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Add

["african cinema"] = "Africa-map-TAN.svg|link=|alt=map"

to Module:Portal/images/a to show up as the portal's icon in the WikiProject's banner and template. Assem Khidhr (talk) 01:20, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done, except icon requires a link because it is CC licensed. — hike395 (talk) 11:42, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Please add the following: ["washington, d.c."] = "Flag_of_Washington,_D.C.svg|link=|alt=", Thanks! '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk|contribs) 07:55, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Completed. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 08:53, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Please change the icon for Portal:Psychiatry from File:American Lady Against The Sky.jpg to File:Psi and Caduceus.svg. Jeaucques Quœure (talk) 06:03, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done — hike395 (talk) 08:46, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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["risk"] = "Warning icon.svg|link=|alt=icon",
Add the above line to Module:Portal/images/r for use on ((User WP Risk)). Tule-hog (talk) 19:31, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Sohom (talk) 20:13, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Moved from Module talk:Portal

Fixed, and a typo. Izno (talk) 22:13, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello everyone: can someone please set the portal icon for Portal:Peace? I propose PeaceAndLoveBus.svg which well encapsulates activism, nonviolent resistance, and historical demonstrations which is a primary feature of the category; or the more generic Peace dove icon.svg or Peace button.svg. Thank you very much. Evedawn99 (talk) 20:29, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have implemented the dove because it is vectorized and works in dark mode..... that said if this is not ideal a discussion could take place if a change warranted or wanted. Moxy🍁 01:51, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In Module:Portal/images/other, some decade portals have

|link=

included, and some do not. The list of decade portals that have this property are:

• 1920s
• 1930s
• 1940s
• 1950s
• 1960s
• 2000s
• 2020s (in some other file)

The list of decade portals that do not have this property are:

• 1970s
• 1980s
• 1990s
• 2010s

The effect of including the link parameter or not is that the picture associated with the portal becomes a link to the File: page on Wikipedia of that image if it is not included, or it becomes just a static image with no link if the link parameter is explicitly set as an empty string. The inconsistency is apparently unintentional, as these specific decade portals are commonly linked together on many pages, such as at Zillennials#See_also, leading to inconsistent behaviour of Portal images in the same Portals box.

A decision should be made whether or not it is ever desirable to link to the File namespace (maybe desirable, but it seems that perhaps sometimes the decision has been made to intentionally not link to it). In either case, a change should be made that the link parameter be included or omitted consistently in the definitions of these specific decade portals.

However, this issue may alternatively be handled at the top Module:Portal level, if it is determined appropriate to never link to File namespace by default. It could be done to implement the same behaviour as link=[nothing] if the parameter is not included. This would reduce the risk of editors forgetting to include the parameter, handling it properly by default, if Portal images are never intended to link to File namespace. Thanks, Hubcapp (talk) 08:23, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]