I was moving a file from de.wikipedia to Commons.
The idea was why should I download the image when I could copy it right from the source page (de.Wikipedia).
Well, it is not on the whitelist (which makes moving images to Commons more work)
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| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| · · · | ||||
| Resolved | None | T60224 Add domains to $wgCopyUploadsDomains (tracking) | ||
| Duplicate | RhinosF1 | T245053 Add upload.wikimedia.org to the wgCopyUploadsDomains whitelist of Wikimedia Commons | ||
| · · · |
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Files hosted on Wikipedias are not served through their own subdomain but through upload.wikimedia.org. Example: Tz4651_Amsterdam.jpeg is hosted on dewiki, but it's thumbnails and the original file is served through upload.wikimedia.org. The original JPG file is located at https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/a/a9/Tz4651_Amsterdam.jpeg.
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I am not sure why there is a need for this. There are already FileImporter extension and Commonshelper to ease the trouble of moving files to Commons. Also adding upload.wikimedia.org to wgCopyUploadsDomains is prone to abuse. There are many free files on Wikimedia projects, but there are also many files with fair-use claims.
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I’m mobile at the moment and will do it on https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/571795 later if no one beats me