Extension talk:Media Viewer/About

Why does Media Viewer appear again?
I do not know how often I've disabled the Media Viewer. It appears regularly even though I do not delete cookies. Please provide a means to deactivate it permanently. It's really annoying.


 * Agreed. Every few days the Media Viewer is back. I don't delete cookies, I don't mess with my browser or switch browsers, but every few days the Media Viewer feature is back. Either your server doesn't recognize its own cookies or it's on purpose to try to make the media viewer look more popular than it is. This is precisely why it should be opt-in only. I don't want it yet you're always forcing it on me. 5:15 17 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Me too. I hate the media viewer. The old way was much better. Don't even get me started on how bad the mobile interface for images is. 199.66.183.2 18:30, 22 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Bad code protected by someone in Wikipedia for others who get paid to manage this mess. Run it and suddenly your browser 'back' button doesn't work correctly anymore. Why? Because, contrary to with every other media viewer out there, the geniuses behind this software design nightmare treat a media view not as a popup (which it truly is) but as a new page (which is ridiculous). This is very embarrassing for Wikipedia.


 * Doubly agreed, the old way was much more efficient and wasn't plagued with bugs. I too have to constantly disable the Media Viewer. It used to be every few weeks now it's been every other day. I had to create this account and then sign up with their internal software development board just to report this bug, since there was no other way to let them know that this was an issue. Which means they have no idea if there's only a handful of users with this issue or if it's tens of thousands, because only a rare few would jump through the multiple hoops to get there to report the bug. If that wasn't bad enough they expected me to debug it for them. I am not a programmer, I know nothing about how to do that, and it's not my problem. Tthe development team should be tracking down the bugs. I gave them all the particulars, they know the OS and browser, and all that, they have all they need to reproduce the bug.
 * ...You know, given how buggy it is, making the default for the viewer as "On" was a terrible mistake. It should default to off. You should have to opt in/enable it to use the media viewer. --Ikaruseijin 03:22, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
 * ...You know, given how buggy it is, making the default for the viewer as "On" was a terrible mistake. It should default to off. You should have to opt in/enable it to use the media viewer. --Ikaruseijin 03:22, 13 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Why does this shit still exist? The disable button doesn't even react! -- No, I don't search again for half an hour to find out the "correct" signing code.

). This code is generated by the infobox so you have to modify the  parameter of the infobox (in the article). You can see the description from the file description page if you scroll down, below the source. --Tacsipacsi (talk) 19:01, 6 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I deleted the "image_alt" field from the template. Before doing so, just to make sure, I looked at a dozen random TV infoboxes and they did not include the field. Clicking on the image itself displays the text for the image in media view. Pyxis Solitary (talk) 11:20, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Old/Obsolete Map
In the "English Wikipedia" article, section "Graphics", the graphic showing the map of 25 countries editing English Wikipedia the most has the former Sudan on the map, before the split-off of South Sudan. This must be updated.--Bornsommer (talk) 15:01, 11 June 2017 (UTC)

How tO edit an image?
Hi, This image has some factual errors and I would like to edit it.So how to do that??Please help https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:World_metro_system_cities.png#/media/File:World_metro_system_cities.png
 * Removing the Faroe Islands would be a start as they are not and never have been part of the EU (or EEC before that). 212.55.53.51 05:17, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

"Donetsk People's Republic" and "Lugansk People's Republic"
While these ones are marked at the map, they should be orange colored.
 * I can't know what picture you're talking about, as this kind of shitty behaviour (cheating users about the right place of discussion) of the MV is already a phab-item. But, as I mentioned various times here on this page, nobody cares about dull maintenance, they all just want develop useless new bling. Grüße vom Sänger ♫(Reden) 13:44, 1 July 2017 (UTC)

Media viewer a 5th wheel
This viewer had many problems from the start and was pushed on wikipedia as a default viewer even while all the bugs were still being worked on, and against the wishes of many users. No file info -- to get that you have to go to the normal viewing. This viewer doesn't do a thing that the normal viewing doesn't offer. So why is it here? Where is the disable button? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 159.83.4.1 (talk • contribs) 21:49, 2017 July 19‎ (UTC)
 * The location of the disable button is explained on this page. MediaViewer is very convenient in situations where the user wants to watch many images on a page, e.g. view an article gallery, find the best photo in a Commons category or compare two images on a Commons file page. --Tacsipacsi (talk) 14:36, 23 July 2017 (UTC)

Why can't I copy just a part of the HTML or wiki code?
Hello, when I want to copy the code for a picture, HTML or wiki code, I can only mark and copy the whole code. But I want to copy only those parts that I need. Why isn't that possible? Why does the MV force the users to copy everything? By the way, copying often does not work. I click on crtl-copy at the marked text, and when I try to paste it in the wiki editor, it turns out that nothing was copied. Ziko (talk) 18:33, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

This map is no longer accurate
and I don't know how to change it.

4 countries: Spain, Peru, Mexico and Kuwait, have all closed the Norh Korean embassies and expelled the NoKo embassadors this month, sept 2017.


 * I don't know what map you're talking about, as this is not, like it looks like in the MV, the talk page of the picture, but only the talk page of this picture viewer. It's very deplorable, that nobody of the devs seems to dare about maintenance of this software, now that it is out in the wild. This wrong layout, the prominent click for the nearly irrelevant talk page here and the hidden possibility for reaching the extremely more important talk page of the picture itself is known for far over a year, the bug report was filed last year in April, but nobody cares about the users, once the software package is out. They don't like maintenance, they rather produce more unwanted bling from scratch. Grüße vom Sänger ♫(Reden) 04:26, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

Somebody needs to change this chart - it is not GLOBAL in coverage. It only covers measurements (believable or not is a separate issue) over land masses. And not universal coverage, even over land masses. Since the Earth is approximately covered by water about 75%, the chart and its relative measurement accuracy, sample times, and interpretation is HIGHLY questionable. --2600:6C48:7006:200:B056:6066:1296:EF0B 02:00, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

Inset images
I use another image within the caption, such as the hashed legend box as at this page, but the box does not appear in Media Viewer. The white legend box is not an image and displays ok. I couldn't see anything in this discussion or the help pages, is this a known shortcoming or has it been overlooked? --The Equalizer (talk) 05:01, 16 October 2017 (UTC)
 * HtmlUtils blacklists everything except the,  ,   and   tags. It might be expanded with  , but large images should be filtered somehow. --Tacsipacsi (talk) 18:24, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

"Shiny red button/marker widget. Used to mark the location of something such as a tourist attraction."
User visits Theodore Roosevelt National Park and at bottom there is a picture of "Badlands during a winter night" which he clicks, and then clicks the right arrow to see the rest of the pictures, ending up on "Shiny red button/marker widget. Used to mark the location of something such as a tourist attraction." Further clicking of the right arrow just remain on this erroneous last image. Jidanni (talk) 19:36, 31 October 2017 (UTC)
 * It’s not an error in the extension. This icon is really present in at the end of the article, 59 times (the second navbox transcludes National parks of the United States map). So MediaViewer lets you view all these images, apparently the same one 59 times. If you click on the arrow 60 times, you will see a different image—US Locator Blank.svg—for the 60th (in theory; I’m not masochist enough to do this). The template should be fixed, first by using the  image parameter instead of absolute positioned links, and second by explicitly disabling MediaViewer by adding the   class to the outer element. --Tacsipacsi (talk) 21:11, 31 October 2017 (UTC)
 * OK I hope somebody fixes whatever needs to be fixed. I am just a member of the general public. Thanks. Jidanni (talk) 21:24, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

Annotated images
ImageAnnotator is a useful gadget on Commons. Sadly MediaViewer does not allow to see annotations. It would be nice to add this feature. Szczureq (talk) 08:30, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
 * FileAnnotations will once eventually replace ImageAnnotator, so this extension should certainly be integrated with MediaViewer. But nothing has happened around this in the last five months, so integrating the gadget doesn’t look pointless… —Tacsipacsi (talk) 18:56, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Setting
Where is this photo set?

False title for photo
There is a photo entitled 'German Luftwaffe Triplane Fokker Dr.I'. It portrays a German World War I squadron of Fokker Triplanes, but none belonging to the Luftwaffe. The German Empire's First World War air force was called the Luftstreitkräfte. The Luftwaffe was founded 15 years after World War I ended.

In addition there is also a false depiction of Spinosaurus aegyptiacus. Latest discoveries depict the creature as an aquatic animal. To make sure people are informed with the latest and thus most correct apperaence of the beast I think it is necessary to change to profile picture for a more recent one.

Description corrected. --Thor19 (talk) 00:02, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

In the article about "Halos", at the bottom there is an image that is mislabled as "Ra with Solar disc"; however the image more accurately depicts Re-Horakhty and Isis the mother of Horus, not Ra, as evidenced by the falcon head (Ra was depicted with a human head). Ra-Horakhty was a combined divinity which was both Ra and Horus.

What do I need to do to enable Media View for a custom tag extension?
I quite like a custom extension for pics and would like to modify it so it is compatible with Media Viewer: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AdaptiveThumb Basically, it offers a scalable image that can be entered via a custom tag. I have done a fork and would like to modify the source code: when the users clicks on an image, I want Media Viewer to pop up. What do I need to do to make that happen? To educate myself, I have written a test extension that simply renders the exact same code File, but for a different tag. However, it does not trigger the Media Viewer. This happens only, if I put a File somewhere next to it on the same page. So what exactly do I need to do to make a custom picture extension compatible with Media Viewer? --Schreibhan (talk) 11:35, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Here is the code selecting the images to be used, so you have to add one of these classes to your code to get it processed at all. You also need to store your images in the regular image directory (e.g.  for Commons) and have a link (  tag) containing the   tag. And, of course, a file description page if you want to show any details. Maybe it’s easier to produce a regular file link internally, and just override its width/height. —Tacsipacsi (talk) 10:57, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the answer, it is much appreciated. However I noticed that the Media Viewer code does not get included unless it detects a on a page at parse time. So my custom tag handler calls the parser and hands it a dummy File tag. I gave it the metadata class so that Media Wiki viewer isn't displayed twice and made it invisible so the extra file isn't displayed on the page: $dummyMarkup = " "; $prefix = $parser->recursiveTagParse($dummyMarkup, $frame); It sort of works, Media Viewer pops up when I click on my images. However, sometimes images are displayed distorted in the Media Viewer (full height, but only a few pixels wide). When I click on such a distorted image in Media Viewer, it is then displayed correctly. Would you have any idea what causes it? And how I could make Media Viewer display images with correct dimensions immediately? --Schreibhan (talk) 19:35, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

Image 4-677-222-01
I missed the file name, could I change it to 4-677-222-02? Basquyati (talk) 02:07, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

--80.130.58.157 17:06, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

Remove the map publicated. It is fake.
Remove urgently the map considered as the map of Herodotus because it is fake and is manipulated. Original map of Herodotus contain the world "Illyria" in it that is erased by the map you are publishing on wikipedia. If you want to be serious and not be kidding with the history of Europian nations then remove this fake map and replace it with the original map of Herodotus which contain name "Illyrians" on it. Why you manipulate ancient maps and erase name Illyrian from them? Just because you are interested on creating an identity for greeks? Shame on you. History is not told right with manipulations. Tell the history of the world as it is and give to albanians their rights and stop censuring the truth about illyrians and albanians just because you are interested on protecting the greeks and their false identity. Check your sources and and correct them according to the certified atlas maps of the National Library of Scotland}} and here is the link of original map of [[Herodotus https://maps.nls.uk/view/101105572 79.106.126.218 16:16, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

License information?
How do I get license information to display properly in the media viewer? I've tried a number of id attributes but it still just shows "View license" for every file. The project I'm on doesn't have the default wikipedia copyright templates copied over if that makes things difficult, it's mostly all rebuilt from scratch. Our information template uses those id attributes fine (including permission details), but none of the licensing ones are being recognised. Thanks. --Jessietail (talk) 13:53, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
 * You have to install Extension:CommonsMetadata as well. —Tacsipacsi (talk) 14:03, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
 * It is installed but still not showing. I'm not sure if I don't understand properly how to set up the licenseptl stuff or if I have to set up the licensing templates in a certain way. --Jessietail (talk) 06:30, 30 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Have you used the classes listed at c:Commons:Machine-readable data? Also, it’s not there, but as far as I know, it’s also a requirement that the tag having  is a table, while the   are  s within the table. (By the way, it might be helpful to copy a template from Wikipedia for debugging. If you don’t want to get a headache because of the numerous dependency templates of Commons, you might try out e.g. this one, which should work fine—at least in terms of the metadata part—without any other template imported.) —Tacsipacsi (talk) 16:34, 2 December 2018 (UTC)
 * The requirements written on that page are accurate. See TemplateParser::parseLicenses for the actual code. The template should look something like this although if you want to do it with minimal effort, you can just add the information in a hidden div, like . --Tgr (WMF) (talk) 18:48, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

Not a Picture of Corypha utan
File:Corypha_utan_2zz.jpg is not a picture of Corypha utan. this picture is in the genus Corypha. This publication is by "Ruff tuff cream puff" in date of "19 mai 2018 à 12:08" Can I nullify this version ? RuB (talk) 19:24, 2 June 2018 (UTC)

BUG: image rotated and distorted
The image, when opened in the Media Viewer, is rotated on its side and the width and height seems to be switched (on the display), so it is very distorted. In the wiki page it's used it is normal, as it does in the details page, so it is a Media Viewer bug. I'm using Firefox 60.0.1 (64-bit) on Windows 7. Frlara (talk) 07:29, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
 * The displayed thumbnail is rotated, but its width and height is based on the normal-position version. This may be fixed by simply clearing the server-side cache (which can be achieved by appending  to the thumbnail URL), but I leave it as it is for further debugging if needed. —Tacsipacsi (talk) 21:49, 7 June 2018 (UTC)
 * It may have something to do with the proper orientation of the photo arising from a read of an ExIf instruction rather than the pixels being in the right place. If the pixels are in the wrong place but an Exif instruction "turn 90 degrees clockwise upon opening/viewing" the photo will look right IN APPLICATIONS THAT DO READ AND OBEY the Exif instruction. In applications that can't read or do ignore the Exif instruction, the pixels will appear on screen where they really are in the file, and the photo will be seen lying on its side. Obviously some Wiki images are sideways and some Wiki ways of viewing them are Exif-sensitive and while others are Exif-disregarding, hence different results depending on the way in to the photo. The remedy is to turn the photo sidewise by using the op-sys alone (not using a software that might rotate by injecting an Exif instruction), i.e. a right-click on the file icon with a choice of "rotate" and a clockwise or counterclockwise choice of twist. This will remove an Exif instruction and actually move the pixels around. If they're still not in the right place you can right-click again and rotate again. This works in Windows 7. Of course it's more than likely that in Windows 10 Microsoft has botched it all up by doing the rotation not by moving pixels around, but, rather, by appending an Exif instruction into the file. If that is true and you have Windows 10, my Windows 7 remedy here will not work.74.64.104.99 16:09, 31 May 2019 (UTC)Christopher L. Simpson
 * Thanks for the tip! I think, however, that it’s better to get MediaViewer handle this case than to manually fix all such images (again and again). —Tacsipacsi (talk)

Language in translated SVG
It seems that the mediaviewer extension fails to take into account that an image has been required to show labels in a certain language.The thumbnails example below is supposed to show this, but it seems this wiki does not take into account « lang= » parameters so please see [|this frwiki article] for an example. When clicked on the image, the image viewer shows the labels in english although in the frwiki thumb we can read the french one. TomT0m (talk) 15:19, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
 * It works for me in the linked article. (Doesn’t work here, of course, as JPEG, which is used here, can’t be translated.) —Tacsipacsi (talk) 15:29, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
 * oops, corrected the file name . Right, that seem to work now. Maybe a caching issue or something like that. TomT0m (talk) 16:16, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Actually there seem to be something weird going on because now, when I click on the french thumb on this page, I got the english version in media viewer with … the caption « image in english » of the first thumb in english on this page. However if I delete the english thumb the french version is shown. Heisenbug or something ? TomT0m (talk) 16:27, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
 * MediaViewer seems not to handle correctly the case when the same image appears more than once on a page—it always processes the first instance. However, if you click on either of the images and click on the right arrow (or press the right arrow key etc.), it shows the French image (and description). —Tacsipacsi (talk) 00:14, 22 August 2018 (UTC)

"Other Languages"
be helpful if the names of the Other Languages would appear when hovered

Boobytrapped ">" button
User pleasantly clicks ">" to see the next picture over and over, until the last, whereupon that spot now becomes the magnifying glass, causing him to just get an enlarged version of the last picture. Jidanni (talk) 13:13, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

In fact wouldn't it be more polite to loop back around to the first, with a little message informing him that has happened. Jidanni (talk) 13:15, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

Also "<" should loop around to the final pic. Jidanni (talk) 13:15, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

Grimlord Logo png in infobox
Hi everybody Could you tell me in free time why File:GrimlordLogo.png is not transparent in Grimlord wikipedia [] infobox. the logo file is in png format, but as a result displays like jpg. Grimpic (talk) 20:07, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

Help:Extension:Media_viewer lacks a sample image; wikification
At "#How can I embed an image on another page?" section, an image link is missing for given instruction. A circular/curvy arrow needs to appear here. --Omotecho (talk) 05:28, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

Please add "(37 of 56)" etc. so we know how many photos are left to look at
Let's say a page has 56 pictures. Well, all we can see for navigation information is '&lt;' and '&gt;'.

Please add "(37 of 56)" etc. so we know how many photos are left to look at while we browse along. Jidanni (talk) 11:41, 21 January 2019 (UTC)


 * This is an excellent suggestion! I have often felt its lack. 69.201.178.23 20:26, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I didn't realize I needed to log in separately from being logged in for Wikipedia, but I made the above remark.
 * Sorry again, I didn't leave the 4 tildes. Third time's the charm! WordwizardW (talk) 20:29, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

Extraneous "related" images / info
This may be a problem with a particular Wikipedia article but I can not tell.

In the Wikipedia article Ladder , in the media viewer (I think) if one steps thru all the images with the right arrow one gets to an unrelated image: Using_a_DTApe.JPG

and the on the More Details page of that image, the "File usage" section indicates a bunch of pages including Ladder that do not actually use it. Fholson (talk) 11:48, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the report! File:Using a DTApe.JPG is used in one of the navigational boxes (navboxes) on the bottom of the page, namely Template:Forestry tools. This is the reason why it’s used in more than a hundred articles. Images used in navboxes can be excluded from the Media Viewer, but the English Wikipedia community decided not to (or hasn’t decided yet; I don’t know whether it has been decided upon). Individual navboxes could also be changed to disable Media Viewer within them, but I don’t recommend it, as it makes the situation even more confusing. —Tacsipacsi (talk) 12:32, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

File descriptions missing
Why don't I see Commons file descriptions if I access Media Viewer from wikipedia, but only the wikipedia captions? JMK (talk) 18:52, 11 May 2019 (UTC)
 * They are back, thank you. JMK (talk) 18:58, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Metadata panel too big
Hello, since yesterday (or one or two days earlier), the metadata panel sometimes shows not only the basic information (author, source and license information), but also the filename, the creation date, the coordiantes and some links which also led me here. This is very annoying because then the panel covers about 20 % of the screen and hides part of the picture. I could not find out what is the criterion for opening the extended panel, but it seems that it does not appear at second opening of the picture. Can somebody please stop the extended metadata panel from taking over Wikipedia? Thank you.--Lguenth1 (talk) 06:57, 14 July 2019 (UTC)
 * I see no change. The metadata panel is since long resizable, showing these data in its expanded form. It can be toggled by scrolling it (using mouse, up/down arrow keys, PgUp/PgDn keys etc.), and expanded by clicking on the collapsed panel. —Tacsipacsi (talk) 13:37, 14 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Same, but that steps obviously ours are done but that malformed sizes appears again, still deleting cookies. --Urbanuntil (talk) 01:37, 18 August 2019 (UTC)

Problem when closing the metadata panel
There seems to be a bug since some days. When you open any picture on a site and close it with X again, there is a jump to the very top of the article. This is extremely annoying and should be changed so that the position in the article is not affected by opening and closing of the metadata panel. Thanks.--Lguenth1 (talk) 17:29, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

Colouring seems misleading for China
The colour for China and the legend indicate that in China there would be over 0.1 cases per million inhabitants. Assuming there are about 1,450,000,000 inhabitants in China, and taking either the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases (i.e. 80,824) or the number of confirmed cases minus the confirmed recoveries and deaths (i.e. 80,824 - 65,569 - 3,189), this would lead to approximately 55.7 or 8.3 cases per million. So, while strictly speaking the colouring is not wrong (since both numbers are indeed over 0.1 cases per million), the colouring is misleading. Who is technically knowledgeable enough to change the colouring of the map for (at least) China?Redav (talk) 13:14, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Moving to File talk:March14 cases per-capita-COVID-19.png at Wikimedia Commons. 90.129.207.233 17:18, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

Wrongly captioned photo
The photo says "villa under construction" but that cannot be right with a modern electric train seen clearly in the background. Picknick99 (talk) 15:52, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

Misleading Colorization
The color scheme is backward. We need strong growth as bright red and population reduction as green. Just check out "Planet of the Humans" (2019) at www.filmsforaction.org/watch/michael-moore-presents-planet-of-the-humans or any other number of natural disasters with probability that increases with population, most notably the ability of humanity to self manage.

Linking to users' talk pages would be more helpful than just linking to user pages
When I click on an image in an article on enwiki, this page comes up (I'd link an example, but mediawiki has a snit when I try it). There's a link to the user page of the user who put up the image, but not to their talk page or contribs. For redlink users with no user page, that's a problem if we want to get in contact about the file! Could a talk page link be added next to it? Pauli133 (talk) 17:51, 3 August 2020 (UTC)


 * Unfortunately this is out of control of the media viewer: it just copies over whatever is in the Author field of the file’s infobox. If that’s a link to the user page, then it displays a link to the user page; if that’s an unlinked user name, it displays an unlinked user name; if that links to the user talk page, then it displays the link to the user talk page. —Tacsipacsi (talk) 23:42, 3 August 2020 (UTC)


 * OK, then where do I go to request logic be added to tack on a link to usertalk whenever user namespace is linked in that author field? Cause this really doesn't seem like an insurmountable technical hurdle. Pauli133 (talk) 01:20, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
 * I don’t think it’s really feasible in the current situation—currently this is a “black box” for the media viewer, it just displays whatever is in the infobox field. It may contain anything: a simple internal link, a link to another wiki, or even quite complex structures like tables, so if the media viewer wanted to “understand” it, it would get it wrong every now and then. Hopefully this will be possible with the Structured data on Commons (SDC) project—currently very few files have structured data compared to the tens of millions of files on Commons, but making it widespread is being worked on. —Tacsipacsi (talk) 12:31, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

Shouldn't this page be called Extension:MultimediaViewer/About?
Since the name of the extension is Extension:MultimediaViewer, this page is currently a subpage of a redirect. * Pppery * it has begun 21:06, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Color blocks too thin
The color blocks describing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Street_View#/media/File:Google_Street_View_coverage.svg are too narrow to figure out which color they are, except for e.g., orange. Jidanni (talk) 12:07, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

Map in (german) „Autobahn (Polen)“
Hey, what do the 'blue roads' (in here: „https:// de.wikipedia. org/wiki/Autobahn_%28Polen%29#/media/Datei:Nowamapastan.png“) stand for? It would be great to add this information to the legend in my opinion. Thank you and a great day!—Koelnfan (talk) 12:14, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

Another "sorry, the file cannot be displayed" error
The variant I get is Sorry, the file cannot be displayed. There seems to be a technical issue. You can retry if it persists. Error: http The images load just fine in the gallery view or if I go directly to the  page, so this is MediaViewer-specific. Is there any way to access a more specific diagnostic? How can I find out what file or URL it is trying to access, and what the problem was? --Woozle (talk) 01:08, 12 November 2020 (UTC) (edit: here's the page I'm looking at -- https://hypertwins.org/mw/2017/08/21)

How do we change the wrong map in the English Wikipedia Miletus article?
How do we change from a Spanish-language map in the Miletus article to an English-speaking one? It needs to be changed to be useful... Stevenmitchell (talk) 16:53, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

________________________________________________________________________

There is a Typo in this phrase which describes the image: "A beautiful sculpture of lord shiva with backgorung as mountain."

The misspelled word should be "background."


 * User:Stevenmitchell, your Miletus doesn't work. Are you sure you're using the right article? Is it Wikipedia? Is so, please post a website here so I can get a better idea of what your problem is. Thank you! JackReynoldsADogOwner (talk) 00:55, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

Media Viewer Support for .ogg Files
Cycling through media in an article using Media Viewer will skip the .ogg files in the article. Is it within scope to include media of any kind, including images?

Wrong hotkeys
Currently there is the following information "shift-click: open the file page in a new window", "command-click: open the file page in a new tab", "control-click: show a menu of options". I live in Ukraine, and judging from this website, https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/ukraine, most users have either Windows (most Windows computer do not even have command key, unless it is a Windows operated Macbook), or Android (that normally does not even have any keys unless someone plugs in a keyboard which is very uncommonly done). Only then goes OS X at around 6% with about the same number of iOS users (again normally do not have any keys at all). The problem is that I do know that on Windows and Ubuntu control click opens a tab and that that shift hotkey seems to be correct but a) I do not know if MediaViewers modifies some default behaviour somehow b) I do not know what would be the alternative for mobile users who brows in desktop mode. --Base (talk) 04:18, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

Russian Attribution
For some reason, files uploaded to Commons with the "Attribution" license cannot be translated into Russian (in Russian it's "Атрибуция"). So how can I translate it correctly? Roman Kubanskiy (talk) 06:57, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

If I wanted to update a bio page photo, with accompanying MediaWiki info, how would I do that?
If I wanted to update a bio page photo, with accompanying MediaWiki info, how would I do that? WordwizardW (talk) 20:34, 1 March 2021 (UTC)