Wikipedia:Centralized discussion/Image placeholders/Additional Proposals

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Proposal 5: If image placeholder use is retained under proposal 1 above, then Wikipedia image placeholders should be listed at expansion requests.[edit]

If the use of placeholder images in article space is retained, then the Category:Wikipedia image placeholders should be listed along with other approved expansion request messages at template message Expansion requests. The alternative would be to create Wikipedia:Image messages to go along with Wikipedia:Template messages.

  • Agree (as proposer). There should be a centralized collection of expansion requests message approved to be posted in article space, whether in template form, image form, or any other form. GregManninLB (talk) 16:04, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - Image request templates are just like any other maintenance template, and should be treated the same way. — Omegatron (talk) 23:18, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      • This proposal is now closed as of Wednesday, April 23 (12.00 GMT/UTC)****

Proposal 6: If image placeholder use is retained under proposal 1 above, then each Wikipedia image placeholder should be coded to warn of their misuse when used outside of an Infobox.[edit]

If the use of placeholder images in article space is retained, then code should be added to each placeholder at Category:Wikipedia image placeholders to warn that its use is restricted to be inside an infobox template.

  • Agree (as proposer). The assumption appears to be that all 96 image placeholders are being used in infobox template. To help insure that, a warning system should be implemented to let the poster know that such image should only be used inside an infobox template. {{Check talk}} is an example warning system for talk page templates, and a {{Check infobox}} warning message may be developed to display and encourage people to use the image placeholder only within infoboxes. GregManninLB (talk) 16:51, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • This seems to duplicate proposal 3 (I think) which states that the way image placeholders are used should be changed. --Cherry blossom tree 16:53, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
This isn't posible. You can't add code to images in that way.Geni 17:49, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Agree with Geni - I can't see a practical way to code this. Guroadrunner (talk) 06:43, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - Why would we restrict this to being inside an infobox? — Omegatron (talk) 23:20, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      • This proposal is now closed as of Wednesday, April 23 (12.00 GMT/UTC)****