**Survey**: 2013
**Original wish (German):** https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Umfragen/Technische_W%C3%BCnsche/Dateien
**Update sites on-wiki:**
- English: <not existant yet>
- German: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Technische_W%C3%BCnsche/Topw%C3%BCnsche#Technisch_sauberes_Verschieben_von_Dateien_nach_Commons_unter_Beibehaltung_der_Versionsgeschichte_und_des_Benutzernamens_.5BUmfrage_2013.5D
**Insights:**
- There are files that should stay on Wikipedia and not be moved to Commons, e.g. files under the fair use licence
- Currently, the commonshelper tool is mainly used to move files to Commons
- It is not about writing a bot to move many files quickly, but about writing a correct method for moving a single file
**Plan**:
- Implement a Commons extension that moves files to Commons, keeping all data intact. This includes description history, file history, binary file itself (all versions), info about who moved the file (also display the move in the version history). T146666
- Link the new extension from Wikipedia file pages where appropriate T144480
- Disable the link if moving is not encouraged T146751
- all other open stories :)
**Still to be found out:**
- Is there a better way to update the WP template to Commons template mapping than having a list + pull requests? T143415
**Related Tasks:**
{T142507}
{T142503}
both of these tickets are related to having a global user id, which would make it much easier to implement this wish