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MediaSearch does not respect file name / description changes

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Herzi Pinki (talkcontribs)

see https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MediaSearch?type=bitmap&q=Matterhorngletscher the file File:Aus der Hörnlihütte.jpg is the result of a rename, as the name and the description have been wrong. But it is still found by MediaSearch, although as far as I can see, only the redirect could be the reason for that.

Sometimes a file is renamed, because the name indicates the wrong thing. After such a rename, MediaSearch should not find the file by the old term. I would skip the evaluation of redirects / renames from MediaSearch, as there always should be a reason to rename, renaming normally is a refinement, and SDC are not touched automatically by a file rename.

GerardM (talkcontribs)

I find that the tool does not work well for languages other than English. I blogged about it and would REALLY like a way that is optimised for global use. Thanks, GerardM (talk) 13:14, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

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