Wikipedia:Requested templates/Other/2006/August
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[edit] Template for emergency medical conditions
It would be useful to have a template that refers people to their local emergency phone number based on IP geography: in the US, it would say "call 911 immediately", in Australia, it would say "call 000 immediately". At present, pages either have to bifurcate (a bad idea in an emergency), pick one, or omit the instruction entirely. Although wikipedia is obviously not a good reference for emergency medical problems, many emergency conditions (e.g., stroke, heart attack) come with confusion, so a victim might end up consulting wikipedia anyway. A template that refers users to their local emergency phone number is the best way to fight this.
Because of proxies and other technical limitations, it might be better to say "call xxx or your local emergency phone number immediately". This in turn could link to a page listing emergency numbers for various countries. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vectro (talk • contribs)
- Templates don't have access to the IP address of the viewer, so this is not currently possible. We could create a template that includes a link to Emergency telephone number which lists such numbers by country. -- Rick Block (talk) 03:39, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
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- Perhaps, then a template which reads "Dial 911, 112, 999, or your local emergency telephone number immediately." Vectro 16:45, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] italian motorways template
hello, i'd like to have a template about italian motorways. i don't have any specific guideline, it should be quite the same as the UK motorways template. thank you. --J0mb 08:46, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
- There is not enough information to complete this request. Mike Dillon 14:56, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Vandalism Watch Template Request
I created and would like to use the below template for use with an article (Johnny Rebel (singer)) that has been hit by vandals (or a vandal) over 30 times since September.
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Note: This page has been the target of frequent vandalism and is monitored closely for unacceptable edits. |
Does this meet with approval? (I.e., may I do this?)
Sincerely,--Skb8721 20:04, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
- You don't need permission to do it, but I don't think it's a great idea. You might have a look at WP:BEANS. Also, I don't think that being vandalized 30 times in 3 months is a big deal, especially if the article is being closely montitored. Have a look at the edit history of Bob Marley (who is admittedly much better known). Mike Dillon 15:16, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
- Right, I get it. The "Beans" article makes sense. I won't add the tag to the site in question. If I were an administrator, however, I would semi-protect the site, perhaps for over a month at a time, because the vandalism in question is being caused by an anonymous AOL user (presumably the same AOL user), and I seem to be the one who inevitably ends up reverting the article. It's a tiresome game. Which I think is what's it's become for the vandal in question -- a game. Anyway, thanks! --Skb8721 16:53, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
- You can ask for semi-protection at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. I haven't examined the article history, so I can't say whether or not semi-protection is actually warranted in this case. On further reflection, 30 "vandalisms" for a fairly obscure musician in 3 months may be a little high, assuming it is vandalism and not a content dispute. Mike Dillon 17:47, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks for your additional response. I don't think the vandalism is a matter of content dispute; rather, I think the vandal doesn't like the article located at the external link, because he keeps deleting the external link, or sabotaging the link so that it doesn't work. This is almost always what he does -- although on rare occasions he also adds a racist comment, such as using the "N word".
- I think the vandal in question dislikes the external link because the article to which it leads exposes the real name of the racist singer using the pseudonym Johnny Rebel and, more importantly, paints the singer in a very negative light. The article at the external link is a legitimate newspaper article from the Gannett-owned weekly "Times of Acadiana" in Lafayette, La. (See Times of Acadiana) When the author of the article, Nick Pittman, left the Times, the newspaper deleted the article from its archives; therefore, Pittman reprinted it on his own personal web site for future reference. That's why the article is not on the newspaper's official site.
- Also, the Rebel article on Wikipedia was indeed semi-protected at my request for about two weeks back in October or so, and that did take care of the problem temporarily, since the vandal never logs in, but is an anonymous AOL user (judging from his IP addresses). Of course, this means he can't be blocked, since many AOL users have the same IP address as the vandal. Sincerely,--Skb8721 21:08, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
- You can ask for semi-protection at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. I haven't examined the article history, so I can't say whether or not semi-protection is actually warranted in this case. On further reflection, 30 "vandalisms" for a fairly obscure musician in 3 months may be a little high, assuming it is vandalism and not a content dispute. Mike Dillon 17:47, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
- Right, I get it. The "Beans" article makes sense. I won't add the tag to the site in question. If I were an administrator, however, I would semi-protect the site, perhaps for over a month at a time, because the vandalism in question is being caused by an anonymous AOL user (presumably the same AOL user), and I seem to be the one who inevitably ends up reverting the article. It's a tiresome game. Which I think is what's it's become for the vandal in question -- a game. Anyway, thanks! --Skb8721 16:53, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Talk discussion template
One template that I think would be useful is something one would add when discussing on user pages. For example, if I and User:Bob were having a conversation, he would first leave a message on my talk page. As courtesy, when I respond, I post the response at his talk page (so he gets the "new messages" warning). However, when I post the comments on Bob's talk page, I could insert a template that would read: "This discussion originated at User talk:CrazyInSane", to allow for easy access to the rest of the conversation. What does everyone think?. — `CRAZY`(IN)`SANE` 18:59, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
- Might just want to post a message like Please see my reply at User Talk:CrazyInSane#MessageSubject, that way you keep the conversation in a single thread. --Dgies 17:52, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
- A somewhat related conversation - using a bot to post both sides of the conversation - can be found at Wikipedia:Bot requests#MessageBot. John Broughton | Talk 02:48, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Template for talk page notifications (a copy at the bottom)
I need a way to automatically place a template or a text notice both at the top and at the bottom of my talk page. If I simply copy the template/text to the bottom, it moves away with each new message as using + to add new section is a common method.
If this could be done with CSS or HTML tags, I'd like to have a template which automates the task. --Dmitry (talk •contibs ) 12:46, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
