Wikipedia:Requested templates/Other/2007/August

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[edit] Hangon templates?

Please prepare hangon templates for new pages that may otherwise be subject to speedy deletion. Thanx. Parker Gabriel 21:44, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

I don't think this template would be helpful. Even if you put this kind of template on the new pages, they will be nominated for speedy deletion as long as they meet criteria for speedy deletion. If you are writing a new article and the article is too short or has not much refereces, you would want to create your user subpages and develop the article there. eDenE 03:07, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Quick access to user templates

I have written a couple of templates that I find useful. For example, I have one that produced a kind of indented message box. By typing {{User:Duae_Quartunciae/T/inset|in=3|text=Hello world!}}, I produce:

Hello world!

Now I would like to have some convenient private way to refer to this template quickly and easily. I'd like some kind of private use variable which gets expanded immediately, so that it is never actually saved into a page, but substituted before being saved; much like the ~~~~ convention for substituting my signature. If I could let $T be a sort of local variable that got replaced with User:Duae_Quartunciae/T, then I could just type $T/inset (for example) and get my template full name. Is there any such facility for quick typing of long template names? Or indeed any such definition of local variables for convenience in substituting frequently repeated text into a wikitext edit box? A roughly equivalent solution would be to add customized buttons to the toolbox. —Duae Quartunciae (talk · cont) 15:20, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps you are referring to the magic words? I don't quite understand what it is you are asking. If you want to include the whole page name without typing it out, you could try using {{FULLPAGENAME}}, or somthing similar. Hope this helps —  Scottjar  → Talk 19:35, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
He is trying to define his own variables so that he can enter something quickly. But I don't think there is such function. eDenE 20:17, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
You got it Edene. I guess I need to hack a script to add buttons to the toolbox; and that is not a template request. I'll try somewhere more appropriate. Thanks everyone, consider this request closed. —Duae Quartunciae (talk · cont) 04:57, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] War userboxes.

  • Can someone make me one in blue that says "this user loves going to the US ordance muesum" and have a picture of a tank of weapon at the muesum.
  • one in black that says "this user would like to own a AK74" and a picture or that weapon
  • one that says in purple " this user would like a FN minimi" and a picture of the firearm
  • and one in green that says "this user likes guerilla warfare" and a pic of a guerilla atack.(ForeverDEAD 22:42, 14 August 2007 (UTC))

[edit] Mitsubishi

Hi, I would like to request, on behalf of all the car lovers, that we have a "This user is a Mitsubishi Fanatic" userbox. I am a huge fan of cars and Mitsubishi. I would love to have this user box on my page.The code is

id This user is a fan of Mitsubishi Motors

Thanks --Gaelicgoalie1 00:45, 17 August 2007 (UTC)