Template talk:Allow Overwriting
Latest comment: 1 day ago by Elizium23 in topic includeonly
Thoughts
edit- a parameter of expiration timestamp should be added.
- it is the expected time before which overwriting should be finished. 7 days by default should be good.
- files can be sorted by the timestamp (aka chronologically) in the tracking cat.
- a bot can be tasked to remove the template after the expiration time is reached. or a user using vfc can do that.
- "Files overwritable for all" might be a shorter title.
RZuo (talk) 17:15, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
- @GPSLeo: i believe placement of this template should generally be temporary. take action before the tracking cat becomes too large to maintain. RZuo (talk) 18:32, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
- The majority of the files also has the {{Current}} template where this template should not be removed. For the other files we could now start to remove the template for the first requests. GPSLeo (talk) 18:48, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
- so you can set the parameter to a particular value to indicate that the template is placed because of {{Current}} in those cases.
- anyway i dont intend to make the effort of designing the template. if as i expect the category goes out of control you take care of the mess. RZuo (talk) 08:14, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
- The majority of the files also has the {{Current}} template where this template should not be removed. For the other files we could now start to remove the template for the first requests. GPSLeo (talk) 18:48, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
Removal guidance needed
editI just removed this template from File:Separation axioms.svg after performing the overwrite I requested it for. I couldn't find any guidance on whether I should do this. Such guidance should be found both in the documentation for this template and at Commons:Overwriting existing files/requests. Joriki (talk) 02:14, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
includeonly
edit@GPSLeo, I suspect that we do not want this template itself to fall into its category, and therefore, we should wrap the category in <includeonly>...</includeonly>
-- what do you think? Elizium23 (talk) 19:47, 12 July 2024 (UTC)