Wikipedia:Requested templates/Existing/2007/March

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[edit] Ambiguous Dating

I originally put this on Wikipedia talk:Template messages but have gotten no reply, so I'll try here.

Is there a template to put either on top of an article or section or at the end of a sentence that asks for clarification of words like "recently" or "soon"? If there isn't, I'd be happy to make it. I'd just need to know which is preferred: a general top-of-page one, a specific sentence one, or both. Mr.Z-mantalk¢Review! 01:08, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

As far as I know, your only options at present are either {{cleanup}} or {{update after}}. You could also replace those statements with "As of <date statement was added>". —dgiestc 20:59, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
Adding "As of <date statement was added>" would work, but only in recent additions, otherwise this could mean looking through quite a few revisions. Someone on the help desk suggested Template:Recentism but even that doesn't quite cover it. Unless someone objects, I'll make both templates (A general top-of-page one and a specific end-of-sentence one). Mr.Z-mantalk¢Review! 23:32, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 'Too Many Template Messages' Template Message

Please see the Synopsis section of Sentou Yousei Yukikaze, which could use one of these. If one existed, it'd be a good warning sign that an article/a section should be completely re-done, not just tweaked for minor aspects.

Try {{Sectionrewrite}}. Mr.Z-mantalk¢Review! 20:43, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Question about the Film infobox template

Why isn't there a "Reviews" option for the film infobox? The album infobox has one, and when viewed, it appears as "Professional Reviews," where you can place the name of the reviewer/review site and the number of stars.

This is how the "Reviews" option looks on the template in the edit pane for AC/DC's Back in Black:

| Reviews = * [[All Music Guide]] {{rating-5|5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wzaxqjkboj6a link]

Now, let's say we added this to the template for the film infobox. The box for the movie Halloween would look like this:

| Reviews = * [[Roger Ebert]] {{rating-4|4}} [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19791031/REVIEWS/40823003/1023 link]

I'll only request it if someone responds, because I'm not sure if this has been answered/covered already. Leaving it like a question for now makes me look like less of a dumbass. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Helltopay27 (talk • contribs)

  • This is a fully-protected template, so to edit it you would need to get consensus and help from an admin. There has been some previous discussion in this old thread where people were largely against the inclusion of "community review" sites. There has been no mention of professional reviews that I know of. If you want to go ahead with this, post at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Films and lay out your case. If people agree with you, post a request to edit a protected page at WP:RPP. —dgiestc 22:35, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
I'll take this one, if it's okay with the rest of you. anthonycfc [talk] 05:25, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
N Not done - rejected by the WikiProject as unnecessary. anthonycfc [talk] 05:29, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
Can you point me to the thread? —dgiestc 05:35, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Problem with Template:Episode list

Template:Episode list doesn't work on large pages, see discussion, and for example the bottom of this page. Maybe someone can locate the problem. If it is caused by a Wikimedia bug, it would be good to have some simpler template that reproduces the bug. -- memset 21:25, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

I have investigated this. Please see my post at the village pump [1]. —dgiestc 22:23, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Embassy Template

I am requesting a template for all articles about International Embassies with information like the ambassador, the location, the representative country, a place for the respective flag, etc... Thank you Rory for suomi 08:51, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

There already is one, use {{Infobox Diplomatic Mission}} —dgiestc 08:54, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Google search

I have not been able to find a Google search template; specifically, I'd like a template that I could use as a shortcut to a Google search. For example, I'd type {{Google|Teawood Fighters}} and it would produce a Google search for Teawood Fighters. If one like this already exists, please forgive my shortsightedness. V-Man - T/C 04:14, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

What exactly would you need this for? Mr.Z-mantalk¢Review! 04:25, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
Also, the problem is with spaces. Google searches replace a space with a +, but a space in an external link ends the URL. For example [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow Fever Yellow fever on Wikipedia] returns Fever Yellow fever on Wikipedia, not what you would want, Yellow fever on Wikipedia. Mr.Z-mantalk¢Review! 20:29, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
This would be used in the Reference desks, and possibly on article talk pages, to help generate sources from the internet more quickly. I have to shrug at the "space" problem; is there a way that you could get the template to just translate a space as a "+" as a text bit for the URL? V-Man - T/C 01:18, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

What about something like: [http://www.google.com/search?q={{{1}}}{{#if:{{{2}}}|+{{{2}}}}}{{#if:{{{3}}}|+{{{3}}}}}{{#if:{{{4}}}|+{{{4}}}}}{{#if:{{{5}}}|+{{{5}}}}}&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 Google search of {{{1}}}{{#if:{{{2}}}| {{{2}}}}}{{#if:{{{3}}}| {{{3}}}}}{{#if:{{{4}}}| {{{4}}}}}{{#if:{{{5}}}| {{{5}}}}} ? It isn't a great solution, but without StringFunctions, we can't do anything really fancy. Nihiltres 20:24, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

The space thing can be dealt with using the built-in {{urlencode:}} parser hook. That is, something like this:

[http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF8&q={{urlencode:{{{1}}}}} {{{2|a Google search for ''{{{1}}}''}}}]

If this template is made, it should probably have documentation that discourages its use in articles themselves. Mike Dillon 20:52, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

FYI, this template already exists as {{Google}}. Mike Dillon 20:58, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Yay!!!!!1eleven11 I couldn't find that for the life of me, thanks for showing me the way. V-Man - T/C 04:22, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed template for serious copyright violators

I'm of the mind that we need a template for users who are suspected of massive copyright violations (like Primetime). It would be a red flag to people who come to their talk pages. Blueboy96 01:11, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Is {{uw-copyright}} not bold enough for you? Persistent violators may be blocked anyway so it seems unnecessarily combative to post a notice like "this user is suspected of violating copyright a lot". —dgiestc 04:05, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
I had in mind something that could be posted on the front of their userspace, to be used along the same lines as Template:sockpuppeteer. Blueboy96 13:28, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
For a single user, you should just use talk page warnings until they get blocked, at which point there's no need for further tagging. For a puppeteer, there are the {{puppeteer}}, {{sock}} and {{blockedsock}} templates which can be used to tie them all together, including a WP:SSP or WP:LTA case which describes their modus operandi. —dgiestc 17:25, 31 March 2007 (UTC)