Allow duplicate gallery names

photologue/forms.py

@@ -120,12 +120,6 @@ class UploadForm(forms.Form):
             Submit("submit", _("Upload"), css_class="btn btn-success mt-2"),
         )
 
-    def clean_new_gallery_title(self):
-        title = self.cleaned_data["new_gallery_title"]
-        if title and Gallery.objects.filter(title=title).exists():
-            raise forms.ValidationError(_("A gallery with that title already exists."))
-        return title
-
     def clean(self):
         cleaned_data = super().clean()
 
@@ -148,9 +142,15 @@ class UploadForm(forms.Form):
         if not gallery:
             # Create new gallery
             title = self.cleaned_data.get("new_gallery_title")
+            base_slug = slugify(title)
+            slug = base_slug
+            counter = 2
+            while Gallery.objects.filter(slug=slug).exists():
+                slug = f"{base_slug}-{counter}"
+                counter += 1
             gallery = Gallery.objects.create(
                 title=title,
-                slug=slugify(title),
+                slug=slug,
                 date_start=self.cleaned_data["new_gallery_date_start"],
                 date_end=self.cleaned_data["new_gallery_date_end"],
                 description=self.cleaned_data["new_gallery_description"],

photologue/migrations/0006_allow_duplicate_gallery_titles.py

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 6.0.4 on 2026-04-22 10:58
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('photologue', '0005_add_can_resolve_censorship_permission'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='gallery',
+            name='title',
+            field=models.CharField(max_length=250, verbose_name='title'),
+        ),
+    ]

photologue/models.py

@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class TagField(models.CharField):
 
 
 class Gallery(models.Model):
-    title = models.CharField(_("title"), max_length=250, unique=True)
+    title = models.CharField(_("title"), max_length=250)
     slug = models.SlugField(
         _("title slug"),
         unique=True,