just reading through and one issue that stands out with (e.g.: [[file:foo.png|thumb|no-viewer|…]]). format is that many of the small image files are embedded within infoboxes, templates and tables would it be more efficient to restrict media viewer to only images that use the syntax [[File:foo.jpg|thumb|....]] within an article body ignoring images embedded with in {{.....}} and encourage editors to shift flags, small icons, maps etc into templates.

Alternatively just use the [[file:Foo.jpg|thumb |....]] as the key for media viewer to display otherwise it just ignores the file

On 13 May 2014 06:35, Gergo Tisza <gtisza@wikimedia.org> wrote:

On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Gabriel Wicke <gwicke@wikimedia.org> wrote:

Another option is to make this a property of the image rather than it's use
site. That should cover the typical icon well, and with minimal editor effort.

Most images are hosted on Commons, so that would mean the Commons community would configure how images are used on other wikis. I am not sure if that is a good or bad thing. It would certainly mean less work for editors, and the work would be done by those who know the most about images. On the other hand different wikis have different conventions, and tend to take affront if conventions from other wikis are forced on them.

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