Template talk:Allow Overwriting

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)[reply]

@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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

@GPSLeo, I suspect that we do not want this template itself to fall into its category, and therefore, we should wrap the category in ‎<includeonly>...‎</includeonly> -- what do you think? Elizium23 (talk) 19:47, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It makes the template easy to find when clicking on the category. But of course the category description also fulfills this purpose. GPSLeo (talk) 15:43, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, I suppose it's easier to find. I am not sure that anyone would take the situation literally and assume that the template itself can be safely overwritten. But IME, maintenance categories with a single purpose should be kept as clean as possible. Perhaps there are actual template categories which help to organize maintenance templates themselves, that would make this easier to find instead. It seems like that would be a more rigorous approach (I am also unsure why "Overwriting" is capitalized in this title as we are accustomed to using "Sentence case" with template titles, but that is neither here nor there, and it's currently enshrined in a couple of edit-filters as well.) Elizium23 (talk) 16:09, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]