Template talk:WikiProjectBannerShell

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Contents 1 "Nested=" 2 WPBIO 3 Why two? 4 Template update request

[edit] "Nested="

Supposing I wanted to use this, how would I go about enabling the nested= parameter on a WikiProject banner? —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 19:44, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Simple version: take the table-opening line in the current banner, which is usually in the following form:

{| class="messagebox standard-talk"
|-

and replace it with:

{| class="{{#ifeq:{{{nested|}}}|yes|collapsible collapsed messagebox nested-talk|{{#ifeq:{{{small|}}}|yes|messagebox small-talk|messagebox standard-talk}}}}"
|-
{{#ifeq:{{{nested|}}}|yes|
! colspan="2" style="text-align: center" {{!}} [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Topic|Topic WikiProject]] {{#if:{{{class|}}}|     (Rated {{{class}}}-Class)}}
}}
|-

substituting the correct WikiProject link. Kirill Lokshin 20:05, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WPBIO

Has anybody had any luck getting this to work with WPBIO's banner?↔NMajdan•talk 21:28, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

WPBio has a dozen different tables, which might be hyperbole, but not by much. I've taken a brief look at it and tried to make sense of it, but haven't really had much success. One of the challenges is to keep the BLP table outside the nested table. -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 00:09, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes, that is indeed important, and the other container doesn't address that issue either.

If anything I'd contend that {{WPBiography}} is a special case which could be allowed to live on a talk page outside of any containers. It's quite an efficient usage of talk page space as it handles assessments for many different workgroups and WikiProjects, as well as displaying the living persons warning, the active politician warning, and maintenance messages like "photo needed". --kingboyk 13:44, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Why two?

Why do we have both {{WikiProjectBannerShell}} and {{WikiProjectBanners}}? Having two banners doing - at first glance, correct me if I'm wrong - essentially the same thing is going to make developing automated processes to apply and manipulate this scheme all the more difficult... --kingboyk 13:20, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

This one shows what WikiProjects the article is apart of and the rating without having to expand anything. Many people complained that with {{WikiProjectBanners}}, the WikiProjects were essentially hidden unless the banner was expanded. This one shows the WikiProjects and rating without expanding. Unfortunately, this one requires a simple code change.↔NMajdan•talk 13:37, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Ah, I see. So this one requires special support by the WikiProject template, whereas the other is simply a generic container? --kingboyk 13:42, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Correct. The previous section on this talk page contains the code that needs to be added to a WikiProject's banner which allows it to be "nested." But, as I said, the benefit of this is a user that goes directly to a talk page (such as Talk:2007 Fiesta Bowl) can immediately see which WikiProjects this article is apart of and the assessment rating.↔NMajdan•talk 13:44, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for clearing that up. --kingboyk 13:45, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Template update request

Can anyone help make {{ME-project}} suitable for nesting (if that is the right expression)? Carcharoth 16:02, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Sure. I've added the nesting option to that template. -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 19:20, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. Let's see if all this works at Talk:J. R. R. Tolkien and Talk:The Lord of the Rings... Carcharoth 21:43, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Of course, I forgot that the other WikiProjects on those talk pages are behind the curve at the moment. :-) They haven't implemented the nesting option. Oh well. I still added WP:M-E to the list on the front page here. Carcharoth 21:47, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

One template at a time... :) -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 22:43, 5 April 2007 (UTC)