How do I export and import images from and into a MediaWiki? By the way, what is the purpose of the notify dialog box when asking a question on StackOverflow?
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There is no automatic way to export images like you export pages, you have to right click on them, and choose "save image". To get the history of the Image page, use the Special:Export page.
To import images use the Special:Upload page on your wiki. If you have lots of them, you can use the Import Images script. Note: you generally have to be in the sysop group to upload images.
Adrian Archer
2009-06-16 16:26:14
Is it possible to add images manually through the command line using a simple drag-and-drop?
2009-06-16 19:10:05
Indeed, it's a known bug: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13827
pfctdayelise
2009-06-17 02:06:09
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There are a few mass upload tools available.
Commonplace - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Tools/Commonplace
Commonist - www.djini.de/software/commonist/
Both run on the desktop and can be configured to upload to your local wiki (they are configured for Wikipedia and Wikimedia commons by default). If you are afraid to edit the content of a .jar file, I suggest you start with Commonplace.
Another useful extension exists for Mediawiki itself.
MultiUpload - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MultiUpload
This extension allows you to drop images in a folder and load them all at once. It supports annotations for each file if necessary and cleans up the folder once it is done. On the downside, it requires opening a shared folder on the server side.
Laurent Alquier
2009-06-19 21:54:38
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Hope this helps a bit: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual%3AImportImages.php
Ramnath
2009-10-12 16:27:19