Author: mathias.schindler

Description:
For any given Wikimedia Commons media file, there is a description page in each individual installation of Wikimedia, such as

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-06822,_Berlin,_Internationale_Automobilausstellung.jpg for
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-06822%2C_Berlin%2C_Internationale_Automobilausstellung.jpg and http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-06822,_Berlin,_Internationale_Automobilausstellung.jpg respectively.

The image description is pulled from Wikiemdia Commons. If an image is embedded into a Wiki article, the direct link is to the specific project web site's image description page and not to the actual description page at Wikimedia.

However, a rather visible link from (for example) de.wikipedia.org to commons.wikimedia.org is shown below the image in the image description page.

The duplication is counterintuitive and a source of constant confusion.

Links to image description pages should point to the image description page of Wikimedia Commons directly, not to the local wiki.

Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement
See Also:
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36118