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**Feature summary** My proposal is to add a new [[ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Magic_words | Magic word ]] (like {{PAGENAME}}) that would return the type of a file (audio, image, text, video). The magic word would be eg. **{{FILETYPE}}** (I couldn't find anything that matches in the list of magic words) **Use case(s)** The magic word can be used on templates differ behave different for different file types (eg. adding different categories for images and videos) On Wikimedia Commons there is the template {{[[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:File_type_en | File type en ]]}}, but it just decides based on the file extension and not the actual //type//. Example: An .ogg file is an audio file no matter what the real file is. [[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2026_Rupertikapelle_Postelgraben_Mittagsglocken_01.ogg | File:2026 Rupertikapelle Postelgraben Mittagsglocken 01**.ogg**]] is a .ogg file, yet it's a video and //not// an audio file. (Maybe the file extension should be .ogv in this case, but it works so I think it's fair to assume that there are more files like it) **Benefits** The return value would be correct regardless of the file extension. Example: Using {{[[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Taken_on |Taken on]]}} on a file like //2026 Rupertikapelle Postelgraben Mittagsglocken 01.ogg// is **not** possible as it is auto-categorised as audio file (because of .ogg) even it clearly is a video file.

**Feature summary** My proposal is to add a new [[ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Magic_words | Magic word ]] (like {{PAGENAME}}) that would return the type of a file (audio, image, text, video). The magic word would be eg. **{{FILETYPE}}** (I couldn't find anything that matches in the list of magic words) **Use case(s)** The magic word can be used on templates differ behave different for different file types (eg. adding different categories for images and videos) On Wikimedia Commons there is the template {{[[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:File_type_en | File type en ]]}}, but it just decides based on the file extension and not the actual //type//. Example: An .ogg file is an audio file no matter what the real file is. [[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2026_Rupertikapelle_Postelgraben_Mittagsglocken_01.ogg | File:2026 Rupertikapelle Postelgraben Mittagsglocken 01**.ogg**]] is a .ogg file, yet it's a video and //not// an audio file. (Maybe the file extension should be .ogv in this case, but it works so I think it's fair to assume that there are more files like it) According to [[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Project_scope/Allowable_file_types|Commons:Project scope/Allowable file types]] "New software supports file extension **.ogv** for Theora video without or with Vorbis audio, RFC 3534 **.ogg** is still usable instead of RFC 5334 **.ogx** for Theora video with other Ogg audio codec". Therefore there is no way to tell by the file extension alone whether the file is an audio or a video file. **Benefits** The return value would be correct regardless of the file extension. Example: Using {{[[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Taken_on |Taken on]]}} on a file like //2026 Rupertikapelle Postelgraben Mittagsglocken 01.ogg// is **not** possible as it is auto-categorised as audio file (because of .ogg) even it clearly is a video file.

**Feature summary** My proposal is to add a new [[ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Magic_words | Magic word ]] (like {{PAGENAME}}) that would return the type of a file (audio, image, text, video). The magic word would be eg. **{{FILETYPE}}** (I couldn't find anything that matches in the list of magic words) **Use case(s)** The magic word can be used on templates differ behave different for different file types (eg. adding different categories for images and videos) On Wikimedia Commons there is the template {{[[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:File_type_en | File type en ]]}}, but it just decides based on the file extension and not the actual //type//. Example: An .ogg file is an audio file no matter what the real file is. [[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2026_Rupertikapelle_Postelgraben_Mittagsglocken_01.ogg | File:2026 Rupertikapelle Postelgraben Mittagsglocken 01**.ogg**]] is a .ogg file, yet it's a video and //not// an audio file. (Maybe the file extension should be .ogv in this case, but it works so I think it's fair to assume that there are more files like it) According to [[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Project_scope/Allowable_file_types|Commons:Project scope/Allowable file types]] "New software supports file extension **.ogv** for Theora video without or with Vorbis audio, RFC 3534 **.ogg** is still usable instead of RFC 5334 **.ogx** for Theora video with other Ogg audio codec". Therefore there is no way to tell by the file extension alone whether the file is an audio or a video file. **Benefits** The return value would be correct regardless of the file extension. Example: Using {{[[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Taken_on |Taken on]]}} on a file like //2026 Rupertikapelle Postelgraben Mittagsglocken 01.ogg// is **not** possible as it is auto-categorised as audio file (because of .ogg) even it clearly is a video file.