Category talk:Wikipedia files that transclude the Non-free media rationale template with no Purpose specified

What's going on in this category[edit]

Do you know why the category Category:Wikipedia files that transclude the Non-free media rationale template with no Purpose specified, which I review daily, has suddenly increased from 30-60 entries, which I can keep under control, to an unmanageable 3,500+? I cannot see any reason for the increase, as random images don't seem to have been edited recently but they all do seem to be missing the purpose in the fair-use rationale. The category itself was last edited in July 2009. Quite odd indeed. ww2censor (talk) 05:44, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) The template {{logo fur}} has been edited on the 19th, it was apparently not working before. I'm going to assume that this is the reason for your sudden increase. MLauba (talk) 08:35, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Whoa! I wonder if we can recruit people to help out there? I say it tentatively, because I recently tried to recruit people to help out at WP:NFCR to the expected crickets. It seems like Wikipedia:WikiProject Images and Media might pitch in. I'll check it out. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 14:04, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Have done. Wonder if there's a bot we could get to pitch in? If the Logo is in the infobox, that ought to be an easy repair. I toss this idea out but will not pursue that one myself, since botland is strange and vaguely threatening. :) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 14:10, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Software change affects older "Logo fur" template?[edit]

The "Purpose of use" portion of an older "Logo fur" template is now causing an error to display and is attracting attention of editors who are flagging fair use images for deletion. See herefor an example of the old template and the error. The error drew a deletion notice. Replacing with a more current tag, as here, fixes the problem, but many older fair use images posted by numerous editors are now being flagged (and deleted). For example, see this discussion. Since this just started occurring, I assume a software change has caused this, but I'm not sure. Geoff ^{Who, me?} 15:26, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This is by design. File:4th World Scout Jamboree.png had a FUR added on July 10, 2009 that left |Use= blank, resulting in the 'Purpose of use field' showing the error "No purpose specified. Please edit this image description and provide a purpose" and putting it into Category:Wikipedia files that transclude the Non-free media rationale template with no Purpose specified. Same problem with File:Arnott's Shapes-pizza flavour.jpg. A bot trawls the category and eventually tags the file for deletion and we fix the empty parameter. What is probably confusing is that |Purpose= simply overrides the default text in the 'Purpose of use field' but does not fix the blank |Use= error message. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 15:43, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

BTW: FURME still has a bug where it sometimes adds a weird website by default; I fixed it on your last edit.

That is just bad template design then. If you want to fix the usage of a parameter, add error checking. This is just plain incorrect. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 16:12, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It now renders an error that describes what the problem is, but does not put it into a category that is food for incorrect deletions. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 16:40, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like the error checking for that is in {{Non-free use rationale}}. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 17:05, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That check is only for not specifying Purpose. It should not be the same check as "specifying Purpose, but not Use". At least in my humble opinion. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 19:31, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]