Forum:Sharing images with other wikis

I was contacted today by an administrator from the German language Sims Wiki, asking if we'd be willing to offer our images as a shared image repository. A shared image repository setup would allow De.Sims to add our images to their pages without re-uploading them to their local wiki.

I am supportive of this initiative, but I want to make sure that there is support for the idea among the broader TSW community before giving the go-ahead.

A few items of note, however. If we were to modify, rename, or delete a shared image, those changes would affect De.Sims as well. On top of this, we on the English Sims Wiki would not have any indicators that a file was being used by another wiki (so for instance, a file that is shared could show up on the list of unused files). To get around these problems, I'd want to establish a procedure for De.Sims editors to use our files. What I'm thinking is, De.Sims editors would come here looking for a particular file, and once they find the file they're looking for, they'd add a template (named something like Shared file) to the file they wish to use. The shared file template would let us know that the file is in use somewhere else, and warn us away from making significant modifications to the file without letting them know.

So, are there any thoughts about this? --  LostInRiverview talk · blog  ·  contribs 16:24, June 14, 2019 (UTC)