Template talk:Self

message: Can we have this modified so that specifying the Author parameter shows this:
(if author=Quasar)
"Quasar, the author of this work, hereby publishes it under the following license:"
Rather than the current way, which shows this (which is grammatically broken):
"Quasar, hereby publish it under the following license:"
--Quasar 00:35, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You can linkify your own name by using wiki markup, i.e. use something like .  I agree that that I'd be nice to fix the grammar.  —RP88 00:50, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

text: Cbrown1023 talk 02:31, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Author grammar

message: Can the text of the template help reflect the "author=" parameter, similar to what is written at :COMMONS:template:self? -N 14:02, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Done I've created a documentation page for the template at ; the documentation can be edited by non-admins, so feel free to change it to be more useful (I've started it in an attempt to fulfil the request, but you can probably explain it better than I can). You can do any further documentation changes yourself. --ais523 08:58, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Edit request

message: Hi- The template is currently written in a way that incorrectly declines the verbs "have" and "publish". When the author argument(term?) is set to "I"--if I understand the template code correctly--the template generates an incorrect English sentence. For example, here is what happens when I add the template  under a photo: "I, EHM02667, the copyright holder of this work, has published or hereby publishes it under the following licenses:". (Those words should be have and publish). Or, am I maybe using the template incorrectly? Thanks in advance. -Eric (talk) 21:40, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe this template is setup correctly. The author= parameter should just be set to the user name (i.e., author=EHM02667. If this doesn't resolve the issue, please feel free to re-enable the editprotected request. Cheers. --MZMcBride 21:16, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, MZ; that's what I tried in the end, but I wanted to be sure that was how it was meant to be used. The "author=I" setting that I saw somewhere confused me. -Eric (talk) 14:28, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Request to fix English problem

message: Can someone tell me why all the licenses should say this at the bottom?  Just upon casual reading, it looks like someone who would want to reuse the content can select freely from among the licenses listed?  Am I missing something? --Aquatiki (talk) 09:01, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  You may select the license of your choice. 

message: I have written up a version using the imbox classes at . There are some tests at :Image:Example_for_imbox_testing.png#Template:Self.2Ftestcases (current template followed by imbox version). Any comments? —Ms2ger (talk) 10:57, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Why isn't it using the  template? --MZMcBride (talk) 17:46, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: How exactly would you fit it in there? It's not really your average message box, you know… —Ms2ger (talk) 19:04, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:   Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the  template. --Elonka 23:54, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Imbox 

message: Please copy the changes from Commons:Template:Self to this template. multichill (talk) 20:12, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Could we have some background to this request please? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 21:54, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Dragons flight changed this template to make all images tagged with GFDL end up in :Category:License migration candidates. A lot of these images are tagged with both GFDL and cc-by-sa-3.0. These images also end up in :Category:License migration candidates. This change will enable . Images tagged with both GFDL and templates listed at  will now end up in :Category:License migration redundant. This is the case for most images in :Commons:Category:License migration redundant. multichill (talk) 11:16, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I have asked DF to comment on this, as I don't understand enough about it. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 11:38, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I think this is fine.  To be honest I only just now figured out what multichill's change did.  Dragons flight (talk) 08:08, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, so how to implement it? Multichill, can you explain the purpose of  because we don't have that template here. Ideally, you could put your proposed code in the /sandbox. Thanks — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 09:39, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: . I've tested out coding and implemented this. There shouldn't be any bugs, but if there are let me or another admin know so that it can be reverted or fixed. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 16:48, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copy redundant check from Commons 

message: Please remove the break between  and the start of the table, as it adds empty space even when placed below the Licensing heading.  It's also not needed, as  simply adds a category and has no visual output.  So the top line should look like:
{| style="margin:0.5em auto; width:90%; background-color:#f0f0f0; border:2px solid #aaaaaa; padding:2px;" Thanks. – Adrignola talk 15:47, 2 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 12:02, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Remove break 

message: Please undo the wonky edit by AnomieBOT.  —RP88 (talk) 18:28, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Done Jackmcbarn (talk) 19:02, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Undo edit by AnomieBOT 

message: When used with the GFDL parameter, including the two such examples in , viz:
* 
* 
This template generates a Multiline table in list lint error. I unambiguously state that this template needs to be modified to not cause this lint error. Anomalocaris (talk) 20:06, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please make your requested changes to the template's sandbox first; see WP:TESTCASES. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 20:53, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

text: MSGJ: That's not my job. I am a general-purpose Wikipedia editor and fixer, but I have no expertise in messy template editing. This template is generating lint errors. Those who worked on it in the past should fix their mistakes. The main problem is probably that Wikipedia does not really like nested tables, as caused by the GFDL parameter. —Anomalocaris (talk) 21:21, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
replies: text:  as this is not a ready to go edit that is only being blocked by protection.  Feel free to continue discussing ways to improve this page. — xaosflux Talk 23:28, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: This template should only be used on image pages.
coming from the first unnamed parameter, and failing to emit a newline, and then emitting markup on the same line equivalent to , coming from .
So all I am asking for is to emit a newline character between processing the first and second unnamed parameters. I hope this should be specific enough for you. —Anomalocaris (talk) 06:05, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

text: (see next section). — xaosflux Talk 14:30, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template-protected edit request on 20 February 2018 

message: Description of suggested change: "I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish, it under the following license" isn't proper grammar, the third comma should be removed.
Diff:
 ~ Eejit43 (talk) 13:02, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 13:11, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request 4 January 2024