Template talk:Mimetype

iana.org links
It's been noted that iana.org URLs do not always correspond to the MIME type. Refer to the list at. The "template" column is usually the MIME type, but sometimes it is something else (e.g. image/vnd-djvu, text/vnd-curl). In those cases, the URL with the actual MIME type might return the same document (e.g. vs. ), or a subtly different document (e.g.  vs. ), or a placeholder document (e,g,  vs. ), or it might not work at all (e.g.  vs. ).

Should we do something about this? We could add a parameter to the template to allow the editor to manually supply the correct link when necessary. Or maybe we could find a better resource to link to. Jsummers (talk) 21:13, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

Unregistered types
This template currently causes unregistered MIME types to link to 404 Not Found pages. Should we do something about that? If we can't find a useful resource to link to, ideally it shouldn't be a link at all.

We could use a separate template, or maybe a special template parameter, for unregistered types. An automatic solution would be nicer, but that's probably asking too much. Jsummers (talk) 21:15, 30 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Maybe a field for alternative URL (where it defaults to using the regular one as it now does), as well as a flag field that can be set to disable linking if there isn't any URL to link to. Dan Tobias (talk) 21:47, 30 November 2014 (UTC)