Summary
Uploaders on Commons are inadvertently using the {{3dpatent}} template on non-3D files. Research if there is a way to check filetype against template to prevent its addition.
Description
When uploading files users can define licensing templates to be used with the resulting file. Some users, as pointed out in the below discussion, are accidentally applying the licensing template for 3D objects. This causes confusion and is inaccurate. It also creates work for volunteer maintainers to remove/correct the licensing information after the upload.
Suggestions
- Rename the template to be more descriptive (which may prevent some errant template usage, but not all)
- Figure out a way to detect the use of the template, compare it to the file type, and if the file type is not 3D, present a message to the uploader of the mismatch.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump/Proposals#God_has_joined_Commons!