to upload them this week. I need to figure out a few things with the configuration of the server. I will try to upload them as soon as possible.

The ironic part is that they are on the server, just I have no idea on how to add them if you don't use the upload feature of the wiki. So I'm trying to configure the upload function but it requires a few things to be taken care of before.

It will be online soon hopefully.

Banshaku · Post by **Banshaku** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 7:12 pm

Images are up on the wiki inside your article. For now there was no general section for tutorial so it was inserted temporary inside the "programming guide" section. I may rename this section to we can add any types of guide in it or create a new one. I have to think about it.