User:Ingoolemo/Threads/05/12/08

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[edit] no source images

Hello,

I had a general questions. I no source tagged a bunch of images from the Wikipedia:Untagged images page. Today I noticed from my watch list that you nsd tagged them. Did I tag them wrong? What is the difference between no source and nsd and when should one be used in preference to the other. --Kaiserb 18:33, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

I created {{nsd}} this morning as a way of thinning out CAT:NS. In terms of policy, there's no difference between {{nsd}} and {{no source}}. The difference is the categories that the template puts the image in. For example, {{no source|December 5}} puts the image in Category:Images with unknown source, but {{nsd|December 5}} puts the image in Category:Images with unknown source: December 5. Any admin clearing out CAT:NS will know for certain that images in the latter category can be deleted after December 12, whereas in the former category they'd have to go through all the individual images looking for ones that could be deleted.

The short version: nsd makes things slightly easier for admins on patrol. Ingoolemo ^talk 18:38, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

And with regards to when one is preferred: the nsd tag should always be preferred if you agree with the goals I state above. If you disagree with the importance of my goals or believe that there's something wrong with using the nsd, then don't use it. Ingoolemo ^talk 18:40, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks much. I will mark the images nsd in the future.