Template talk:Better source requested

Latest comment: 3 years ago by BegbertBiggs in topic Requested move 20 November 2020

Comments edit

I'd like to consider changing the text of this template to read:-

"This image has source information, but it either links directly to the image or is a generic base URL, is not an Internet source for an image that was likely found on the Internet, or is a screen capture obtained from an unofficial source.

Better source information should be provided so that the copyright status can be verified by others. It is requested that a better source be provided to make determination of the copyright information easier. Please provide a URL to an HTML page that contains this image. See Wikipedia:Citing sources#Images for more information."

This is so that the template and the associated request it makes is also able to cover screenshot's obtained from forums/You Tube etc..

Sfan00 IMG (talk) 11:55, 3 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

Policy? edit

This template does not appear to be backed by policy. The entire Citing Sources page does not discuss images, and all the ones I have found do not specify whether the source is the page or the file. Wikimedia Commons does this, but we don't. — trlkly 08:29, 14 October 2011 (UTC)Reply

Link target edit

Wikipedia:Citing sources#Images does not exist at this time. --Itu (talk) 11:50, 17 November 2015 (UTC)Reply

The page Wikipedia:Citing sources does exist, but there isn't a section titled Images. However, the section titled Multimedia does seem appropriate. Senator2029 “Talk” 12:43, 12 June 2018 (UTC)Reply

Requested move 20 November 2020 edit

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Consensus to move (non-admin closure) BegbertBiggs (talk) 17:20, 28 November 2020 (UTC)Reply



Template:BsrTemplate:Better source requested – Expand acronym * Pppery * it has begun... 13:48, 20 November 2020 (UTC)Reply

  • Support. This is the type of acronym change I've been trying to get done to other templates as well. Primefac (talk) 14:01, 20 November 2020 (UTC)Reply
  • Conditional support as long as the old name is kept around indefinitely as a redirect, a la {{ill}} and other "save me from typing" template redirects. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 15:44, 20 November 2020 (UTC)Reply
    That is almost always the case. I see no reason to not have the redirect available. Primefac (talk) 16:18, 20 November 2020 (UTC)Reply
  • Support makes sense. – SD0001 (talk) 16:53, 20 November 2020 (UTC)Reply
  • All inscrutables should be named something meaningful. ~ Amory (utc) 01:10, 21 November 2020 (UTC)Reply
  • Support per nom — Amkgp 💬 05:25, 28 November 2020 (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.