Template talk:Photo requested

Free parameter
The free parameter is documented as "if free=yes, the substituted text will explicitly request a freely-licensed photograph" but actually it requests replacement of a non-free image with a free image, something different. I think having free and replace parameters are needed. Jason Quinn (talk) 08:03, 5 August 2016 (UTC)

in = Countyname, Statename
See Help desk for details. I believe I've coded this at Template:Photo requested/sandbox, with test cases at Template:Photo requested/testcases. Could an admin or another template editor check my work and copy it to the main template? -- John of Reading (talk) 12:18, 10 August 2016 (UTC)
 * If the changes are synced, I'd like to suggest that perhaps Template:Last word is at least semiprotected. — Andy W.  ( talk  · ctb) 14:00, 10 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Did a sync with tweaks. This version uses Module:String directly (which is protected) rather than Last word. (Maybe it was a bit fussy, but I think it's safer...) Let me know if we should fix anything else correction, my bad — Andy W.  ( talk  · ctb) 23:49, 10 August 2016 (UTC) 00:05, 11 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you, using Module:String directly is a good idea. -- John of Reading (talk) 05:59, 11 August 2016 (UTC)

subject category example not showing up correctly?
As near as I can tell the basic example of the template and the one "with subject category parameter" example are the same. Not sure what the subject category example should look like but maybe the wikitext needs to be altered? Thanks Jessamyn (talk) 16:40, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

Can we make this template emit coords?
Can we make this template emit coordinates through a parameter so that it is listed on maps with requested photographs even if the article it is attached to has no coordinates set? E.g., to request an image of a statue of a person in their biographical article.  Sandstein  06:58, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

More specific media request template?
The second sentence: "Please replace this template with a more specific media request template where possible." should be removed or replaced becauase there is no more specific media request template. The sentence seems to have been copied from Template:Image_requested.--SaskatchewanSenator (talk) 18:48, 9 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done – Jonesey95 (talk) 20:02, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 8 July 2020
The link to the Free Image Search Tool is broken (404 error). I found the new link:. Please update the template with it. Thanks. — Tartan357   ( Talk ) 04:00, 8 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Nardog (talk) 04:13, 8 July 2020 (UTC)
 * seems to have moved to https://fist.toolforge.org/fist.php — this template is broken again. DemonDays64 (talk) 06:20, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for notifying me, I've fixed it as far as I could find. Nardog (talk) 06:39, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

argument should be an alias to argument
Currently, if you type,   will not work. I think this should be fixed so that it can be consistent with other templates such as citation templates, where  and   works the same. – Ase1este t@lkc0ntribs 04:26, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

The header has been changed from  should be an alias to argument  to   should be an alias to argument. – Ase1este t@lkc0ntribs 00:40, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 28 January 2021
Copy this diff in the sandbox to the main template. The documentation should be updated as well.

The change makes it so that the template accepts  as an argument, and   becomes an alias to. If both arguments are present,  is used.

Two new test cases are added to test this change.

I think the change is not controversial because the change should not break any existing proper usages of the template and does not add any new content to the template. I could be wrong about this though... – Ase1este t@lkc0ntribs 00:57, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ * Pppery * it has begun... 19:14, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

CC Search name change to Openverse
CC Search was renamed to Openverse, and began redirecting visitors to a new location in December 2021. The link currently in use redirects to the right place, but we might as well fix the name and use the new URL.

I request to change this (within the small text at the bottom of the box): Creative Commons Search to this: Openverse

This changes the first part of the URL and the link display text; the URL parameter syntax appears to have stayed the same.

Thank you! Bsoyka ( talk ) 00:14, 12 April 2022 (UTC)
 * thank you for the note, while that should be an improvement I'm wondering if we should be linking in to wordpress.org - has anyone reviewed their privacy policy? For note, this appears to be the announcement. —  xaosflux  Talk 01:05, 12 April 2022 (UTC)
 * @Xaosflux: I'm not familiar with their privacy policy. I assume, like all major websites, it's full of sneaky legalese to collect personal information. However, I will note the 60k times we already link to WordPress in the article space. Bsoyka  ( talk ) 01:11, 12 April 2022 (UTC)
 * @Bsoyka we link to all sorts of things from articles, as references can be anywhere and there is some expectation that readers understand that - we are a bit more cautious with links in our interface (note the distinct lack of these in a similar search. How about if the label says "WordPress Openverse" instead of just "Openverse" to make that more clear? —  xaosflux  Talk 01:26, 12 April 2022 (UTC)
 * @Xaosflux: Fair enough. WordPress Openverse works for me. Bsoyka  ( talk ) 01:32, 12 April 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ — xaosflux  Talk 01:56, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

Missing links
If there is "in2" and more there is no link for "Category:Wikipedians in...." Eurohunter (talk) 17:17, 21 June 2022 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 18 February 2023
Change web sites to websites per website.

— Qwerfjkl  talk  10:35, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
 * ❌. From the article's lede sentence: "A website (also written as a web site) is a..." – these alternative spellings are both acceptable. Thank you very much!  P.I. Ellsworth &thinsp;, ed.  put'er there 16:50, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 30 May 2023
The Openverse URL currently used here (https://wordpress.com/openverse/) now redirects to https://openverse.org/. Please change accordingly. Slgrandson (How's my egg-throwing coleslaw?) 04:21, 30 May 2023 (UTC)


 * .  P.I. Ellsworth &thinsp;, ed.  put'er there 09:49, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 27 September 2023: Directly link to Toolforge tool
Please change the beginning of the FIST link from  to , and the end from   to   (i.e. remove the double closing braces), so that the resulting link points directly to fist.toolforge.org, rather than going through the iw.toolforge.org/fist redirect. This should be slightly faster for users and also plays much nicer with Special:LinkSearch. Lucas Werkmeister (talk) 17:49, 27 September 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 18:12, 27 September 2023 (UTC)