Template talk:More media

Repurpose Template
I see that this template isn't used very much. I think there is some potential for this to be reused once again. I see this very similarly to and, and we use these all the time. A lot of games are lacking media catalogs (see and Category:Media files by game). I propose that we revitalize this unused template, but mainly use it for main game pages, such as Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story and Mario Party 8 for two examples of games missing such files. Here's what I had in mind:


 * {| class="notice-template" style="text-align:justify;background:#C88AFF;margin:.5em 2%;padding:0 1em;border:1px solid #630;color:black" align="center"


 * Soundx.png
 * It has been suggested that audio and/or video file(s) related to this be uploaded.

Please upload all related music, sound effects, voice clips, or any videos for this section. See help how to get started.
 * }

Colors and look can be tweaked later. The wording has been changed. Also there is code to ask for specifics, just like. This would apply to lists like List of Mario Party media because not all media is there (see Juke Box).

Why not just upload the files anyways that we know are missing? I am not always available and don't know what games qualify. Also, we need to track what is missing, which is what we do with the mentioned image templates, so that way someone else can get to it. Also, we have a lot of members unaware we are looking for these files, so we can bring attention to it better this way. If this proposal passes, Category:Articles that need more media needs to be created and Maintenance needs to be updated.

If this template isn't worth the hassle of being revitalized, then it should be either be deleted or abandoned.

Proposer: Deadline: June 24, 2017, 23:59:59 GMT

Repurpose

 * 1) Per proposal
 * 2) I think this is a good idea since there are many articles that don't have audio files which they should have. Per proposal.
 * 3) Yeah. I can see this being used more often with a repurpose because it could exist with . By the way, if media table isn't on the article when it should, there should be some mention of it after this passes.
 * 4) Per all.
 * 5) Seems like a good idea to me.
 * 6) Per all.
 * 7) Per all.
 * 8) I had no idea this template existed, but it would be quite useful *cough*SuperPaperMario*cough*
 * 9) Per all.
 * 10) Per all.

Do Nothing

 * 1) We shouldn't delete it yet.

Create a new version of this template for articles that have no media
So, continuing with the proposals discouraging drive-by templating, I'd like to suggest a change that can hopefully help square up a problem that's cropped up with that. At the moment, we have two different templates for articles that need more images: Template:More images, which is for articles that have one or two but need a few more, or perhaps have quite a few but need some to illustrate specific things, and Template:Image, which is for articles that need any images to go on them. With the first one, you can easily put a reason on the template, like "More screenshots", "Missing artwork", "Pictures of Bowser Jr. in-game", etc., whereas with the second one, you'd struggle to put a reason much better than "literally anything", which is why we have the separate template without the reason parameter. With this template though, you need to add a reason so you haven't left an empty template, and for articles with no media whatsoever, we're back to "literally anything". That's why I'm suggesting that we create a new version of this template in the vein of Template:Image, for articles that need at least on piece of media so we don't have empty media templates everywhere. As a small other change as well, the wording on this template would be tweaked to explicitly ask for more media, while the other one would be something more along the lines of "One or more pieces of media be uploaded for this page". The new usage page would also specify that it's mostly for use on game pages, as that's where this crops up most often and is usually what it needs to be applied for.

Note: I'm currently not sure what to name this new template, as Template:Media already exists with a different purpose, so some suggestions would be appreciated. I haven't got anything much better in mind than "no-media" or "media-missing" at the moment.

Proposer: Deadline: May 12, 2023, 23:59 GMT

Support

 * 1) Per proposal.
 * 2) Per proposal.
 * 3) Yes.
 * 4) - Could've sworn we already had a template for this, but... We don't, somehow??? There's no "Wanted Images/Wanted Media" template, at all, and it's not even listed on the maintenance section. This feels like something we should've had a long, long time ago, but we just don't. The only question is, uh, do we also have to add something for this on the Maintenance section, as well? And if so, should we potentially move this proposal elsewhere than just a template's talk page? This feels like it has the potential to have ramifications that are something a little too important to be shuffled over here, basically. ;p
 * 5) Per proposal.
 * 6) Per proposal.

Comments
@Camwood777 I don't know if we need to move it necessarily, but you are right, it probably will need a new section on the Maintenance page, I didn't think of that, so thank you. I don't think adding it in will be that complicated though- much like the whole idea for this template, I think we can just mirror what has been done with the Image template- A new line can be added kind of like this (This is just a quick mockup by the way): And the wording on the current media line can be amended slightly to remove the reference to pages requiring at least one piece of media. Does that just about cover it, or have I managed to miss something else? BBQ Turtle (talk) 16:00, April 28, 2023 (EDT)