https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54604
--- Comment #23 from Jared Zimmerman (WMF) <jared.zimmer...@wikimedia.org> --- From my understand the external/file format link icons are only relevant when you are actually leaving the site, or when it would cause your browsers to download a file rather than loading it in some kind of built in player, either on site or in-browsers. The original code for this I assume was created prior to mediawiki being able to natively handle many of these file formats. That said I think most if not all of these are no longer needed and confuse many users. Overall I would urge us to move towards simplicity when it comes to links, designating only links that take you out of the WMF sites, and links that point to non-existent articles. If knowing target file types is relevant to a small subset of users I've argue that this code should be gadgetized by someone who cares to retain this feature. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list Wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
