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)
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I suggest deleting all of those placeholder images. They show up in a lot of maintenance categories and do not seem useful. If you don't want people to upload files with that name, then it is enough to simply protect the file name. --
Stefan2 (
talk)
18:05, 3 January 2016 (UTC)reply
Also, things like
File:Otters.jpg need to be resolved. Users sometimes copy wikicode from one project to another project, and it is confusing if you see different images on different projects. I solved
File:Otters.jpg by uploading it to Commons under a different name and then tagging it for speedy deletion. --
Stefan2 (
talk)
18:12, 3 January 2016 (UTC)reply
Local salting on English Wikipedia is inappropriate in many ways. One problem is that it is still possible to upload files with the same name on Commons, causing trouble for us when we need to unshadow Commons and for the uploader who can't use the file on English Wikipedia until it has been unshadowed on Commons. It would in my opinion be a very good idea to unsalt all file names on English Wikipedia and then salt the same file names on Commons instead. --
Stefan2 (
talk)
13:48, 24 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
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
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.
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. --
GreenC02:35, 3 December 2023 (UTC)reply