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0001 .. meta:: 0002 :description: digiKam Export to MediaWiki Web-Service 0003 :keywords: digiKam, documentation, user manual, photo management, open source, free, learn, easy, mediawiki, export 0004 0005 .. metadata-placeholder 0006 0007 :authors: - digiKam Team 0008 0009 :license: see Credits and License page for details (https://docs.digikam.org/en/credits_license.html) 0010 0011 .. _media_wiki: 0012 0013 Export To MediaWiki 0014 =================== 0015 0016 .. contents:: 0017 0018 Sharing is caring, and there is probably no better way to share your photographic masterpieces with the world than adding them to a `MediaWiki <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki>`_ pool. While the project’s website features its own tool for uploading photos, digiKam’s MediaWiki Export tool can come in rather handy when you need to export multiple photos in one fell swoop without leaving the convenience of your favorite photo management application. 0019 0020 MediaWiki are the base of `Media Repositories <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_library>`_ available on the Internet where free-to-use images can be uploaded. The goal of these digital libraries is to share contents used across all of the Wikimedia projects as the famous **Wikipedia** encyclopedia for example. 0021 0022 To upload a selection of images from your collections to a remote MediaWiki server using the Internet, use the :menuselection:`Export --> Export to MediaWiki` menu entry, or the corresponding icon from the **Tools** tab in Right Sidebar. 0023 0024 .. figure:: images/export_media_wiki.webp 0025 :alt: 0026 :align: center 0027 0028 The MediaWiki Export Dialog 0029 0030 The **Items Properties** tab of the right side allows to customize MediaWiki metadata of each items present from the upload list. Select one item on the left side to see the properties populated by digiKam, and adjust values if necessary. When all is ready, switch to the **Upload Settings** tab to be connected to the remote server and transfer files. 0031 0032 .. figure:: images/export_media_wiki_login.webp 0033 :alt: 0034 :align: center 0035 0036 The MediaWiki Export Account Settings 0037 0038 First, you needs to be connected to the server with an **Account**. From this view, you can select the MediaWiki service to use with the **Login** and **Password** properties. By default, the tool propose a list of popular MediaWiki servers available on the Internet, as: 0039 0040 - `Wikimedia Commons <https://commons.wikimedia.org/>`_ 0041 - `Wikimedia Meta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/>`_ 0042 - `Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/>`_ 0043 - `Wikibooks <https://en.wikibooks.org/>`_ 0044 - `Wikinews <https://en.wikinews.org/>`_ 0045 - `Wikiquote <https://en.wikiquote.org/>`_ 0046 - `Wikisource <https://en.wikisource.org/>`_ 0047 - `Wiktionary <https://en.wiktionary.org/>`_ 0048 - `MediaWiki Organization <https://www.MediaWiki.org/>`_ 0049 - `Wikia Foto <https://foto.wikia.com/>`_ 0050 - `Wikia Uncyclopedia <https://en.uncyclopedia.co/>`_ 0051 0052 With the **+ NEW** button, you can append on the list a new MediaWiki based server from Internet or on your local network. The tool will shown a widget to customize the **Name** and the **API Url**. Just press on **+ Add** button to confirm values. 0053 0054 .. figure:: images/export_media_wiki_new.webp 0055 :alt: 0056 :align: center 0057 0058 The MediaWiki Export View to create a New Server Settings 0059 0060 When you are connected to the remote Web service with the **Log in** button, the **Account** view must become like this: 0061 0062 .. figure:: images/export_media_wiki_account.webp 0063 :alt: 0064 :align: center 0065 0066 The MediaWiki Export Connected to an Account from Wikimedia Commons Web Service 0067 0068 While transferring the files, you can customize some **Information** used by the MediaWiki server to identify the uploading operation. The fields available are listed below: 0069 0070 - **Author**: the author name of the contents as text. 0071 - **Source**: the original source of the contents as text. 0072 - **License**: the license of the contents. Use one entry from the list provided by the tool. 0073 - **Generic categories**: The categories that will be added to the contents as text. 0074 - **Generic text**: The text that will be added to the contents below the Information template. 0075 - **Upload comments**: The text that will be used as upload comments. The value *Uploaded via digiKam uploader* will be used if empty. 0076 0077 .. figure:: images/export_media_wiki_info.webp 0078 :alt: 0079 :align: center 0080 0081 The MediaWiki Export Information Settings 0082 0083 During uploading the files, you can also apply some operations listed in **Options** view. If the **Resize photos before uploading** option is selected, the photos will be resized before transferring to MediaWiki. The values will be read from the **Maximum Size** and **JPEG quality** settings, which can be used to adjust the compression and maximum height. The width calculation will be done so as to have the aspect ratio conserved. You can also drop **metadata** and GPS **coordinates** information from the files. 0084 0085 .. figure:: images/export_media_wiki_options.webp 0086 :alt: 0087 :align: center 0088 0089 The MediaWiki Export Options Settings 0090 0091 0092 Press **Start Upload** button to transfer items. You can click on the **Close** button to abort the uploading of photos. 0093 0094 .. figure:: images/export_media_wiki_progress.webp 0095 :alt: 0096 :align: center 0097 0098 The MediaWiki Export Uploading Contents to the Web Service 0099 0100 Finally, you can view the uploaded photos by visiting the MediaWiki website. 0101 0102 .. figure:: images/export_media_wiki_stream.webp 0103 :alt: 0104 :align: center 0105 0106 The Wikimedia Commons Online Account Displaying the Uploaded Contents