Forum:Wikia Mini Upload (WMU) - What is it?

From what I gather Wikia Mini Upload is a unique Wikia MediaWiki extension. Can anyone tell me what it does, what tags are used for it, etc. Thanks. --Klock101 18:54, May 9, 2011 (UTC)


 * The best source of answers for things like this is Special:Contact. Anyone on this forum would most likely be guessing unless they looked carefully at the source code (whic may not even be publicly viewable).
 * It would be kind of you to add any info you get from Wikia staff to this post, so others can just look here for the same info. -- Fandyllic (talk &middot; contr) 9 May 2011 2:10 PM Pacific
 * Here is what I found: http://disable.wikia.com/wiki/Uploads_from_the_WMU. I think I was using something like that on Monaco skin. Teyandee


 * All Wikia code should be publicly viewable via SVN or Trac, including code that has not gone live yet. The Wikia mini upload feature refers to the tool by which users add images when editing without leaving the editing page. It's accessed by pressing the upload button on both the rich text editor and the standard wiki editor. It's still around. :) The 888th Avatar   (talk)  23:32, May 11, 2011 (UTC)


 * Wikia's SVN source web browser is kind of awful, but I guess if you're used to digging through it and know where to look, you can find out about stuff. I don't have the patience. They could at least pick a source browser with sortable date stamps. -- Fandyllic (talk &middot; contr) 13 May 2011 5:24 PM Pacific

Trac has a timeline with timestamps... ;) The 888th Avatar   (talk)  00:37, May 14, 2011 (UTC)


 * But it is just a list of changes, so it isn't very helpful for looking for major feature sets or extensions. :-( -- Fandyllic (talk &middot; contr) 13 May 2011 6:16 PM Pacific


 * Luckily, however, if you can find what you think you're looking for on Trac, you can use that to look it up on SVN for the whole picture. Not ideal, but it works.


 * Is there any way to edit the page that comes up? I'm on a wiki with strict upload rules, and this tool bypasses them. I tried what it said on Disable Wiki but it's so far not working. (Maybe I need to wait a few hours or something.) PSH aka Kimera 757 (talk) contribs) 15:25, June 4, 2011 (UTC)


 * When implementing the code from the disable wiki, did you clear your own browser cache? Also make sure to Purge the JS page and to wait a while, because it may take a while for it to work. - Tjcool007 (Talk / Contribs) 15:44, June 4, 2011 (UTC)
 * I believe that disable wiki's solution for this is a ToU violation, but if you Special:Contact, Wikia can remove it for you.
 * I've tried all those purges now, but nothing has happened. Calling the disable wiki's solution a ToU violation seems odd to me. The functionality of uploading is still there. Furthermore, having a tiny interface missing numerous functions that can't be edited is problematic anyway. PSH aka Kimera 757 (talk) contribs) 19:12, June 4, 2011 (UTC)