Cool feature. I love power user search operators.

Without reading the instructions, I tried (and failed):

   - shark filetype:jpg
   - shark filetype:image
   - shark filetype:photo

Perhaps users would benefit from us adding additional aliases.

--justin


On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 11:45 AM, Chris Koerner <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> You can now search for file properties such as file size and and file type
> on Commons. This includes file media type, MIME type, size, width, height,
> resolution, and bit depth.
>
> A few quick examples:
> * A search for 'shark' videos [0]
> * A search for 'flower' where the files are 16 bit [1]
> * A search for 'stars' where the files are PDFs [2]
>
> Please see the documentation for more information. [3]
>
>
> [0] https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:
> Search&profile=default&fulltext=Search&search=shark+filetype%3Avideo
> [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:
> Search&profile=default&fulltext=Search&search=flower+filebits%3A16
> [2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:
> Search&profile=default&fulltext=Search&search=stars+filemime%3Apdf
> [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:CirrusSearch#File_
> properties_search
>
> Yours,
> Chris Koerner
> Community Liaison - Discovery
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
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