Keep original ogv file type while uploading video file with standard Upload wizard in Commons
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	Geertivp
	May 30 2019, 8:09 AM

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I have recently uploaded [[:File:Wikimedia Hackathon 2019 Punk band.ogv]] using the standard Upload wizard. The original file type before uploading was indeed ogv. During upload this was inadvertently changed into ogg. A bot renamed the file back to ogv, as per the https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc5334.txt rules.

How to avoid the renaming step? The upload process seems to change the original ogv extension to ogg. Why does the upload program not keep the original (and correct) file type? Could this video file naming error be possibly fixed?

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Mentioned In: T21153: Enable dng uploads on Commons
Mentioned Here: T36703: Normalize file extension while uploading file in UploadWizard

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Geertivp created this task.May 30 2019, 8:09 AM

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I'd say this is intentional behavior and not a bug? See https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/mediawiki/extensions/UploadWizard/+/289136/ from T36703: Normalize file extension while uploading file in UploadWizard.

Also see https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/source/mediawiki/browse/master/resources/src/mediawiki.Title/Title.js$759

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Aklapper mentioned this in T21153: Enable dng uploads on Commons.Nov 15 2021, 11:48 AM

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Keep original ogv file type while uploading video file with standard Upload wizard in Commons
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