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Please apply this sandbox diff to the template (the sandbox was previously identical to the template, so copying its full contents should suffice). This will change the FIST link to link directly to the tool’s URL without going through the iw.toolforge.org redirect, which should be slightly faster for users and also plays nicer with Special:WhatLinksHere. (See also the equivalent edit request on the Photo requested template.) I tested the new version on Talk:Mojo (African-American culture) (without saving it, just via the preview), an arbitrary page using this template with some special characters (()) in the title, in order to check that the escaping isn’t broken. Lucas Werkmeister (talk) 20:22, 27 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Elli (talk | contribs) 21:52, 27 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Elli @Lucas Werkmeister The link seems dead? Free Image Search Tool _{Piotrus at Hanyang| reply here} 03:36, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like this part of the tool is broken under a new PHP version, I’ve sent a pull request to fix it. Lucas Werkmeister (talk) 18:38, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Hanyangprofessor2: Looks like it’s working again now. Lucas Werkmeister (talk) 17:38, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Lucas Werkmeister Thanks! _{Piotrus at Hanyang| reply here} 12:16, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Paine Ellsworth @NotAGenious since this is similar to your issue _{Piotrus at Hanyang| reply here} 03:37, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Just wanted to flag that I opened in Wikipedia:Bot requests a discussion about creating a bot to remove the outdated instances of this template.

7804j (talk) 18:33, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There is quite a lot of vertical blank space when the |in= parameter is used. Example below: — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 22:27, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Suggested fix on sandbox. Test cases on Template:Image requested/testcases — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 23:29, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 11:06, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There are certain countries where the category and template require a "the" to be present in the location variable, but users sometimes don't add a "the" and cause it to generate a redlinked tracking category instead of the one that does exist for that same location. The one I saw today was Talk:Pueblo Viejo mine, where somebody had typed {{Image requested|in=Dominican Republic}} instead of {{Image requested|in=the Dominican Republic}}, thus causing a redlinked Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Dominican Republic to appear at Special:WantedCategories, so I had to go in and add the word "the" to it to make the redlink go away.

I don't remember specifically what other countries were involved, but I have seen other instances like this in the past, where the redlink hinged solely on the absence of a "the" in the image requested template's in= field.

It seems like this is the kind of thing this template should account for, however, as there's no potential ambiguity that would require in=Dominican Republic to be treated differently from in=the Dominican Republic. So could somebody modify this template to ensure that it doesn't generate redlinked categories that hinge solely on the absence of a "the" from a location label that does have a category with a "the" in it? In=Dominican Republic should automatically work the same way as in=the Dominican Republic does, and I see no particular reason why I should keep having to fix redlinks of this type when they're so easily preventable. Bearcat (talk) 16:23, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Please change the word 'web site' that appears in this template to 'website', as the term is now almost always a single word. In this template's source code, the part to change appears just after the huge Toolforge URL.
Thanks, WikiEdita65 (talk) 13:03, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done – Jonesey95 (talk) 13:48, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]