Template talk:Allow Overwriting

Thoughts

1. a parameter of expiration timestamp should be added.
2. it is the expected time before which overwriting should be finished. 7 days by default should be good.
3. files can be sorted by the timestamp (aka chronologically) in the tracking cat.
4. a bot can be tasked to remove the template after the expiration time is reached. or a user using vfc can do that.
5. "Files overwritable for all" might be a shorter title.

RZuo (talk) 17:15, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

@GPSLeo: i believe placement of this template should generally be temporary. take action before the tracking cat becomes too large to maintain. RZuo (talk) 18:32, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

The majority of the files also has the {{Current}} template where this template should not be removed. For the other files we could now start to remove the template for the first requests. GPSLeo (talk) 18:48, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

so you can set the parameter to a particular value to indicate that the template is placed because of {{Current}} in those cases.

anyway i dont intend to make the effort of designing the template. if as i expect the category goes out of control you take care of the mess. RZuo (talk) 08:14, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

Removal guidance needed

I just removed this template from File:Separation axioms.svg after performing the overwrite I requested it for. I couldn't find any guidance on whether I should do this. Such guidance should be found both in the documentation for this template and at Commons:Overwriting existing files/requests. Joriki (talk) 02:14, 14 December 2023 (UTC)