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Rename

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For cases where neither image should be deleted, should be recommend renaming the local image to avoid confusion? Superm401 - Talk 15:29, 8 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Automatic categorisation

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There is a discussion regarding automatic categorisation of images at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Wikipedia/Commons duplicate images that concerns this template.

--David Göthberg (talk) 01:02, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deliberate shadowing

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There is no consensus in the RfC to add the optional parameter deliberate= to {{ShadowsCommons}}. One editor suggested deleting all the placeholder images and protecting the file names if images should not be uploaded there. But there is no consensus to take any particular approach.

If editors would like to add the parameter to the template, I recommend boldly adding it and discussing on the talk page if the addition is reverted or opening a new RfC. Cunard (talk) 19:23, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

There are a handful of instances where the shadowing of commons files is done deliberately, either as a placeholder to prevent poorly-named uploads (such as File:Background.jpg), or because Commons has a bizarre picture for a simple name (i.e. the widely used File:Otters.jpg which shadows Commons:File:Otters.jpg). Nevertheless, these images are tagged with {{ShadowsCommons}} and appear in Category:Wikipedia files that shadow a file on Wikimedia Commons as backlog items to be cleared.

I propose that an optional parameter, deliberate= be added to {{ShadowsCommons}}, which, if set to true, causes the template to note that no action is required and places the file in a new category Category:Wikipedia files that shadow a file on Wikimedia Commons (no action required) (a subcat of the above) so that they can be distinguished from backlog items needing attention. --LukeSurl t c 17:58, 3 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]


The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Nominate the file for deletion

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The final bullet of this template states: "Nominate the file for deletion if ..."; I believe the method of nomination should be linked here, but I'm unsure of the best link. Will the keepers of this template help determine the best link here, and perhaps add a live link in the template as well? Thank you.--John Cline (talk) 19:33, 3 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • If the file satisfies WP:F8 (that is, identical or reduced quality), then add {{Now Commons}}. If the file doesn't satisfy WP:F8 but nevertheless should be deleted for some reason, then list it at WP:FFD. In a few cases, other speedy deletion templates like Template:Db-f9 or Template:Di-no permission may be appropriate, but that's probably less common. However, there are multiple reasons for deleting a file, and it takes up too much space to list all reasons to delete files in this template. --Stefan2 (talk) 19:39, 3 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I see what you mean; understand, and agree.--John Cline (talk) 20:04, 3 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Bot proposal

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There is a bot proposal to add this template to candidate pages automatically: Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/GreenC bot 10 -- GreenC 07:40, 11 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The bot is approved. -- GreenC 18:12, 19 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I am shutting the bot down.

  1. The last time it tagged an article was September 9 2022 at File:Half_Shot_at_Sunrise_(1930),_Bob_Woolsey_and_Leni_Stengel.jpg .. the SQL query has returned 0 candidates ever since. Either the query is broken, the SQL server is not honoring the query due to changes there, or another process is fixing the problem. I have no idea which.
  2. Toolforge is eliminating the Grid Engine and since my bot is written in code that is hard to migrate to the new system, and because my code has to be on Toolforge for the SQL query, it don't have time to try and salvage it. -- GreenC 02:35, 3 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]