Maniphest T423978

Special:Mediastatistics is being weird and not grouping similar file types together
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	Tue, Apr 21, 4:05 AM

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Description

Steps to replicate the issue:

Go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MediaStatistics
Scroll down
Note the headings

What happens?:

Similar file types should be grouped together, but they're not being grouped for some reason. Resulting in this almighty mess:

image.png (806×1 px, 146 KB)

image.png (822×1 px, 151 KB)

image.png (757×1 px, 131 KB)

image.png (772×1 px, 129 KB)

image.png (846×1 px, 150 KB)

What should have happened instead?:

Similar file types (e.g. all bitmap files) should be grouped together under one heading. Same for audio, etc.

Software version:

Current Wikipedia:
1.46.0-wmf.24 (rMW84b78d8e3218)
23:19, 20 April 2026

Details

Related Changes in Gerrit:

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	SpecialMediaStatistics: Fix grouping on read new	mediawiki/core	master	+1 -2

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	Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
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	Open		Ladsgroup	T28741 Migrate file tables to a modern layout (image/oldimage; file/filerevision; add primary keys)
	Resolved	BUG REPORT	Ladsgroup	T423978 Special:Mediastatistics is being weird and not grouping similar file types together
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Bugreporter2 created this task.Tue, Apr 21, 4:05 AM

Restricted Application added a subscriber: Aklapper. · View Herald TranscriptTue, Apr 21, 4:05 AM

Bugreporter2 mentioned this in T326060: Special:MediaStatistics doesn't have anchor tags for its headings.Tue, Apr 21, 4:06 AM

Bugreporter2 awarded a token.Tue, Apr 21, 5:38 AM

Probably caused by config change of wgFileSchemaMigrationStage.

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/mediawiki/core/+/3ac6db3b7664487a97b45633dfe498e3e3087fc4/includes/Specials/SpecialMediaStatistics.php#159
"It's important that img_media_type come first, otherwise the tables will be fragmented." but the new code orders by file_type first.

matmarex added a parent task: T28741: Migrate file tables to a modern layout (image/oldimage; file/filerevision; add primary keys).Tue, Apr 21, 2:43 PM

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A_smart_kitten moved this task from To triage to Multimedia-related on the MediaWiki-Special-pages board.Wed, Apr 22, 11:14 AM

Change #1276827 had a related patch set uploaded (by Ladsgroup; author: Ladsgroup):

[mediawiki/core@master] SpecialMediaStatistics: Fix grouping on read new

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1276827

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Thu, Apr 23, 11:26 PM

Change #1276827 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/core@master] SpecialMediaStatistics: Fix grouping on read new

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1276827

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Fri, Apr 24, 12:30 AM

ReleaseTaggerBot added a project: MW-1.46-notes (1.46.0-wmf.26; 2026-04-28).Fri, Apr 24, 1:00 AM

Ladsgroup closed this task as Resolved.Fri, Apr 24, 12:39 PM

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