Last modified: 2014-11-15 20:56:08 UTC
The usual upload limit on Commons is 100mb. There is an experimental setting which allows larger uploads. <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Chunked_uploads> I uploaded a file under 100mb. I wanted to replace it with a larger version of the same file. Some setting disallows me to replace any file with a larger version over 100mb. However, I am allowed to upload a completely new file over 100mb. This is problematic because files ought to be uploaded in the same history.
Is this actually Commons specific? Or is it actually (more likely, I guess) a problem with MediaWiki rather than the Wikimedia infrastructure
The problem is manifesting in Commons as the place most likely to get uploads greater than 100mb and as the only place, I think, which has an experimental setting for allowing uploads greater than 100mb. But more likely, this is a problem with MediaWiki.
Today Rillke published a pre-alpha JavaScript which allows the wanted feature. You could have a look at the german village pump [1], if interested. [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons%3AForum&diff=95937252&oldid=95933161#neue_Version_einer_Datei_.3E_100MB_hochladen
Changing component to upload wizard. I've seen files on commons be re-uploaded with chunked, so I don't think its a backend issue. Its also possible this may have been fixed in the mean time.
Lane: Do you know if that is still a problem? When you try to overwrite/replace a file, what is the actual behavior? Is there any error specific message (please paste it here)?
Created attachment 17141 [details] screenshot showing the error message The error message given by the UW (c.f. attachement): Please choose a different title, because this title is already in use by another file.
