MediaWiki API not returns the same image for different pages with the same image
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	Termininja
	Apr 24 2016, 3:53 AM

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I'm using MediaWiki API to get the main image for Jimi Hendrix and Jimi Hendrix discography articles, and how you see they use the same image (Jimi Hendrix 1967.png) in the Infobox template. But results for both articles are different:

Is this a bug?

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Termininja created this task.Apr 24 2016, 3:53 AM

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Termininja renamed this task from MediaWiki API not returns the same image for two different pages with the same image to MediaWiki API not returns the same image for different pages with the same image.Apr 24 2016, 3:54 AM

Anomie moved this task from Unsorted to Non-core-API stuff on the MediaWiki-Action-API board.Apr 25 2016, 1:07 PM

Upon initial investigation this does not technically appear to be a bug -- the code is doing exactly what is expected of it -- however, it certainly warrants looking into the algorithm that determines which image to use from a page.

MBinder_WMF added a project: Web-Team-Backlog.May 17 2016, 6:31 PM

• Jhernandez moved this task from Incoming to Needs Prioritization on the Web-Team-Backlog board.May 18 2016, 3:31 PM

@Termininja we recently revamped this. Images can only come from the lead section so you should be getting more consistent results.

MBinder_WMF moved this task from Needs Prioritization to 2016-17 Q4 on the Web-Team-Backlog board.Mar 6 2018, 7:07 PM

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