Add config so users can upload images in the description field about umap HOT 7 OPEN

I don't think uMap itself will host pictures.

What I can see as a plan is to make uMap support an S3/minio API. So each instance could decide to activate or not picture loading, and if yes provide the S3/Minio credential/URL, and when configured uMap will allow users to add pictures in descriptions, and then just drop the images there.

This is what is done in the pads for instance.

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This is not a technical problem but an editorial one, hosting images bring a whole class of new issues:

1. who will moderate that content? (under which rules/juridictions?)
2. who will be hold responsible for unmoderated content?
3. how not to host malware and such with trusted domains?

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I would argue we already have all of these problems without the convenience for uMap users because many users already find ways to display images on their uMap we just not hosting them.

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If uMap hosts pictures, those pictures can be reused elsewhere, not only in uMap.

This is also a problem regarding moderation / liability.

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That makes perfect sens @yohanboniface and I'm guessing that instances that let users create map anonymously or don't have a secure way to verify users' identity, like a SSO, won't probably activate it !

@Aurelie-Jallut we might need your input on the UX side of things. uMap doesn't have a rich text editor so do we expect user to just drag and drop and image or should we add an icon that open a file system window so the user can browse its files ?

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I've never used drag and drop in a pad !!
It's good to allow it, of course, but the icon is the clearest thing, it seems to me.

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To keep an eye on: https://github.com/betagouv/communautech/issues/2

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