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Request re Commons descriptions

Description of issue

When a Commons file has descriptions in more than three languages, only the English description is displayed, while the remaining languages can be seen by using the drop-down menu, which is located right below the picture.

Problem is that this is not obvious, as the menu and the descriptions are far apart. For the casual user it is very easy to miss completely that more language descriptions are available, when only the English is displayed.

So I recommend: bring the language select menu and description box closer together in some way. The drop down menu must preferably be right inside the description box, in the pale purple area at the left, or even included in media viewers of all languages.

Here is one such example, and note the Ndebele is still shown as nr: 116320 jerusalem pater noster church PikiWiki Israel, isiNdebele and siSwati pair.jpg.

The general layout of the area immediately below commons files can be looked at, as it is not well-designed or user-orientated. Thanks in advance. JMK

Affected Wikimedia Project(s)

Commons

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Submitted By

Danny Benjafield (WMDE) on behalf of User:JMK