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[edit] Creating Templates
How do you create a template?
- Help:Template and Wikipedia:Template namespace have the information you're looking for. Grutness...wha? 01:26, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Edit war template
I propose creating a {{edit war}}, a template to be put in talk pages stating something like "An editor has raised his concern that this article is under a prolonged edit war", and categorizes them into Category:Articles in edit war. Mediators and people who like discussing and solving problems could then check this category to find articles in need. What do you think? -- ReyBrujo 03:14, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
- I think it is a great idea. John Reaves 11:19, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] I created a template...
Well, sort of - I stole it from fr-wiki. :) It's in my sandbox. I'm just posting this here to see if anyone knows if there's something like this on en already, and whether I'm just wasting my time. Thanks! :) riana_dzasta 13:56, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
- Never mind - too much code, too clunky, plus Sceptre pointed out that #time does the same thing much more effectively. Thanks anyway! riana_dzasta 19:48, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Ignoring column rules?
I am trying to edit a template here, and what I am trying to do is make it so that each row is independent. Another words, if one row has long text for one side and another row has long text on the other side, they don't interfere with each other's spacing. Is this possible? --blm07 21:05, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] WIKIPEDIA:TEMPLATE concept
WIKIPEDIA:TEMPLATE is redirecting to this project page.
Sugestion (add text) to explain concepts:
The wiki templates are powerful tools for editing Wikipedia articles. A "wiki template" is a kind of sub-template, and the "Wikipedia Edit Language" uses the notation {{template-name}} for the sub-template reference. Use [[Template:template-name]] on edit to produce a link to the template declaration (source code defining the template).
Technical note: "Wiki template references" are embedded on the "Wikipedia Edit Language", as a web template embedded language, using the open {{ and close }} hooks, for enclose the wiki template language syntax, where valid names and valid instructions can be used, like template reference, as {{disambig}}, and conditions, as {{#if:{{{variable_foo|}}} | foo yes |foo is blank }}.
[edit] Jump to TOC
I've seen on some talk pages a template which allows you to skip past all the templates which go on a talk page (like good article, AfD nomination, featured in other languages, part of a WP, etc.). I couldn't find it in this project page. What is it, and shouldn't it be listed here? --Fbv65edel / ☑t / ☛c || 02:25, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
- It's {{skiptotoctalk}}. I've added it to Wikipedia:Template_messages/Talk_namespace. *Spark* 02:56, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks! --Fbv65edel / ☑t / ☛c || 04:26, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] {{city-state}}
This seems quite obvious, given the number of times I want to post X, Y where X is a US city with article at X, Y and Y is the state. But I couldn't find it with a search, so I created it myself. Apologies if this in inappropriate, and please merge it if such already exists. Thanks, PhilipR 06:10, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Protection log link on Template:Protected, et al
I started a discussion about adding a link to the protection log at Template talk:Protected#Protection log link. Please give your opinion if you are interested. Mike Dillon 03:14, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Game-guide content
I have a few videogame articles on my watchlist which I've contributed quite a bit too, mostly relatively stable b-quality articles. Almost all edits to these articles are of a game-guide nature, and are thus typically removed in short order by me or some other contributor.
I find two things about the situation to be quite annoying: firstly, the endless repetative work of reverting solely game-guide oriented edits, and secondly, the fact that those interested in contributing to these articles do not fully comprehend WP's stance on such content, as they might otherwise see fit to improve the articles in other respects.
Would it be appropriate to make some sort of template(s) (main-space or talk-space) advising editors to refrain (as opposed to removing/fixing, as there are already templates for that) from adding unencyclopedic content? -FrostyBytes 09:33, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
