Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2010-11-29/Technology report

Regarding the file type proposal, the intent here is to significantly expand the number of file types that we can at least store. For many files such as 3D images or layouted documents, we currently can't retain source information at all, which dramatically limits reusability of content on Wikimedia Commons. Yes, restricting uploads to a trusted subset of users has large drawbacks, but so far no solution has been proposed that could be implemented with reasonable effort to achieve a comparable or better outcome. I've written a bit more here, and have tried to cover some of the alternative approaches in the proposal itself. At the end of the day, I'm happy to support any near-term solution which achieves the same outcome: allowing us to consistently retain source data for uploaded files.--Eloquence* 20:31, 29 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Certainly looking for open document file types with links to the corresponding pdfs as otherwise at present, the uploaders are forced to maintain  the source  elsewhere. Arjunaraoc (talk) 00:42, 30 November 2010 (UTC)