Template talk:FileInfo

Adding a Promotional parameter
Currently, the Promotional template is being used to add game-specific categories but it should be fairly simple to add support for promotional media into FileInfo itself via an optional parameter (probably boolean), deprecating the Promotional template. The game is already specified in FileInfo so the module can autoadd the correct promo category. This would also simplify updating all promo files. It could be taken further, such as automatically adding a notice to discourage editing or file deletion. Thoughts or suggestions? 19:18, 27 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I think it's a good idea. 🙂 PhantomCaleb (talk) 23:00, 27 January 2023 (UTC)
 * On second thought, it seems like all promotional images are screenshots, yes? In that case, perhaps an alternative solution could be to add a  file type to FileInfo config data? PhantomCaleb (talk) 05:57, 28 January 2023 (UTC)
 * There is at least one Artwork and I could see justification for more Artworks (I'd say probably more than 10) to be classed as such so a separate parameter would cover those (and any other promo non-screenshots) and leaves open the possibility of expanding the promotional categories and automatically populating them. 09:57, 28 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm still not seeing a compelling reason to add a new parameter as opposed to adding additional type values... Adding a boolean parameter doubles the number of possible inputs, most of which would be invalid.
 * I wonder if we should recategorize "Renders" as "Promotional Models"... PhantomCaleb (talk) 02:17, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Additional type values would make at least "Promotional Screenshot", "Promotional Artwork", "Promotional Photograph" (example) and "Promotional Video" (example) a necessity and would effectively be a change in policy on how we handle promotional media (imo). Not saying this is right or wrong but it's a separate, more thorough discussion that I won't be involved in (My last reply is ultimately irrelevant to my initial suggestion). I suggested the boolean as that keeps the categories the way they currently are while removing the need for a separate template. But if there needs to be a policy discussion on how we categorize promotional media (and renders), this issue should probably be closed and that should happen first. 10:54, 3 February 2023 (UTC)