Comment 4 for bug 964452

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SirVer (sirver) wrote : Re: [Bug 964452] Re: Suggestion: Allow uploads to the site

But why? Hosters are ubiquitous. Imgur, Dropbox, drive.

I think this is feature creep - we cannot support it well. We have quite limited space on our server and we have to pay for bandwidth.

> Am 23.08.2017 um 10:39 schrieb GunChleoc <email address hidden>:
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> We would need to restrict it to certain file extensions and limit the
> file sizes. We could also have a requirement of x minimum posts.
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> Title:
> Suggestion: Allow uploads to the site
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> Status in Widelands Website:
> Confirmed
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> Bug description:
> I know that initially there was an agreement not to allow uploads.
> But I think it would help a lot for many users if they could at least upload some screenshots
> to demonstrate a problem or a certain situation.
> Especially the graphicians need to show their suggestions, not describe them.
> An additional advantage I see in the fact that we can keep access to the material,
> whereas the site posters now turn to, do not store for an unlimited amount of time.
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