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Empty image description in the Picture of the day on Explore feed
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Description

Steps to replicate the issue (include links if applicable):

  • Go to enwiki 2025/04/25 and see the Picture of the day
  • Check the image description

API:
https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/feed/featured/2025/04/25

What happens?:
The image description is empty

Screenshot_20250425_165948_Wikipedia.jpg (2×1 px, 229 KB)

What should have happened instead?:
We can show the filename instead of leaving it empty.

Software version (on Special:Version page; skip for WMF-hosted wikis like Wikipedia):
2.7.50528-r-2025-04-15

Event Timeline

cooltey created this task.Apr 26 2025, 12:03 AM
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cooltey added a project: Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog.Apr 26 2025, 12:03 AM

Note: this is more like an API side issue, where the API cannot parse the image description correctly.

cooltey renamed this task from Emptyimage description in the Picture of the day on Explore feed to Empty image description in the Picture of the day on Explore feed.Apr 26 2025, 12:04 AM
cooltey updated the task description. (Show Details)
GitHubPRBot added a comment.Apr 26 2025, 12:05 AM

cooltey opened https://github.com/wikimedia/apps-android-wikipedia/pull/5503

cooltey added a comment.Apr 26 2025, 12:07 AM

Proposal: Instead of waiting to fix the API, we can simply fall back to its filename.

Screenshot_20250425_170542_Wikipedia Dev.jpg (2×1 px, 227 KB)

GitHubPRBot added a comment.Apr 28 2025, 4:23 PM

dbrant closed https://github.com/wikimedia/apps-android-wikipedia/pull/5503

cooltey edited projects, added Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog (Android Release - FY2024-25); removed Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog.Apr 29 2025, 4:11 PM
cooltey moved this task from Epics in Progress to Merged and Waiting on the Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog (Android Release - FY2024-25) board.
cooltey claimed this task.May 2 2025, 5:01 PM
cooltey moved this task from Merged and Waiting to QA signoff on the Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog (Android Release - FY2024-25) board.
ABorbaWMF moved this task from QA signoff to Ready for PM signoff on the Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog (Android Release - FY2024-25) board.May 5 2025, 7:01 PM
ABorbaWMF subscribed.

Fixed on 2.7.50530-r-2025-05-02

HNordeenWMF moved this task from Ready for PM signoff to Ready for release on the Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog (Android Release - FY2024-25) board.May 12 2025, 10:25 PM
cooltey closed this task as Resolved.May 13 2025, 11:04 PM
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