Category Option - Count Media Towards Upload Quota

[MrDeranged]

With the advent of attachment mirroring, administrators should have the option to decide which XFMG Categories count towards a users XFMG: Upload Quota - Maximum Allowed Storage (MB), much like we can currently choose which forums count towards a users post count.

Since:

• There is no "Maximum Allowed Storage (MB)" quota for attachments.
• Some forums may have attachment counts in the tens or hundreds of thousands (possibly millions).
• Some forums may have XFMG: Upload Quotas set. (since that option is available)
• As per @Mike " All media items owned by a particular user count towards their quota, so the same should apply with mirroring. "

Mirroring attachments, without the ability to choose if they count towards a user's XFMG: Upload Quota - Maximum Allowed Storage (MB), can potentially wipe out a user's ability to utilize a forum's Media Gallery.

This could potentially cause user revolts on forums that monetize additional gallery space, and may render attachment mirroring unusable as currently implemented.

Giving admins the ability to set whether uploads to a XFMG category counts towards a users "Maximum Allowed Storage (MB)" quota would minimize the issues while still allowing us to implement mirroring.

 

[mjda]

I'd agree with, and voted for, this suggestion, but I'd like to see it also add an option to decide which categories count towards a member's media count as well. With the media mirroring some members are confused as to why the site says they have 1k+ media items even though they've never uploaded an item to the media gallery.