Changes: Help:Multiple uploads

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MultipleUpload — Example multiple upload screen

Instead of uploading files one-by-one, it's possible to upload multiple images at once. Administrators may upload up to 20 images simultaneously, while non-admins have a limit of 10 images.

Any choices made for licensing templates, categories, or descriptive text apply to all images that are being uploaded. If you're uploading many images that should have the same license and categories, it can be a huge time-saver.

How to use it?

Go to Special:MultipleUpload on your community. Click the Choose File buttons to find the files on your computer and, if you want them to have a different name to the one they have on your computer, change these in the "Destination filename" fields. Then, fill in the summary and select a license, both of which will be applied to the entire batch of images.

If a file has the same name as another that is already on the wiki, you will see a warning similar to the one that appears for individual uploads, but the file that already exists can be replaced.

Limitations

When using Special:MultipleUpload, the file upload size limit limits the total size of all the files combined rather than the size per individual file. The current limit is 10 MB for all of the files uploaded together, which makes multiple uploads great for quickly getting many small files into the wiki, but not ideal for large ones.

Admin notes

Admins can change the text at the top of the multiple upload special page using the system message MediaWiki:Uploadtext.
This functionality comes from the MultipleUpload extension.

Further help and feedback

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+Instead of [[Help:Uploading files|uploading files one-by-one]], it's possible to '''upload multiple images at once'''. [[Help:User rights#Administrators|Administrators]] may upload up to 20 images simultaneously, while non-admins have a limit of 10 images.
-[[File:MultipleUpload.png|thumb|400px|Example multiple upload screen]]
-'''Multiple Upload''' lets you upload up to 10 images at the same time. It is provided by the [[mw:Extension:MultiUpload|MultipleUpload]] extension, written by Travis Derouin.  Anyone who can normally upload a single file, can use Multiple Upload.
+Any choices made for [[help:image copyright tags|licensing templates]], [[help:categories|categories]], or [[help:image description page|descriptive text]] apply to ''all'' images that are being uploaded. If you're uploading many images that should have the same license and categories, it can be a huge time-saver.
 ==How to use it?==
-Go to [[Special:MultipleUpload]] at your wiki.  Click to find the files on your computer and then fill in the summary and licensing information.
+Go to [[Special:MultipleUpload]] on your community. Click the ''Choose File'' buttons to find the files on your computer and, if you want them to have a different name to the one they have on your computer, change these in the "Destination filename" fields. Then, fill in the summary and select a license, both of which will be applied to the entire batch of images.
+If a file has the same name as another that is already on the wiki, you will see a warning similar to the one that appears for individual uploads, but the file that already exists can be replaced.
-By default the files will upload to the same filename as they have on your computer, but you can change this manually if you wish.
 ==Limitations==
-When using Multiple Upload, the [[Help:Uploading_files#What_size_files_can_I_upload.3F|file upload size limit]] limits the total size of all the files combined rather than the size per individual file.  The current limit is 10 MB for all of the files uploaded together.   Thus, Multiple Upload is great for quickly uploading many small files, but not many large ones.
+When using Special:MultipleUpload, the [[Help:Uploading files#How much can I upload?|file upload size limit]] limits the total size of all the files combined rather than the size per individual file. The current limit is 10 MB for all of the files uploaded together, which makes multiple uploads great for quickly getting many small files into the wiki, but not ideal for large ones.
+== Admin notes ==
+* Admins can change the text at the top of the multiple upload special page using the [[Help:System messages|system message]] [[MediaWiki:Uploadtext]].
+* This functionality comes from the [[mw:Extension:MultiUpload|MultipleUpload]] extension.
-==Editing the intro text==
+== See also ==
+* Learn about [[Help:Uploading files|uploading individual files]]
-If you are an admin and wish to add or edit the intro text for the Mupltiple Upload special page, wiki text can be added to [[MediaWiki:Multipleupload-text]]. See [[Help:MediaWiki namespace]] for more information.
+* Learn about [[Help:Image description page|the image description page]]
+* Learn about [[Help:Image copyright tags|image copyright tags]]
-==Next Steps==
-*[[Help:Galleries and slideshows]] -- add all the images into a page now that you have them on the wiki!
+== Further help and feedback ==
+{{Help and feedback section}}
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