Editing Module talk:InfoboxImage (section)

== Why is "alt" the fallback for "title"? ==

In this condition
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if title ~= "" and title ~= nil then
    result = result .. "|" .. title;
elseif alt ~= "" and alt ~= nil then
    result = result .. "|" .. alt;
end
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{{para|alt}} is used as the fallback for an image title when {{para|title}} is not present. This appears arbitrary to me and it diverges from the usual behavior of {{para|alt}} in [[File:]] constructs. As a result, articles that use InfoboxImage and alt (but not title) for each image suddenly have a title on the infobox image, but none on all others. Is there a reason that this is the case? Can this behavior be corrected (by removing lines 271 and 272)? [[User:IceWelder|<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">IceWelder</span>]] &#91;[[User talk:IceWelder|<span style="color: #424242;">&#9993;</span>]]&#93; 07:38, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
: Not sure whether anyone is even watching this talk page. {{Ping|WOSlinker}} You're the most active editor on the module. Would you mind sharing your insight? [[User:IceWelder|<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">IceWelder</span>]] &#91;[[User talk:IceWelder|<span style="color: #424242;">&#9993;</span>]]&#93; 17:22, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
:: It was just done that way so that the hover over tooltip showed some information. If there are no objections in the next week then I'll remove it. -- [[User:WOSlinker|WOSlinker]] ([[User talk:WOSlinker|talk]]) 18:29, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
::: I've updated it. -- [[User:WOSlinker|WOSlinker]] ([[User talk:WOSlinker|talk]]) 18:26, 5 November 2021 (UTC)
:::: I made this corresponding doc update https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Module:InfoboxImage/doc&type=revision&diff=1065533441&oldid=1048551125&diffmode=source Note that lines 259-262 now seem redundant <syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
        -- if alt value is a keyword then do not use as a description
        if alt == "thumbnail" or alt == "thumb" or alt == "frameless" or alt == "left" or alt == "center" or alt == "right" or alt == "upright" or alt == "border" or mw.ustring.match(alt or "", '^[0-9]*px$', 1) ~= nil then
            alt = nil;
        end
</syntaxhighlight> [[User:Arlolra|Arlolra]] ([[User talk:Arlolra|talk]]) 01:58, 14 January 2022 (UTC)