Template talk:How to request photo in

Once the string functions are installed (see 6455) then there would be no need for the template to take parameters, the main text could simply be set to something like: (and I think you have to view this page in "edit" mode to actually understand what I mean)

For articles about subjects in needing a photograph, use  in the talk page, which adds the article to :. You can help Wikipedia by uploading freely licensed photographs for these articles to Wikimedia Commons.

This would make the parameters irrelevant. TheGrappler 19:04, 1 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Bearing in mind that it's full of complicated stuff, sticking on an Intricate template warning and putting this stuff inside includeonly tags would be a good idea...TheGrappler 19:35, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

GeoGroupTemplate
Is there a particular reason why GeoGroupTemplate is transcluded in this template (and why in includeonly mode)? Why would a geolinks template show up in a "how to" sentence? --Qyd 15:48, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
 * As this particular implementation only works in Category space, I've modified the template to display it only there. --Qyd 16:09, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

GeoGroupTemplate
I've been looking at articles in Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Minnesota. Only a small number of them show up in the "map of all coordinates". I thought it had to do with coor vs. coord, but I modified some of them and can't seem to get them all to work. Do you you why some show up and others don't?--Appraiser (talk) 23:36, 5 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Not really, try asking at the talk page for the geogroup template? I know it works in a relatively complicated way (it only consists of an external link, but the data is processed using the toolserver in a way that I don't understand). Sorry not to be more helpful! But at least it's useful for those items that do make it on to the map. TheGrappler (talk) 23:55, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Categorization
This template is currently a member of Category:WikiProject banners. However, WikiProject banners are templates that WikiProjects put onto article talk pages, in order to assign the article to their projects. This particular template seems to serve a different purpose. I propose that the category should be removed. --B. Wolterding (talk) 16:43, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm assuming silent consensus for this change. Will change the template (or rather the doc subpage) accordingly. --B. Wolterding (talk) 11:43, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Protected?
In a slight abuse of the "editprotected" banner: This template (Howtoreqphotoin) bears the "permanent protection" icon on the top, but it's not actually protected, and has never been (according to the logs). I'm not sure whether it should be protected, but could some admin sort this out? (Either remove the protection icon, or actually protect the page.) --B. Wolterding (talk) 11:50, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅ Removed protection icon as it's not protected. --CapitalR (talk) 12:01, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

reqphoto in
The reqphotoin template seems to be deprecated so maybe should this be changed to suggest reqphoto|in= instead. -- SEWilco (talk) 17:59, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree. In fact the text did state so until the last edit of the template. Although I see no problem keeping the reqphotoin template for those used to using it, it would be better to encourage people to use reqphoto|in= as this template allows a subject or topic also to be added. Traveler100 (talk) 16:44, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

requests from other templates
Since the WPBannerMeta template allows the image to be requested, it would be nice to add this as an option to this template for categories where this option is available. If the article is using any of the assessment templates, the image can be requested using those templates instead of adding an additional template. This fact should be noted in the wording of this template. Vegaswikian (talk) 00:22, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Done by expanding Template:Howtoreqphoto with in=yes parameter, see Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Germany as example. --Traveler100 (talk) 16:44, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Tools no longer functioning?
Neither of the tools linked to from this template appear to work anymore. I think this has been the case since the migration occurred, but I really haven't paid enough attention to know that for sure. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 01:37, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

Making these no-delete categories
Having had to recreate requested photo categories because they went empty for a while, I think it might be beneficial to add Possibly empty category to this template. I think the criteria outlined there for using it would apply here. Kerry (talk) 07:01, 25 March 2019 (UTC)