https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19874
Summary: Add configuration option to mask file extensions for
image description pages
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Normal
Component: Images and files
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
Currently image description pages have URLs that end in the same extension as
the file they are referencing. Unfortunately it is not uncommon for search
engines and other utilities to assume that any URL ending in ".jpg", ".png",
etc. is an image file rather than a content page. Much as it would be nice if
everyone checked content-type declarations there are many practical examples
where this is not done.
I would propose the creation of a configuration option to allow image
description pages to mask these extensions in their url. That would allows
sites that are concerned about type confusion to get around the problem.
For example, one could automatically convert ".jpg" to "_jpg" (or some other
similar translation scheme) at the end of the image description page link.
Alternatively one could append ".htm" to the end of the link or simply strip
the extension entirely (though this latter option means dealing with naming
collisions).
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