Template talk:Flickr-change-of-license/en
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Sometimes the flickr image is deleted
[edit]Sometimes the flickr image is deleted so could the template be changed slightly to say; "The Flickr user has since changed the licensing to be more restrictive or has deleted the image from flickr". Off course, this would need changing in all the different language templates. Snowmanradio (talk) 09:55, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
- Agreed. I've changed the text to simply say that the Flickr user has stopped distributing the file using the stated license. I also removed the boldface please note, which only seemed to grab attention away from the part of the template that actually says anything noteworthy (several other language versions had already omitted this). I've also changed "image" to "file," since Flickr and Commons also allow uploading of videos. Finally, I've added a passage explaining the consequences of irrevocable licenses. —LX (talk, contribs) 10:00, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
- @LX: Is there a reason you linked the last dot? Also, the link could be interwikied to get rid of the external link symbol … FDMS 4 15:21, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
- It was probably because of that symbol. It's not good typography to let footnote symbols and the like separate punctuation marks from adjacent characters. Unfortunately, Denniss has fully protected the page yet again in spite of Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/Blocks and protections/Archive 7#Template:Flickr-change-of-license, Template:Flickr-change-of-license/lang and Template:Flickr-change-of-license/en, even though the template had still never been vandalised by any autoconfirmed users, so unfortunately, I can't change the link. :-( —LX (talk, contribs) 16:08, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
- I agree with you that there is not really a reason for fully protecting that many templates … Hopefully Denniss has been echoed. FDMS 4 17:13, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
- Apparently so, but instead of reducing the needless protection, I guess he decided to do this instead. See what I mean about bad typography? —LX (talk, contribs) 17:32, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
- Yes and no – in my eyes, a linked dot hurts more … FDMS 4 17:43, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
- Apparently so, but instead of reducing the needless protection, I guess he decided to do this instead. See what I mean about bad typography? —LX (talk, contribs) 17:32, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
- I agree with you that there is not really a reason for fully protecting that many templates … Hopefully Denniss has been echoed. FDMS 4 17:13, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
- It was probably because of that symbol. It's not good typography to let footnote symbols and the like separate punctuation marks from adjacent characters. Unfortunately, Denniss has fully protected the page yet again in spite of Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/Blocks and protections/Archive 7#Template:Flickr-change-of-license, Template:Flickr-change-of-license/lang and Template:Flickr-change-of-license/en, even though the template had still never been vandalised by any autoconfirmed users, so unfortunately, I can't change the link. :-( —LX (talk, contribs) 16:08, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
- @LX: Is there a reason you linked the last dot? Also, the link could be interwikied to get rid of the external link symbol … FDMS 4 15:21, 10 April 2014 (UTC)