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The new functionality allows to move files with all their original data intact, while documenting the move in the version history. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:FileExporter" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:FileExporter">FileExporter</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:FileExporter" title="Extension:FileExporter"> </a></span> provides a link to Wikimedia Commons on the local wiki and hands over a URL to the extension FileImporter. The <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:FileImporter" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:FileImporter">FileImporter</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:FileImporter" title="Extension:FileImporter"> </a></span> is a Wikimedia Commons extension which imports the file including all data when all prerequisites are met. Technically, the files won't be "moved", but "copied". </p><p>FileImporter has been deployed to Wikimedia Commons in June 2018. FileExporter is deployed and enabled as default feature on all Wikimedia wikis since August 2020. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Background" data-mw-thread-id="h-Background"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Background"></span>Background<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Background"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Extension:FileImporter&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>FileImporter and FileExporter aim to fulfill a request from the <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes" class="extiw" title="m:WMDE Technical Wishes">German-speaking community's Technical Wishlist</a> and are developed by WMDE's tech team (<b>W</b>iki<b>M</b>edia <b>De</b>utschland). More information can be found on the <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Move_files_to_Commons" class="extiw" title="m:WMDE Technical Wishes/Move files to Commons">main project page</a> on Meta. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Usage" data-mw-thread-id="h-Usage"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Usage"></span>Usage<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Usage"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Extension:FileImporter&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Getting_started" data-mw-thread-id="h-Getting_started-Usage"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Getting_started-Usage"></span>Getting started<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Getting_started-Usage"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Extension:FileImporter&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Getting started"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r6651107">.mw-parser-output .note{background-position:left 7px top 50%;padding:0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 40px;margin:0.5em 0;overflow:hidden;background-color:#f8f9fa;color:#333;background-repeat:no-repeat;border:1px solid #ddd}.mw-parser-output .note-inline{display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .note-info{background-color:#eaf3ff;color:#333;background-image:url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/OOjs_UI_icon_information-progressive.svg");background-size:25px;border-color:#a3caff;padding-left:40px;min-height:25px}.mw-parser-output .note-reminder{background-color:#fff9ea;color:#333;background-image:url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/OOjs_UI_icon_lightbulb-yellow.svg");background-size:25px;border-color:#fc3;min-height:25px}.mw-parser-output .note-warn{background-color:#fff9ea;color:#333;background-image:url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/OOjs_UI_icon_alert-warning.svg");background-size:25px;border-color:#fc3;min-height:25px}.mw-parser-output .note-error{background-color:#fee7e6;color:#333;background-image:url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/OOjs_UI_icon_notice-destructive.svg");background-size:25px;border-color:#c33;min-height:25px}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .note{background-color:transparent;color:inherit}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .note{background-color:transparent;color:inherit}}</style><div role="note" class="note note-info">1) To use the FileExporter on a local wiki (for example, on English Wikipedia), you have to be <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/login" class="extiw" title="w:login">logged in</a></b> and be allowed to upload files. <p>2) There needs to be a <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:FileImporter/List_of_configured_wikis" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:FileImporter/List of configured wikis"><b>configuration file</b></a> for your wiki (for example, <b>English Wikipedia has it</b>). Many files already exist, based on the files from the CommonsHelper2 tool. We're asking users to have a look at them and update or create them if needed to make sure the imports are done right. </p> For more info, read <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Move_files_to_Commons/Configuration_file_documentation" class="extiw" title="m:WMDE Technical Wishes/Move files to Commons/Configuration file documentation">the documentation</a> how the configuration files work and what they are needed for.</div> <p><br/> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Step_by_step" data-mw-thread-id="h-Step_by_step-Usage"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Step_by_step-Usage"></span>Step by step<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Step_by_step-Usage"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Extension:FileImporter&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Step by step"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>You need to be logged in in order to use the feature. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 255px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 250px; height: 250px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Exporting_a_file_from_Wikipedia_with_the_FileExporter_extension.png" class="mw-file-description" title="1: On a local file page, click on the "Export to Wikimedia Commons" tab (above the image)."><img alt="1: On a local file page, click on the "Export to Wikimedia Commons" tab (above the image)." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Exporting_a_file_from_Wikipedia_with_the_FileExporter_extension.png/220px-Exporting_a_file_from_Wikipedia_with_the_FileExporter_extension.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="191" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Exporting_a_file_from_Wikipedia_with_the_FileExporter_extension.png/330px-Exporting_a_file_from_Wikipedia_with_the_FileExporter_extension.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Exporting_a_file_from_Wikipedia_with_the_FileExporter_extension.png/440px-Exporting_a_file_from_Wikipedia_with_the_FileExporter_extension.png 2x" data-file-width="910" data-file-height="790"/></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><b>1: On a local file page</b>, click on the "Export to Wikimedia Commons" tab (above the image).</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 255px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 250px; height: 250px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Example_of_a_configuration_file_for_the_FileImporter_extension.png" class="mw-file-description" title="2: The FileImporter checks if the file can be imported and if replacements need to be made during the import. This step is based on the wiki's configuration file. Read more."><img alt="2: The FileImporter checks if the file can be imported and if replacements need to be made during the import. This step is based on the wiki's configuration file. Read more." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Example_of_a_configuration_file_for_the_FileImporter_extension.png/220px-Example_of_a_configuration_file_for_the_FileImporter_extension.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Example_of_a_configuration_file_for_the_FileImporter_extension.png/330px-Example_of_a_configuration_file_for_the_FileImporter_extension.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Example_of_a_configuration_file_for_the_FileImporter_extension.png/439px-Example_of_a_configuration_file_for_the_FileImporter_extension.png 2x" data-file-width="838" data-file-height="839"/></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><b>2: The FileImporter checks</b> if the file can be imported and if replacements need to be made during the import. This step is based on the wiki's configuration file. <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Move_files_to_Commons/Configuration_file_documentation" class="extiw" title="m:WMDE Technical Wishes/Move files to Commons/Configuration file documentation">Read more</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 255px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 250px; height: 250px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Preview_page_on_Commons_where_file_title_and_file_info_can_be_edited_%E2%80%93_with_the_FileImporter_extension.png" class="mw-file-description" title="3: A preview page on Commons shows you what will be imported. You can edit the file title and page information, and ask the FileImporter to clean up the source wiki in your name, by adding a template like NowCommons to the source file, or deleting the source file if you have admin rights. Clicking on “Import File” copies the file to Commons."><img alt="3: A preview page on Commons shows you what will be imported. You can edit the file title and page information, and ask the FileImporter to clean up the source wiki in your name, by adding a template like NowCommons to the source file, or deleting the source file if you have admin rights. Clicking on “Import File” copies the file to Commons." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Preview_page_on_Commons_where_file_title_and_file_info_can_be_edited_%E2%80%93_with_the_FileImporter_extension.png/113px-Preview_page_on_Commons_where_file_title_and_file_info_can_be_edited_%E2%80%93_with_the_FileImporter_extension.png" decoding="async" width="113" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Preview_page_on_Commons_where_file_title_and_file_info_can_be_edited_%E2%80%93_with_the_FileImporter_extension.png/169px-Preview_page_on_Commons_where_file_title_and_file_info_can_be_edited_%E2%80%93_with_the_FileImporter_extension.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Preview_page_on_Commons_where_file_title_and_file_info_can_be_edited_%E2%80%93_with_the_FileImporter_extension.png/226px-Preview_page_on_Commons_where_file_title_and_file_info_can_be_edited_%E2%80%93_with_the_FileImporter_extension.png 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="2105"/></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><b>3: A preview page on Commons</b> shows you what will be imported. You can edit the file title and page information, and ask the FileImporter to clean up the source wiki in your name, by adding a template like NowCommons to the source file, or deleting the source file if you have admin rights. Clicking on “Import File” copies the file to Commons.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 255px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 250px; height: 250px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Revision_history_of_a_file_that_was_imported_with_the_FileImporter_extension.png" class="mw-file-description" title="4: The file is imported, including the name of the original uploader and name of the importer, the previous history of the file and the file page, and any changes that were made during import."><img alt="4: The file is imported, including the name of the original uploader and name of the importer, the previous history of the file and the file page, and any changes that were made during import." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Revision_history_of_a_file_that_was_imported_with_the_FileImporter_extension.png/220px-Revision_history_of_a_file_that_was_imported_with_the_FileImporter_extension.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Revision_history_of_a_file_that_was_imported_with_the_FileImporter_extension.png/330px-Revision_history_of_a_file_that_was_imported_with_the_FileImporter_extension.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Revision_history_of_a_file_that_was_imported_with_the_FileImporter_extension.png/440px-Revision_history_of_a_file_that_was_imported_with_the_FileImporter_extension.png 2x" data-file-width="1083" data-file-height="680"/></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><b>4: The file is imported</b>, including the name of the original uploader and name of the importer, the previous history of the file and the file page, and any changes that were made during import.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_imported_files_can_be_found" data-mw-thread-id="h-How_imported_files_can_be_found-Usage"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-How_imported_files_can_be_found-Usage"></span>How imported files can be found<span data-mw-comment-end="h-How_imported_files_can_be_found-Usage"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Extension:FileImporter&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: How imported files can be found"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In the <b>revision history</b> of a file, the import is shown as a null revision (i.e. an entry in the revision list that doesn’t actually change the page). If changes were made during import, an additional text revision is created.</li> <li>New revisions that are created during import are <b>tagged</b> with <code>Modified with FileImporter</code>. This way it can be filtered on the <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" class="extiw" title="c:Special:RecentChanges">recent changes</a> page.</li> <li>Both an <b>upload log entry</b> and an <b>import log entry</b> are created and associated with the null revision and with the importing user, and timestamped with the import date. Having both log entries is the default for uploads, although it might lead to "doubled" entries in recent changes and watchlists, see this <a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Candi_Plaosan_oleh_Tiwuk_Suwantini.jpg?action=history">example file</a> and its <a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Log?page=File:Candi_Plaosan_oleh_Tiwuk_Suwantini.jpg">log entries</a>.</li> <li><b>For (old) imported file revisions</b>, upload log entries are created with the date and user of the original upload to make all file revisions appear in Commons' upload log. These revisions are also tagged with <code>Imported with FileImporter</code>.</li> <li>Imported files are marked with an invisible <b>comment</b> that says <i>"This file was moved here using FileImporter from"</i> and mentions the full URL of the source file. <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:CirrusSearch#Insource" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:CirrusSearch">CirrusSearch's <code>insource:</code> feature</a> can be used to find files with this comment, e.g.: <code><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Search/insource:%22This_file_was_moved_here_using_FileImporter_from_//en.wikipedia%22?ns6=1&sort=last_edit_desc">insource:"This file was moved here using FileImporter from //en.wikipedia"</a></code>. Note this also finds later derivatives of imported files, but not files where the comment was removed.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="How_to_add_categories" data-mw-thread-id="h-How_to_add_categories-How_imported_files_can_be_found"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-How_to_add_categories-How_imported_files_can_be_found"></span>How to add categories<span data-mw-comment-end="h-How_to_add_categories-How_imported_files_can_be_found"></span></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Extension:FileImporter&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: How to add categories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The message <code><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:fileimporter-post-import-revision-annotation" class="extiw" title="c:MediaWiki:fileimporter-post-import-revision-annotation">fileimporter-post-import-revision-annotation</a></code> (empty by default) can be used to add any additional wikitext to every imported file. The message accepts two parameters: </p> <ul><li><code>$1</code> - Full URL of the source file.</li> <li><code>$2</code> - Time of the import in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601" class="extiw" title="w:ISO 8601">ISO 8601</a>, e.g. <code>2004-02-12T15:19:21+00:00</code>.</li></ul> <p>For example, to categorize by source wiki, an interface administrator can set <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:fileimporter-post-import-revision-annotation" class="extiw" title="c:MediaWiki:fileimporter-post-import-revision-annotation">the message</a> to <code>{{#invoke:Imported with FileImporter|main|url=$1|time=$2}}</code>, where the invoked Lua module ("Module:Imported with FileImporter" in this example) looks like this: </p> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-lua mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="kd">local</span> <span class="n">exports</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">{}</span> <span class="kr">function</span> <span class="nc">exports</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nf">main</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="n">frame</span> <span class="p">)</span> <span class="kr">return</span> <span class="s2">"[[Category:Files moved to Commons from "</span> <span class="o">..</span> <span class="n">mw</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">uri</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">new</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="n">frame</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">args</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">url</span> <span class="p">).</span><span class="n">host</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="n">gsub</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s2">".org"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">""</span> <span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">..</span> <span class="s2">"]]"</span> <span class="kr">end</span> <span class="kr">return</span> <span class="n">exports</span> </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Deployment_roadmap" data-mw-thread-id="h-Deployment_roadmap"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Deployment_roadmap"></span>Deployment roadmap<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Deployment_roadmap"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Extension:FileImporter&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Deployment roadmap"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>2018-06-12: <i>Export to test.wikipedia.org</i> <ul><li>FileExporter as a beta feature on <a href="/wiki/Extension:FileExporter" title="Extension:FileExporter">mediawiki.org</a> and <a class="external text" href="https://test2.wikipedia.org/">test2.wikipedia.org</a>. <span class="wp_boppel" style="display: inline"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_OK.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="OK"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Symbol_OK.svg/16px-Symbol_OK.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Symbol_OK.svg/24px-Symbol_OK.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Symbol_OK.svg/32px-Symbol_OK.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="744" data-file-height="744"/></a></span> </span><b>OK</b> <small>(To test the export, you also need to be an auto-confirmed user on these wikis.)</small></li> <li>FileImporter on <a class="external text" href="https://test.wikipedia.org/">test.wikipedia.org</a> <span class="wp_boppel" style="display: inline"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_OK.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="OK"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Symbol_OK.svg/16px-Symbol_OK.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Symbol_OK.svg/24px-Symbol_OK.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Symbol_OK.svg/32px-Symbol_OK.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="744" data-file-height="744"/></a></span> </span><b>OK</b></li></ul></li> <li>2018-06-25: <i>Export to Wikimedia Commons</i> <ul><li>FileExporter as a beta feature on de.WP, fa.WP, ar.WP <span class="wp_boppel" style="display: inline"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_OK.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="OK"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Symbol_OK.svg/16px-Symbol_OK.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Symbol_OK.svg/24px-Symbol_OK.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Symbol_OK.svg/32px-Symbol_OK.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="744" data-file-height="744"/></a></span> </span><b>OK</b></li> <li>exporting from mediawiki.org now to Wikimedia Commons <span class="wp_boppel" style="display: inline"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_OK.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="OK"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Symbol_OK.svg/16px-Symbol_OK.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Symbol_OK.svg/24px-Symbol_OK.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Symbol_OK.svg/32px-Symbol_OK.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="744" data-file-height="744"/></a></span> </span><b>OK</b></li> <li>FileImporter on Wikimedia Commons <span class="wp_boppel" style="display: inline"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_OK.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="OK"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Symbol_OK.svg/16px-Symbol_OK.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Symbol_OK.svg/24px-Symbol_OK.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Symbol_OK.svg/32px-Symbol_OK.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="744" data-file-height="744"/></a></span> </span><b>OK</b></li></ul></li> <li>2018-07-11: <ul><li>FileExporter as a beta feature on <a class="external text" href="https://wikisource.org/">wikisource</a> <span class="wp_boppel" style="display: inline"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_OK.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="OK"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Symbol_OK.svg/16px-Symbol_OK.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Symbol_OK.svg/24px-Symbol_OK.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Symbol_OK.svg/32px-Symbol_OK.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="744" data-file-height="744"/></a></span> </span><b>OK</b></li></ul></li> <li>2019-01-16: <ul><li>Deployment of the FileExporter beta feature to all other wikis <span class="wp_boppel" style="display: inline"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_OK.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="OK"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Symbol_OK.svg/16px-Symbol_OK.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Symbol_OK.svg/24px-Symbol_OK.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Symbol_OK.svg/32px-Symbol_OK.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="744" data-file-height="744"/></a></span> </span><b>OK</b></li></ul></li> <li>2019-09-24: <ul><li>Deployment as a default feature on de.WP, fa.WP, ko.WP, mr.WP and sourceswiki (wikisource.org) <span class="wp_boppel" style="display: inline"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_OK.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="OK"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Symbol_OK.svg/16px-Symbol_OK.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Symbol_OK.svg/24px-Symbol_OK.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Symbol_OK.svg/32px-Symbol_OK.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="744" data-file-height="744"/></a></span> </span><b>OK</b></li></ul></li> <li>2020-08-05: <ul><li>Deployment as a default feature on all remaining Wikis <span class="wp_boppel" style="display: inline"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_OK.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="OK"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Symbol_OK.svg/16px-Symbol_OK.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Symbol_OK.svg/24px-Symbol_OK.svg.png 1.5x, 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