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I would like to propose a new coaching template to notify users who violate the User Image Policy
. I think that creating this template is a good idea because many users unknowingly choose a user image that violates the policy. I think that creating such a template will make it easier for us to notify users that their image violates the policy. My proposal for what the new template will say is the following.
The template will be {{Userimage}} and it will be based on the {{ Username
}} template. My proposed text of the template (in wikitext) is:
Hello {{BASEPAGENAME}}. Thanks for joining wikiHow! We’re happy that you decided to join us. However, I noticed that your user image is in violation of our [[wikiHow:User Image Policy|User Image Policy]].<br><br>
If you’re not sure how your user image violates our policy, just ask me by replying to this message! <br><br>
Don’t worry, you won’t get blocked or anything, but you will need to change your user image. You can choose whatever image you want, as long as it complies with the [[wikiHow:User Image Policy|User Image Policy]]. To change your image, just go to your [[Special:MyPage|user page]], then click on “edit” to change the image, or click “remove” which will reset your image to the default one. Both of these buttons are under the image. Please let me know if you need any help or have any questions.
The template will also be able to accept arguments at the end of it like the Username template to allow the middle text to change. I propose the arguments to be the following:
If the template is written as {{Userimage|ani}}, then the middle text will say, “Animated images are not allowed to be used as your wikiHow profile picture.”
If the template is written as {{Userimage|not}}, then the middle text will say, “It appears that the person in the user image is not you. If you use a picture of someone, them make sure that person is you, we don’t want you impersonating someone else.”
If the template is written as {{Userimage|off}}, then the middle text will say, “Since this collaborative project depends on civility among its editors, we don’t allow user images that are offensive, inflammatory, disturbing, or that depict nudity. Keep it clean!”
If the template is written as {{Userimage|cop}}, then the middle text will say, “It appears that your user image is a copyrighted image. When you chose a user image, you must own the copyright for it, or have permission to use it.”
I’m not 100% settled on the three letter codes, so if anybody has better suggestions, please comment below.
Please let me know what you think, and if you have any suggestions. I have been using a message that is very similar to this template proposal for a while, and my experience is that good faith contributors will often change their user image after receiving it, so I think that it is an effective message. I also have used this message more that I use some other coaching templates that currently exist, so I think that the usage of this template will be often enough to justify its creation.
Please comment bellow on whether or not you think that this is a good idea, and if you have any questions, comments, suggestions, or concerns, then please comment below, and I will try to address them. Thank you.
