I tried Gerard's example, and indeed i couldn't get it to work. If i: 1) Go to commons.wikimedia.org in an incognito Chrome window 2) Switch to 'Dutch' using the Language select dropdown on the left 3) Search for 'olifant' (Dutch for 'elephant')
I only get results where the string 'olifant' is available somewhere in the raw wikitext, not in a translated 'depicts' statement. -- Hay On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 4:51 PM Keegan Peterzell <kpeterz...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > > On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 2:56 PM Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Hoi, >> A previous iteration of Special:MediaSearch provided results in my language. >> The results were based on the media that had a depict statement on the >> subject that I was looking for.When I look for bever, I expect to find >> beavers. I don't. >> >> Is it possible to have a version of Special:MediaSearch that actually works >> for other languages but English? The previous iteration worked for me. >> Thanks, >> GerardM >> > > This should still be the case, it's being investigated. > > -- > Keegan Peterzell (he/him) > Technical Collaboration Specialist > Wikimedia Foundation > _______________________________________________ > Commons-l mailing list -- commons-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe send an email to commons-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Commons-l mailing list -- commons-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe send an email to commons-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
