Template talk:Metatmp
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- this is cross post to 82.212.68.183
- Seems he wanted to simply some logic, which had some validity, though is mistimed.
Hey! re: rv 7 September 2006 82.212.68.183 uninformed changes... these won't work on all sites with your alterations.
Congrats! I just more than doubled my total reverts on all the wiki's IN OVER 7,000 edits, give or take in two years! Good job! (Not!) MY, oh, my! You were enthusiastic! Why didn'y you post a query? Try email if in a hurry, though I've been off wiki most of today!
I know your intentions were good, but the logical test you removed is currently a Right Thing, while we work out the details and overall design of these templates. Besides, I HATE REDLINKS, and your version will create such on most sister's. For the moment, it's important that all versions be identical on all the sister's. Eventually, we may evolve to your form on all but the home template, which here on en.wp or Meta, is moot... but not otherwise!
Whilst the templates are 'generally' useless as a self-reference in their home space, they can be used to tag, create, or reach the sister templates XXXXXtmp1, XXXXXtmp2, depending, or another template name from inside a preview window. This obviously aids transfering several versions of new files from offline files on their home site. Your version won't allow that. A 'commons:' prefix dies on the commons, a 'wikiquote:' (or q:) dies on Wikiquote, a 'Wikisource:' dies on Wikisource, etc., and all giving bad links. The only two that work on their own site are 'w:' and 'm:'. The standardized form was chosen as an iterim convienience to easily cut and paste changes from one to another less evolved template. This is a WIP, AFTER ALL!
Note the logic is written for them (See one with interwiki's, say ) to serve as dual source code for one alternative need solution in the system. This method may be depreciated once things settle in favor of say blanking the 'SITE' template call in the array displayed by the interwikitmp-grps autotagging and control templates. Until that analysis is completed, along with a fuller picture of the different sister's category systems, please leave this system alone. I'll be glad to collaborate, as I am via email with several, but... well... 'WIP', so for now, just remember your good intentions and the waste of both our time. (I don't have enough to spare, do you? <g>) Don't forget what they say about good intentions and Hell! Cheers! // FrankB 22:59, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
