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Download this file link on description page (particularly relevant to svg)
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Author: bugzilla

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When a user wishes to download a file, the interface offers no clear way to do so. Whilst most users know they can right click and download a file, not all users will know this. The issue is further complicated when a user triies to download an svg, because, depending on what thumbnail or image they right click, they may instead obtain the generated png. I have seen numerous users confused about the correct procedure to download an svg file. A simple "download this file in its original format" link, under the main thumbnail on the image description page would help to solve this.

Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement
See Also:
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62305

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Low.Nov 21 2014, 11:17 PM
• bzimport added projects: MediaWiki-File-management, good first task.
• bzimport set Reference to bz25148.
• bzimport added a subscriber: Unknown Object (MLST).
• bzimport created this task.Sep 11 2010, 5:45 PM
TheDJ added a comment.Oct 8 2011, 10:56 AM

duplicate of bug 25695

• bzimport added a comment.Mar 9 2014, 9:59 PM

mcdevitd wrote:

Related to bug 62305, which would also potentially solve the problem in this bug report.

Tgr added a comment.Nov 19 2014, 12:05 AM

bug 25695 added a download URL, so the only thing needed is to expose that URL in a link. Marking as easy.

Aklapper added a comment.Nov 19 2014, 3:03 PM

Gergő: Would that be a potential Google Code-In task that you could imagine to mentor? See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Code-in_2014 for more info

Tgr added a comment.Nov 19 2014, 8:05 PM

Sure. Should I sign up as a mentor?

• Gilles added a project: Multimedia.Nov 24 2014, 3:17 PM
Jdforrester-WMF moved this task from Untriaged to Backlog on the Multimedia board.Sep 4 2015, 6:15 PM
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Kartikey0303 subscribed.Dec 13 2015, 7:07 PM

I am new to open source community. Can i try to work on this bug?

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Aklapper added a comment.Dec 13 2015, 8:41 PM

@Kartikey0303: Welcome! In general, please see How to become a MediaWiki hacker for some more information.

@To everybody: I am wondering "what is left to do here" in this very task and this might need clarification first. For example for SVG files in Commons and not using MultimediaViewer I end up on https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-ukrainian.svg and there is an "Original file" link to download the SVG and not a thumbnail PNG. And as @Tgr wrote above:

T27695 added a download URL, so the only thing needed is to expose that URL in a link.

Also note the discussion in T64305 (which is very similar) about the implementation.

Tgr added a comment.Dec 14 2015, 6:32 AM

By "download URL" I meant an URL that downloads the image on left-click, instead of opening it. I thought that was the point of this task.

zhuyifei1999 moved this task from Incoming to MediaWiki Interface and i18n on the Commons board.Dec 15 2015, 10:21 AM
UltimateSupreme subscribed.Feb 25 2016, 1:47 PM
Aklapper removed a project: good first task.Dec 16 2016, 10:02 PM

A link to the "original file (SVG format)" exists below the thumbnail preview (among many other links).
As discussion shows, an implementation first needs a good design and this is a general problem with file formats and not limited to SVG. Hence I am merging this task into the bigger T64305: More prominent display of other format available for download in image description pages.

Aklapper closed this task as a duplicate of T64305: More prominent display of other format available for download in image description pages.Dec 16 2016, 10:02 PM
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